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Voices from the Insight Inquiry Project: Vimalavajri OM

From Order Insight Inquiry on Sun, 6 Jan, 2019 - 20:29

It’s not me that goes for refuge. I have felt a release from ‘me needing to do this’ - leaving life, movement, the possibility of change, transformation, enlightenment - without clinging to the idea that this is about me. In fact it’s not about me at all. It’s mysterious.

For a long time I was drawn to looking at experience from a no-self perspective: looking at experiences as nakedly as possible without coverings, without concepts, reflecting that this is not me not...
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Death of Dharmapalita

From Order Connection on Sun, 6 Jan, 2019 - 16:49

Death of Dharmapalita

From Order Connection on Sun, 6 Jan, 2019 - 16:49

Dear Order Members,

We are sad to inform you that Dharmapalita died around 9.30pm on the evening of 5 January at the age of 59 years. His sister was with him at the time.

He had been in hospital for the last few weeks with various complications resulting from his Pulmonary hypertension.

He had many visitors throughout his final days.

Dharmapalita was ordained in 2007. His private preceptor was Satyaraja and public preceptor Saddhaloka. He had a steady involvement with the Sheffield Buddhist Centre over the past fourteen years.

Dharmapalita...
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Dharmabyte: The Buddha's Decision to Teach

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 3 Jan, 2019 - 11:00

Today’s FBA Dharmabyte is called The Buddha’s Decision to Teach by Parami excerpted from the talk Out of Compassion for the World given at our International Retreat at Taraloka, May 2008.

The Buddha realised full well how hard it was going to be to communicate what he had discovered to other people - to us. He knew that the grip of greed, hatred and delusion is very strong. He could imagine how vexatious it might...
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The Buddha was born as we are born

From Manchester Buddhist Centre on Tue, 1 Jan, 2019 - 00:00
Ratnaguna gave two talks on the Manchester Men's Weekend in October 2018, looking at different ways we may appreciate the Buddha and his life. In this first talk, Ratnaguna explores the Buddha as a human being in a particular time and context, drawing from Pali sources that help bring out his personality.
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The Buddha beyond the Buddha

From Manchester Buddhist Centre on Tue, 1 Jan, 2019 - 00:00
Ratnaguna gave two talks on the Manchester Men’s Sangha Weekend in October 2018, looking at different ways we may appreciate the Buddha and his life. In this second talk, Ratnaguna explores the archetypal Buddha, freed from his historical and geographical context, as found in the Mahayana sutras.
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Me and my Mate Pingya

From Manchester Buddhist Centre on Tue, 1 Jan, 2019 - 00:00
In this talk given at Manchester Buddhist Centre's Triratna Night on 22.01.18, Priyavadita explores the role that faith has played in his spiritual life. In particular, he explores his love for Pingya's Praises of the Way to the Beyond - a text from the Sutta Nipata.
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Entre Dieu et Néant

From Centre bouddhiste Triratna de Paris on Tue, 1 Jan, 2019 - 00:00
Le bouddhisme est souvent perçu comme une religion parmi d’autres ou, au contraire, une simple philosophie voire thérapie. Varadakini explore ce sujet en développant ce qu’est réellement la Voie du milieu.
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The Buddha was born as we are born

From Manchester Buddhist Centre on Tue, 1 Jan, 2019 - 00:00
Ratnaguna gave two talks on the Manchester Men's Weekend in October 2018, looking at different ways we may appreciate the Buddha and his life. In this first talk, Ratnaguna explores the Buddha as a human being in a particular time and context, drawing from Pali sources that help bring out his personality.
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The Buddha beyond the Buddha

From Manchester Buddhist Centre on Tue, 1 Jan, 2019 - 00:00
Ratnaguna gave two talks on the Manchester Men’s Sangha Weekend in October 2018, looking at different ways we may appreciate the Buddha and his life. In this second talk, Ratnaguna explores the archetypal Buddha, freed from his historical and geographical context, as found in the Mahayana sutras.
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