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Job opening: Center Caretaker at Aryaloka Buddhist Center

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Fri, 29 Jun, 2018 - 14:06

Job opening: Center Caretaker at Aryaloka Buddhist Center

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Fri, 29 Jun, 2018 - 14:06

Aryaloka is a Triratna Center located an hour north of Boston, MA. It is one of Triratna’s largest centers, with an active schedule of classes and retreats and a thriving sangha. We have an immediate opening for Center Caretaker. This may be either a residential or non-residential position.

Please see our website for position descriptions and application instructions.

http://www.aryaloka.org/get-involved/job-opening-center-caretaker/

akashadevi

Our unique Buddha Fields @the WLBC

From Buddhist Action on Thu, 28 Jun, 2018 - 16:37

Our unique Buddha Fields @the WLBC

From Buddhist Action on Thu, 28 Jun, 2018 - 16:37

We held a small but perfectly formed event last Saturday afternoon, where two West London sangha members talked about aspects of their practice off the cushion and out in the world. One person talked about how their increasing commitment to veganism felt like an expression of metta /love in their lives, and the second presentation included the showing of this moving documentary about an international charitable project which they saw as part of their spiritual practice. Both presentations were followed by...

viriyalila

Dharma Day and Regional Sangha Picnic

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Thu, 28 Jun, 2018 - 15:08

Dharma Day and Regional Sangha Picnic

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Thu, 28 Jun, 2018 - 15:08

July 21, 2018

Dharma Day Program: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm

Sangha Picnic: 1 pm - 4 pm

Join us for an epic Dharma Day puja that will invite us to pay homage to the Dharma as it has arisen through time. The program will be a ritualized journey through the Three Yanas. We’ll begin with stories from the Pali Canon, followed by readings on the Six Paramitas and culminating in meeting the Buddha’s and Bodhisattvas whose mantras we chant to close the sevenfold puja.

The morning program will be followed by a Regional Sangha...

Sadayasihi

Dharmabyte: Chittamatra (Mind Only)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 28 Jun, 2018 - 14:54

This FBA Dharmabyte is called Chittamatra (‘Mind-Only’) from the talk The Depth Psychology of the Yogachara by Sangharakshita.

The Yogachara School of Indian Mahayana Buddhism and its doctrine of ‘Mind-Only’ (Chittamatra) crucially influenced the development of Zen. Here the doctrine is related to subjective and absolute idealism in Western philosophy.

This talk was given in 1967 and is part of the series Aspects of Buddhist Psychology.

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Padmakumara

Oxford Triratna ‘Buddhists about Town’

From Buddhist Action on Wed, 27 Jun, 2018 - 23:35

Oxford Triratna ‘Buddhists about Town’

From Buddhist Action on Wed, 27 Jun, 2018 - 23:35

Oxford Triratna Buddhists held a ‘Buddhists about Town’ meditation in Oxford city centre on Saturday 23rd June, attracting much interest and even two gatechrashings from people wishing to join in! Lesley, Michael, Mayumi, Ellie, Cey, Ben and Caroline sat for 2 30-minutes periods as the crowds passed by. I was on hand to speak with people and nearly all were positively taken by the spectacle, many taking photos...

Prajnaketu

Buddhism at work in the World

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Wed, 27 Jun, 2018 - 10:52

Buddhism at work in the World

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Wed, 27 Jun, 2018 - 10:52

From Sally at Lama’s Pyjamas

What does the Buddha say about work? What is Triratna’s way of translating this into practice? What’s it like working in a Buddhist business?

You are warmly invited to join us for a day exploring what it means to work as Buddhists in the modern world, Sunday 8 July, at the London Buddhist Centre.

Watch this new Clear Vision film about Lama’s Pyjamas and Triratna’s unique approach to Right Livelihood for a taste of this special event.

Candradasa

Pride 2018 - Towards Diversity in Triratna

From Buddhist Centre Features on Tue, 26 Jun, 2018 - 15:48

Pride 2018 - Towards Diversity in Triratna

From Buddhist Centre Features on Tue, 26 Jun, 2018 - 15:48

Check out our fabulous Instagram / Facebook story about why diversity matters to Triratna. There’s a lot of work to do in our community. We want everyone to feel welcomed at our Buddhist Centres around the world. It’s a priority of Triratna’s International Council -...

Sadayasihi

Voices from Ireland

From Buddhist Centre Features on Mon, 25 Jun, 2018 - 17:48

Here is a short podcast with members of the Irish Sangha discussing what has motivated them, and what continues to inspire them, to practice the Dharma. From ‘finding my friends’ and a sense of meaning to life, to building a Buddha-land and being able to practice within one’s own culture, Jnanadhara, Vajrashura, and Pavara together with Mitras Julie, Sean and Kristina share their thoughts.

Recorded in the Dublin Buddhist Centre during Triratna Day in April 2018.

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Sadayasihi

Dharmabyte: Intellectual Understanding is not Enough

From Free Buddhist Audio on Tue, 26 Jun, 2018 - 14:54

This FBA Dharmabyte is called ‘Intellectual understanding is not enough’ from the talk ‘The Turning About in the Deepest Seat of Consciousness’ by Sangharakshita.

The ‘turning about’ or paravrtti is described in the Yogachara school of Buddhism in terms of the transformation of the eight ordinary kinds of discriminating consciousness into the five Transcendental Wisdoms of the Buddhas.

N.B. Poor original recording. This talk is part of the series The Meaning of Conversion...

Sadayasihi

Voices from Ireland

From Buddhist Centre Features on Mon, 25 Jun, 2018 - 17:48

Recorded in the Dublin Buddhist Centre during Triratna Day in April 2018.

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