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Vajra Bell - Spring 2013

Vajra Bell - Spring 2013

From Aryaloka Buddhist Center on Sat, 30 Mar, 2013 - 00:42In this issue of the Vajra Bell newsletter:

• What Does “Engaged Buddhism” Mean to You?
• Sangha updates from the U.S. and Canada
• Meditation Marathon fundraising event kicks off in June
• Upcoming retreats at Aryaloka
• Reflections on Nonviolent Communication
• Men’s Retreat Planned
• “Being Prepared for Teaching” by Narottama
• Starting Out as a Vegetarian
• Arts events & sangha poetry
• Movie Review: “The U.S. vs. John Lennon
• Going...
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Conference on art and society & Mindful Artists Network

From Urthona - A Journal of Buddhism and the Arts on Fri, 29 Mar, 2013 - 14:40

Conference on art and society & Mindful Artists Network

From Urthona - A Journal of Buddhism and the Arts on Fri, 29 Mar, 2013 - 14:40This event organised by people from the Interbeing Sangha may be of interest to Triratna folk who are keen on the arts and issues of how the arts can transform society.

Ratnagarbha

Copy of letter from the organiser SUSANNE OLBRICH:

Dear friends,we would like to bring to your and your sangha’s awareness the international Mindful Artists Network with its first artists’ retreat “The Heart of Creativity” in June 2013, in Findhorn/Scotland.

We would...
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The 2nd International Council at 'play'

From Triratna International Council on Wed, 27 Mar, 2013 - 17:31
  • Traditional Indian welcome with garlands
  • And so the meeting begins...
  • Visit to a local social project - a girls' hostel
  • Shrine with Dr Ambedkar at the girls' hostel
  • Traditional Indian dancing
  • Dinner at the home of Nagamitra, Supriya and Anjali
  • Parami with Supriya and Anjali
  • Group visit to Diksha Bhumi
  • After chanting together in the dome
  • Train adventure from Kolkata to Bodhgaya
  • Train adventure from Kolkata to Bodhgaya
  • Train adventure from Kolkata to Bodhgaya

The 2nd International Council at 'play'

From Triratna International Council on Wed, 27 Mar, 2013 - 17:31
Some light-hearted and inspiring moments…
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The 2nd International Council at work

From Triratna International Council on Wed, 27 Mar, 2013 - 16:59
  • Area group discussion
  • Saddhajoti is introduced by Parami
  • Small group discussion
  • Forward planning
  • Ethics fishbowl
  • Ethics discussion
  • Group review - Leadership in Transition
  • Spectrum exercise
  • Prioritising actions
  • Prioritising actions
  • Developing Priority Action Plans

The 2nd International Council at work

From Triratna International Council on Wed, 27 Mar, 2013 - 16:59
Snap shots of how the members of the 2nd International Council came together to work during the meeting.
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Day 2: Yashosagar chanting verses from the Dhammapada

From Triratna International Council on Tue, 26 Mar, 2013 - 21:47
Part of Day 2’s programme focusing on the theme ‘Intensifying practice - collective and personal’.

Well this is just about the sweetest bonus of any Dharma talk - when the speaker breaks into song and sings of the happy life…

Yashosagar Chanting a Verse from the Dhammapada (from his talk on working against ego-clinging).
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Day 2: Yashosagar talks on 'Intensifying practice - collective & personal'

From Triratna International Council on Tue, 26 Mar, 2013 - 21:44
Part of Day 2’s programme focusing on the theme ‘Intensifying practice - collective and personal’.

Yashosagar speaking (and singing!) about how to deepen your practice of the Dharma in all conditions, from community living to marriage.

Introduction by Amrutdeep.
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Vidyatara

Day 2: Varadevi talks on 'Intensifying practice - collective & personal'

From Triratna International Council on Tue, 26 Mar, 2013 - 21:41
Part of Day 2’s programme focusing on the theme ‘Intensifying practice - collective and personal’.

Varadevi on her life working for the Dharma, and particularly her years helping found an intensive meditation community for women in Australia.

Introduction by Vajrajyoti.
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Day 2: Saddhajoti talks on 'Intensifying practice - collective & personal'

From Triratna International Council on Tue, 26 Mar, 2013 - 21:39
Part of Day 2’s programme focusing on the theme ‘Intensifying practice - collective and personal’.

A great talk by Saddhajoti, centred on her moving story of the earthquake that devastated Mexico City in the 1980s, and the coming together of the population in the aftermath…

Introduction by Parami.
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Triratna Day in the UK, Birmingham 6th April

From Community Highlights on Tue, 26 Mar, 2013 - 17:56

Triratna Day in the UK, Birmingham 6th April

From Community Highlights on Tue, 26 Mar, 2013 - 17:56
Triratna Day 2013: Celebrating Gratitude with our wider community

Hosted by the Young Buddhists group


Saturday 6th April, Birmingham Buddhist Centre


Sangharakshita has said many people who visit him thank him for starting the Triratna Buddhist Community. He has observed that they nearly always express gratitude for two things: his clear conceptual...
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Buddha Festival 2013 celebrated in Nagpur

From Triratna News on Tue, 26 Mar, 2013 - 05:39

Buddha Festival 2013 celebrated in Nagpur

From Triratna News on Tue, 26 Mar, 2013 - 05:39Ritayush writes from Nagpur, heartland of the Buddhist revival in India, where Triratna’s Nagpur Buddhist Centre recently celebrated their very successful 2013 Buddha Festival. Due to the success of their past Festivals in 2011 and 2012 they were able to hold the Festival at the historic Deeksha Bhoomi, site of Ambedkar’s historic mass conversion to Buddhism in 1956. He writes -

“It is very important that these three Buddha Festivals were organized at the Deeksha Bhoomi, where the historic...

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