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GREEN GYM SOLSTICE FUN

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Thu, 30 Jun, 2016 - 11:57

GREEN GYM SOLSTICE FUN

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Thu, 30 Jun, 2016 - 11:57

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PHOTOS BY LISA LENS

Trying to stay fit at a Retreat Centre, believe it or not, has it challenges!  Before I moved to Taraloka, I would walk to most places; to work, to the shops, to the Buddhist centre, etc. I used to attend several gym classes a week prior to yoga became my main form of body movement.  I do prefer exercising in a group rather than on my own, though,...
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Thames Valley Triratna in Reading

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Wed, 29 Jun, 2016 - 21:50

Thames Valley Triratna in Reading

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Wed, 29 Jun, 2016 - 21:50

I thought that you would like an update on some of the things that we have been doing as part of Buddhist Action Month.

Each week we have picked a charity receive the contents of our Dana bowl which has been receiving Sangha members’ loose change as well as regular attendance monies. So far we have donated £41 to the Green Tara Trust that provides pre and post natal maternity care in Nepal where the effects of...
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Slideshow of ordinations at Adhisthana June 2016

From College of Public Preceptors on Wed, 29 Jun, 2016 - 10:57
  • Parami and Paramachitta at the start of the ceremony
  • Paramachitta introducing the ceremony
  • All 6 ordinands at the start of the ceremony
  • View from the back of the shrine room
  • Dharmavajri translates Parami's Spanish into English 1
  • Dharmavajri translates Parami's Spanish into English 2
  • Dharmavajri translates Parami's Spanish into English 3
  • Ordination ceremony with vase of initiation
  • Paramachitta leading the Threefold Puja in English
  • Paramachitta leading the Threefold Puja in Spanish
  • Parami, the Buddha and Paramachitta
  • Parami with the vase of Initiation
  • Parami preparing the kea
  • Hadayasiri making offerings
  • Hadayasiri receives the drops of purification
  • More purification
  • What just happened?
  • Hadayasiri receives the kesa
  • Hadayasiri now ordained
  • Hadayasiri with Parami after the kesa
  • Abhayadipa receives the drops of purification
  • Abhayadipa waits for the kesa
  • Abhayadipa nearly with kesa
  • Not yet
  • Finally
  • Abhayadipa expresses gratitude
  • Dayavasini and Paramachitta
  • Drops of purification
  • Purification all done
  • Waiting for the kesa
  • Receiving the kesa
  • Dayavasini with kesa
  • Gratitude and affection
  • Dhivasini and Paramachitta
  • The vase of purification
  • Receiving the kesa
  • Gratitude to Paramachitta
  • Ratnadhi before the drops of purification
  • Ratnadhi and the vase of initiation
  • Receiving the kesa
  • Gratitude and a bow
  • Taramti receiving the flower offering from Parami
  • Taramati with flower offering
  • Taramati making offerings
  • Taramati waiting for the drops of purification
  • Purification
  • Waiting for the kesa
  • Receiving the kesa
  • With kesa
  • Thank you!

Slideshow of ordinations at Adhisthana June 2016

From College of Public Preceptors on Wed, 29 Jun, 2016 - 10:57

A more detailed than usual set of photos of the recent ordinations of 3 Mexicans and 3 Spaniards at Adhisthana, photos courtesy of Dhammarati.

We are delighted to announce the names of the dharmacharinis publicly ordained at Adhisthana on the 18th June 2016.

Queridos hermanas y hermanos,
nos da un gran placer anunciar los nombres de las dharmacharinis que han recibido su ordenación...
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Port Fairy Sangha's BAM outreach project.

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Wed, 29 Jun, 2016 - 02:04
  • At one with Nature

Port Fairy Sangha's BAM outreach project.

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Wed, 29 Jun, 2016 - 02:04

The Port Fairy Buddhist Community screened the Film ”  This Changes Everything”

In the town of Koroit on Sunday morning June 26th. The event was well supported by Sangha members, Friends and some from the wider community.

Our Sangha’s contribution to BAM this year has been more modest than last year but we have been delighted to participated in the Australian BAM effort which was spearheaded by the excellent month long programs offered by the Sydney and Melbourne Sangha’s.

We are looking forward to...
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Question from Teojapala (Triratna Climate Change Action group)

From Earth Metta Sangha on Tue, 28 Jun, 2016 - 13:33

Question from Teojapala (Triratna Climate Change Action group)

From Earth Metta Sangha on Tue, 28 Jun, 2016 - 13:33

You may know that there is a (Closed) Facebook group called Triratna Climate Change Action. (Some strong conversations and discussions are happening here, so if you’re on FB, I recommend joining!)

Teojapala has just posted a question, which I thought you might be able to contribute to. If you’re not on the FB group, please share it below, as it will be of interest to all of us. 

He writes: Help needed, please. 

I’d like to understand the feelings and...
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Exeter Triratna get informed about Homelessness for BAM 13th June

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Mon, 27 Jun, 2016 - 13:23

Exeter Triratna get informed about Homelessness for BAM 13th June

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Mon, 27 Jun, 2016 - 13:23

The venue where our sangha gathers is on a street that sees many of Exeter’s ‘street homeless’, and sangha members wanted to know  - what is the wise and compassionate response? So for the theme ‘connecting communities’ we had a talk by Brett Sentence from the charity Julian House - “Julian House works for a just society where socially excluded people are supported and empowered to build sustainable, independent lives.”  Could Brett give us a simple answer? “No!” he said regretfully, “it can be very...
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Dishing the Dirt

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Mon, 27 Jun, 2016 - 12:15

Dishing the Dirt

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Mon, 27 Jun, 2016 - 12:15

BAM! It all starts here… for the gardens at Taraloka at least, with our COMPOST. I love it, and I love making it. So it’s time to dish the dirt. Let’s start big, with some facts about soil and our planet.

1) It can take about 1,000 years to make just a couple of centimetres of soil.

2) The human population is rising globally, and almost all of the new growth is being housed in towns and cities that, by definition, are...
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Buddhist Action Month's not over yet! 10 minute actions

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Mon, 27 Jun, 2016 - 08:00

Buddhist Action Month's not over yet! 10 minute actions

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Mon, 27 Jun, 2016 - 08:00

Apart from the fact that we can continue with our skilful actions engagements and all through the year, should you feel that you’d like to end the month doing something  to have a positive effect on the world and reach out to yourSangha as well as your local community - here are some ideas for 10 minutes actions which you can still do - even today! 

  • a daily dose of FMI’s: five minute interventions {not sure what they are? Look it up here,
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The Path to Buddhist Engagement

From Manchester Buddhist Centre on Mon, 27 Jun, 2016 - 01:00
A talk by Parami given at the Manchester Buddhist Centre on Triratna Night, 27 June 2016, during Buddhist Action Month – BAM!
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Buddhist Action in India

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Sun, 26 Jun, 2016 - 21:54

Buddhist Action in India

From Buddhist Action Month 2016 on Sun, 26 Jun, 2016 - 21:54

Karunaprabha is a Triratna order member living in Pune, India. Here she talks about her life, about Dr Ambedkar, and about her work with the Green Tara Foundation which helps young girls and women in ten slum districts in Pune. She loves her work her, and says she has benefitted so much from contact with the Dharma in her life she really wants to give back - as she says, “we have compassion - but we must express it somewhere!” 

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