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New: Weekly Sunday Gatherings

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Thu, 8 Oct, 2015 - 16:53

New: Weekly Sunday Gatherings

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Thu, 8 Oct, 2015 - 16:53

NEW! Sunday Gatherings, 10-12 pm

Sunday Gatherings — Our regular Sunday program includes meditation followed by a variety of engaging activities such as puja, Dharma talks, themed discussions and sutra exploration. A great way to touch some depth in your practice and enjoy the fellowship of others. Come for the whole program or just the 10am sit. $10-$5 suggested donation.

Oct 11th talk by Suddhayu
Oct 18th puja and social tea
Oct 25th sutta study
Nov 1st themed...

Rijupatha

Dharmabyte: Lama’s Pyjamas: A Story of Right Livelihood

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 8 Oct, 2015 - 11:00

Claudine Edwards tells us her story of Team-Based Right Livelihood in today’s FBA Dharmabyte entitled “Lama’s Pyjamas: A Story of Right Livelihood”. From the longer talk “New Society Weekend 2011″, this short excerpted talk presents a great example of the benefits and creativity of this way of working, as we continue our exploration of the Six Emphases of Triratna.

Talk given at Birmingham Buddhist Centre, 2011

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Munisha

Ordinations at Adhisthana and Padmaloka

From Triratna News on Wed, 7 Oct, 2015 - 07:48

Ordinations at Adhisthana and Padmaloka

From Triratna News on Wed, 7 Oct, 2015 - 07:48

We are delighted to announce the public ordinations of the following men:

At Adhisthana on Saturday 26th September 2015:

Public Preceptor Sona
Douglas Hastings was re-admitted to the Order. Having previously been ordained as Ajitasena and later resigned, he retains the same name, which means ‘He who cannot be conquered’.
Private Preceptor: Sona

At Padmaloka on 1st October 2015:

Public preceptor Arthapriya
James Wilde became Dharmadhira, a Sanskrit name meaning ‘Steadfastness in...

Dhammalata

Cultivating a Creative Space

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 6 Oct, 2015 - 01:42

Cultivating a Creative Space

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 6 Oct, 2015 - 01:42

We all want to be free and happy

But this can be such a challenge when circumstances seem to dictate so much of our experience. How do we find and sustain contentment when challenges and problems arise? These challenges can be big and small and depending on how many hit us at once can overwhelm us …….

Well ………. A very practical understanding that I’ve been led to via training and experience around meditation is that we can cultivate a creative space in our...

Candradasa

Vajra Bell - Autumn 2015

From Community Highlights on Tue, 6 Oct, 2015 - 00:19

Self-Compassion - Learning to Turn Loving-kindness Inwards
Vajra Bell is the quarterly journal from Triratna in North America, based out of Aryaloka Retreat Center in New Hampshire. In this issue, some moving and thought-provoking evocations of loving kindness and its radical effect - often in unexpected ways!

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Candradasa

Sitting With Experience - Online Meditation

From Online Meditators on Mon, 5 Oct, 2015 - 23:31

Sitting With Experience - Online Meditation

From Online Meditators on Mon, 5 Oct, 2015 - 23:31

As part of our five-week series (you don’t need to attend them all!) this week - Tuesday 6th October - we’ll be going further again together into this whole business of sitting with whatever arises in the context of a deepened sense of nourishing awareness and kindness.

Come and join us - and make more of your day…

Tuesdays 2.30pm EST / 7.30pm UK

How to connect
Add us to your circles on Google + and join the Hangout. We’ll be online 10 minutes before...

parami

Parami's Perspectives No. 3 - South Pacific Retreat

From Buddhist Centre Features on Mon, 5 Oct, 2015 - 23:19

Parami chats with Kate and Cynthia at the end of the ordination training retreat at Vijayaloka Retreat Centre in Australia. Great to hear inspiring tales from the outback as women deepen their friendships and Buddhist practice together…

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ElkeWeiss

Gratefully Stopping - Going on the Retreat for Mothers

From Buddhist Centre Features on Mon, 5 Oct, 2015 - 15:33

Gratefully Stopping - Going on the Retreat for Mothers

From Buddhist Centre Features on Mon, 5 Oct, 2015 - 15:33

On Friday last week I was running around. It was just a normal day at work: my new office is still not entirely sorted, and I don’t have a phone. This isn’t ideal when you are trying to chase up things for students. It’s even worse when you lose your own mobile phone on the way to work. Thank God for colleagues with mobiles with unlimited minutes. Oh, and here’s the head of department, wanting to organise what needs organising...

Rijupatha

Dharmabyte: Team-Based Right Livelihood

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 5 Oct, 2015 - 11:00

Today’s FBA Dharmabyte continues our series on the Six Emphases of Triratna in a talk entitled “Team-Based Right Livelihood”, from the talk “The Six Distinctive Emphases of the FWBO”. Here Sangharakshita draws out the central importance of Right Livelihood in the spiritual life, in particular the Triratna model of team-based Right Livelihood businesses, and what the features of these endeavors should look like.

Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2002.

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Friends' Night - Now on Mondays!

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Sun, 4 Oct, 2015 - 20:14

Friends' Night - Now on Mondays!

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Sun, 4 Oct, 2015 - 20:14

Friends’ Night will now be held on Mondays, starting October 5th. Come join us for meditation, a lively Dharma discussion and connecting with others. Come to any or all sessions; by donation – $10-$5 suggested.

October
5 The Spiral Path part I – Stepping Away from Suffering
12 The Spiral Path part II – Coursing in Bliss
19 The Spiral Path part III – The Liberation of Heart and Mind
26 The Five Spiritual Faculties part...

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