In our upcoming Sunday gatherings, November 12 - December 17, following a period of meditation, we will explore the Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path as a take on how to be a better human being in the world. Another name for this teaching, offered by Sangharakshita, is “Vision and Transformation.” This way of looking at it invites us to connect with the seed of inspiration or insight that has drawn us to the spiritual path. In that light, we take up...
The last of the four Means of Unification of the Sangha is Exemplification (samanarthata). Kulapriya leads us into an exploration of what this means for our daily practice.
Meditation will be offered as usual this week: Thursday 7 - 8.30 pm Sunday 8 - 9 am
Please also see a treat weekend coming up out at our retreat centre - all are very warmly invited and being led and taught by Vajradaka will be a real treat. Vajradaka has been a resident meditation teacher and practitioner at Vajraloka; one of our very long running retreat centres in...
William Morris was one of the great Victorians. Born in 1834 and dying in 1896, the greater part of his life was passed during the reign of Queen Victoria. At the same time, he was not in the least Victorian in his attitudes. By his own admission, he hated the world in which he lived and Victorian England, industrialised and philistine, was in the forefront of that world. In News from Nowhere, his utopian novel, he compares the England of...
Open to all. (I think it would have been more appropriate for this discussion to take place within the Order, but as Aparimana made his article open to all I feel I have no alternative but to make mine open to all as well, so that anyone outside of the Order who has read Aparimana’s article can also read mine.) If you’d like a pdf of this article to share with others, write to me at jewelqualities [at]...
October this year saw the first North Indian National Youth Convention (of NNBY). 375 young people came to a retreat in Syna, UP. Many of them were from areas without many Buddhists and were experiencing Triratna for the first time. They were not necessarily from Buddhist families - there were some Muslims and some who had heard of Dr Ambedkar, but were new to Buddhism. It was an immensely positive and inspiring event. For some it was life...
