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Vajrapani, Energy of Wisdom, Energy of Love

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Tue, 5 Apr, 2016 - 00:00
The Wrathful and Peaceful forms of Vajrapani are two contrasting figures. Do they really both symbolise virya? How does energy show up in the Enlightenment story of the Buddha? What is virya and what is laziness? And how does seeing the vajra aspect of life lead to energy and determination in the dharma life?
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Peace Is a Fire

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Tue, 5 Apr, 2016 - 00:00
A heartfelt exploration of the aphorism of Sangharakshita, Peace is a Fire. Looking at both the vision of peace and the fire of transformation.
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'Ambedkar' movie by Jabbar Patel

From India Dhamma Trust: "At the heart of a peaceful Dhamma Revolution" on Mon, 4 Apr, 2016 - 17:37

'Ambedkar' movie by Jabbar Patel

From India Dhamma Trust: "At the heart of a peaceful Dhamma Revolution" on Mon, 4 Apr, 2016 - 17:37

Here is a link to ‘Ambedkar’ by Jabbar Patel. It’s the story of his life, struggles, and ultimate conversion to Buddhism - and winner of three India National Awards (Best Actor, Best Art Direction, and Best English language film).

Movie download site Zinemaya describes it thus - “this is one of the finest historical films made in Independent India. This movie takes place between the years 1901 to 1956, a period of great social upheavals and revolutionary movements...
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Spring 2016 issue of the Vajra Bell

Spring 2016 issue of the Vajra Bell

From Aryaloka Buddhist Center on Mon, 4 Apr, 2016 - 12:54

The Spring 2016 issue of the Vajra Bell is here, featuring articles about arts and the spiritual life and the Triratna Path of Practice.
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Ritual, A Path to Truth and Self Transcendence

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Mon, 4 Apr, 2016 - 00:00
Speaking at Nottingham Buddhist centre, Samantabhadri gives a keynote talk on ritual and its place and potential within the Triratna Community. She explores ritual as personal experience and in relation to going beyond a fixed self, to the collective, to the imagination, to compassion and to our longing for the transcendental.
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The Defects of Samsara and Cultivating the Desire For Enlightenment

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Mon, 4 Apr, 2016 - 00:00
The fourth reminder. This talk, given on the reflection retreat for mitras at Taraloka, explores the way we generate our own suffering, in the light of understanding accumulated through reflection on the first three reminders. This gives us a window to the world and the birth of Compassion and our potential for an Awakened Heart. There are tips on how to reorientate ourselves away from the identity project towards a life of genuine and complete selflessness.
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Impermanence of This Body

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Mon, 4 Apr, 2016 - 00:00
In the first of four talks on the four reminders given at Taraloka on the Mitra Reflection Retreat in 2016, Khemasuri talks about living with the truth of our own death. When we die, it is only the deepest part of our being that matters, and the legacy of our life and actions. How does this affect our practice?
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Metta, Contemplative Dialogue

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Mon, 4 Apr, 2016 - 00:00
Samantabhadri and Dharmakarunya who are good friends, engage in a contemplative dialogue about metta. The dialogue, spontaneous and unscripted, unfolds as a significant exploration of metta. Metta as meditation practice, as an illumination of ordinary living and as a path to insight.
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Meetings At the Edge

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Mon, 4 Apr, 2016 - 00:00
Moksalila is in conversation with Samantabhadri about her work as a massage therapist on a palliative care unit, being alongside those who are nearing the end of their life. Given at Taraloka on the Facing Death, Embracing Life Retreat
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Recollecting the Consequences of Ones Actions

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Mon, 4 Apr, 2016 - 00:00
This is the third of four talks given at Taraloka in 2016, on a reflection retreat for mitras, exploring the four reminders. Hridayagita explores conditionality as universal law, expressed within the 5 niyamas as cyclical and the spiral of the dharma niyama. She then describes the 3 fetters as a useful tool for reflecting why we forget or do not fully believe that our actions of body, speech and mind truly have consequences.
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