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Dharmabyte: A Darkness was Ripped From My Eyes

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 2 Apr, 2018 - 11:51

We’ve titled this FBA Dharmabyte podcast “A Darkness Was Ripped From My Eyes”, a line from the poem, Singapore, by Mary Oliver, recited with commentary offered by Ratnaguna. As our eyes open to the lives of others, we try to run away from what we do not like. We think there is nothing we can do, or is there?

From the talk, The Tender Gravity of Kindness, by Ratnaguna, a commentary on...

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Dharmabyte: The Tree is Teaching Us

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 2 Apr, 2018 - 11:43

This Dharmabyte podcast is called “The Tree is Teaching Us” by Suchitta. The birth of a tree is no different from our own - dependent on conditions and the elements. Every part of the body changes according to its nature, no different from the tree.

From the talk The Defects of Samsara and Cultivating the Desire For Enlightenment.

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Dharmabyte: Tangled Up in Sorrow

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 2 Apr, 2018 - 11:36

In this Dharmabyte podcast Vadanya gives us “Tangled Up in Sorrow”, an excerpt from the talk Wisdom In The World. It’s through not knowing the truth about the way things are that we create all sorts of destruction, unhappiness and sorrow for ourselves and those around us.

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Dharmabyte: What is Insight?

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 2 Apr, 2018 - 11:30

In this Dharmabyte podcast, “What is Insight?” Dayajoti and Saddhanandi talk about Metta as an ungraspable co-arising, inseparable from mindfulness, which expresses itself in different ways.

What is Metta, What is Insight is the final talk in a series from a 12 day meditation retreat on metta as a path to insight from May 2015.

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Spiritual Fire In the Ganges Valley

From Croydon Buddhist Centre on Sun, 1 Apr, 2018 - 01:00

In this talk Shakyapada introduces the Buddha as a historical figure living in inspiring and uncertain times. We explore the culture and environment through which the Buddha travelled as he was teaching the Dharma and how his teachings were revolutionary. Shakyapada shares memories from the 2018 convention in India and the talk finishes with the Shakyamuni mantra and the Transference of Merit and Self surrender. This talk was given at the Croydon Buddhist Centre in March 2018 as part of our regular Saturday morning Sangha class.

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Spiritual Fire In the Ganges Valley

From Croydon Buddhist Centre on Sun, 1 Apr, 2018 - 00:00

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A Passage to America - a new piece of writing by Sangharakshita

From Community Highlights on Fri, 30 Mar, 2018 - 14:19

A Passage to America - a new piece of writing by Sangharakshita

From Community Highlights on Fri, 30 Mar, 2018 - 14:19

In this piece, written in March 2018, Sangharakshita recalls his first flight to America nearly fifty years ago, on his way to teach a term at Berkeley, with reflections set off by viewing the flight information screen above his window seat.

This piece is open to all and can be read on Sangharakshita’s website: ‘A Passage to America’ along with other articles also written by him.

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The New Colchester Buddhist Centre

From Triratna News on Mon, 26 Mar, 2018 - 12:14

The New Colchester Buddhist Centre

From Triratna News on Mon, 26 Mar, 2018 - 12:14

The latest Newsbyte from Clear Vision follows a visit to the new Buddhist Centre in Colchester. Chair Amalaketu’s vision was “if we build it, they will come” and already there are signs of their Sangha flourishing. Amalaketu chats to Clear Vision in November 2017 about the process and hard work involved in renovating a quite rundown premises, formerly a doctor’s surgery - including ensuring that the Centre is as environmentally sustainable as possible, with quality insulation, low energy lighting and solar panels on...

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5 Years Of The Buddhist Centre Online: #3 Buddhist Voices Around The World

From Buddhist Centre Features on Wed, 28 Mar, 2018 - 15:48

5 Years Of The Buddhist Centre Online: #3 Buddhist Voices Around The World

From Buddhist Centre Features on Wed, 28 Mar, 2018 - 15:48

“In essence, a spiritual community is a free association of individuals. You can no more have a spiritual community without individuals than you can have an omelette without eggs.”

Sangharakshita, What is the Sangha, page 55.

A Sangha, or spiritual community, needs committed individuals practicing the Dharma in the context of their own particular lives in order to exist. The central myth of the Triratna Buddhist Order is the figure of the 1,000 armed Avalokiteshvara: the idea being that...

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Four New Volumes of The Complete Works of Sangharakshita

From Triratna News on Wed, 28 Mar, 2018 - 14:33

Four New Volumes of The Complete Works of Sangharakshita

From Triratna News on Wed, 28 Mar, 2018 - 14:33

As part of the celebrations around the 50th anniversary of the Triratna Order, Windhorse Publications will release four new volumes of The Complete Works of Sangharakshita in early April.

The Complete Works include all previously published work by Sangharakshita, as well as talks, seminars and writings published for the first time. This collection represents the definitive edition of his life’s work as a Buddhist writer and teacher.

Launched in Oct, 2016 with ...

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