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Mandala of Practice - a Map For the Journey

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Sat, 20 Jan, 2018 - 00:00
The five aspects of the Dharma life described by the Triranta system of practice can be mapped in a mandala. Jvalamalini gives some directions for the journey in this talk to start Bristol Buddhist Centre's 2018 theme.
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Dharma Life - Family Life

From Community Highlights on Fri, 19 Jan, 2018 - 17:31
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Dharma Life - Family Life

From Community Highlights on Fri, 19 Jan, 2018 - 17:31

One of the tasks the Adhisthana Kula set itself was to encourage people within Triratna to take a fresh look at some of those areas of practice and lifestyle that have been of real value and importance, and which sometimes have been put forward in an unhelpful way.

We look to build an Order and movement in which anyone who sincerely wishes to commit themselves to the Three Jewels can find a place and have something to give, whatever their...
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'The Bodhisattvas Are Also Necessary'

From Shabda Articles on Fri, 19 Jan, 2018 - 17:00

'The Bodhisattvas Are Also Necessary'

From Shabda Articles on Fri, 19 Jan, 2018 - 17:00

Open to all - see https://www.sangharakshita.org/writings.html

I have told this story before, but never mind, I will tell it again. It was told me by my teacher, the venerable Jagdish Kashyap, and it was about himself. Born into a Hindu family in Bihar, he had converted to Buddhism and had been ordained as a bhikkhu in Sri Lanka. Though a scholar in Sanskrit and Pāli, he was a gentle, unassuming man who did not mind telling...
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A short report on the January 2018 European Chairs Assembly

From European Chairs' Assembly on Fri, 19 Jan, 2018 - 14:56

This is a short report on the recent chairs meeting at Adhisthana, with headlines covering the main topics at the meeting; designed for chairs so they can give their trustees or other interested members of the sangha a flavour of what happens at these meetings 

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eca_january_2018_report_ed.pdf10.47 MB
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Conversion and Enlightenment

From Cambridge Buddhist Centre on Fri, 19 Jan, 2018 - 00:00
As a way of marking the 50th birthday of the Order we have decided to revisit a couple of series of talks that Bhante Sangharakshita gave in the Sixties and Seventies and ask speakers to give their own up to date version using the same titles that Bhante used. This talk looks at the themes that we will be looking at over the coming months.
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What The World Needs Now - futuredharma fund video

From European Chairs' Assembly on Thu, 18 Jan, 2018 - 15:27

What The World Needs Now - futuredharma fund video

From European Chairs' Assembly on Thu, 18 Jan, 2018 - 15:27

This video introduces FutureDharma Fund and Zoe Lim, a Mitra in Singapore whose life has been changed by online Dharma.

Thanks to the futuredharma team for producing this 9 minute film!    
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plastic-free supermarkets

From Buddhist Action on Thu, 18 Jan, 2018 - 09:52

plastic-free supermarkets

From Buddhist Action on Thu, 18 Jan, 2018 - 09:52

Dear friends, 
I’ve just signed a petition calling on UK supermarkets to go plastic-free, and it would mean a lot to me if you’d add your name too! 

From turtles entangled in six pack rings to whales with stomachs full of plastic bags, the effects of plastic pollution can be devastating. 

UK supermarket Iceland has announced its own-brand packaging is going plastic-free. 

By ditching plastic packaging, supermarkets have...
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Paticca-samuppada uncomplicated - Guhyavajra

From Shabda Articles on Tue, 16 Jan, 2018 - 17:02

Paticca-samuppada uncomplicated - Guhyavajra

From Shabda Articles on Tue, 16 Jan, 2018 - 17:02

Paticca-samuppada  uncomplicated                                                  Guhyavajra                                                                              

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Having a bit of fun on a short solitary and thought to drop in this note...
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Faith: the Key to the Mystery of Life

From Birmingham Buddhist Centre on Tue, 16 Jan, 2018 - 00:00
Welcome to this fantastically clear and thought provoking overview of faith from the Buddhist perspective. Given by Saccanama in the context of Sangha Night at the Birmingham Buddhist Centre. He speaks with passion, clarity and intelligence, weaving ideas with personal examples in this high quality talk.
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Mandalas: Mythic and Personal

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Mon, 15 Jan, 2018 - 00:00
At the start of our year at Bristol Buddhist Centre on the system of practice, Karunavapi talks of Mandalas as patterns of the unenlightened and enlightened mind. 'Personal mandalas' as the patterning of our own, unenlightened minds and the Five Buddha Mandala as the pattern of the Buddha's enlightened mind. To appreciate the qualities of the Buddha, we can see them like light through a prism splitting into the colours of the five Buddhas of the Mandala.
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