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In Memoriam - Dipankara

From Sydney Buddhist Centre on Wed, 10 Jun, 2015 - 09:19

In Memoriam - Dipankara

From Sydney Buddhist Centre on Wed, 10 Jun, 2015 - 09:19

Today, in two shrine rooms filled with sangha members, family and friends, we bade farewell to Dharmachari Dipankara who, along with Dharmamati and Buddhadasa, brought Bhante’s explication of the Dharma to Australia back in 1981. Without their efforts, and Dipankara’s fortitude in particular, there would not be a Sydney Buddhist Centre.

Dipankara had lain in state since Monday afternoon. During even the small hours of the morning he had not been alone - meditators sat by his side throughout the night, filled with gratitude and love...
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In Memoriam - Dipankara

From Order Connection on Tue, 9 Jun, 2015 - 22:11

In Memoriam - Dipankara

From Order Connection on Tue, 9 Jun, 2015 - 22:11

Today, in two shrine rooms filled with sangha members, family and friends, we bade farewell to Dharmachari Dipankara who, along with Dharmamati and Buddhadasa, brought Bhante’s explication of the Dharma to Australia back in 1981. Without their efforts, and Dipankara’s fortitude in particular, there would not be a Sydney Buddhist Centre.

Dipankara had lain in state since Monday afternoon. During even the small hours of the morning he had not been alone - meditators sat by his side throughout the night, filled with gratitude and...
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100% SSC Board result of PKD Students

From People to People, Nagpur, India. on Tue, 9 Jun, 2015 - 17:35
  • Rajat (Left to Right) , Prajakta and Naresh
  • Aditya achieved 86% in SSC Board
  • Rajat Ambade - 84 % in SSC Board exam
  • Prajakta Lanjewar

100% SSC Board result of PKD Students

From People to People, Nagpur, India. on Tue, 9 Jun, 2015 - 17:35

We are happy to share a good news of People’s Karate Do student have been successfully passed  SSC Board. All 8 beneficiaries have been participated and passed their board exam who are from a very poor background from verious slums. Those are the children of daily wages worker like labour, utencils cleaner and similar worker & few are better than those...
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dag op de rommelmarkt/day at the second hand market

From Boeddhistisch Centrum Arnhem on Tue, 9 Jun, 2015 - 09:06
  • Carmen en Sobhanandi

dag op de rommelmarkt/day at the second hand market

From Boeddhistisch Centrum Arnhem on Tue, 9 Jun, 2015 - 09:06

Op zondag 7 juni was BCArnhem vertegenwoordigd op de rommelmarkt in de Lommerd. We hadden een kraam gehuurd om de spullen, die we gekregen hadden om te verkopen als fondswerving, daar te verkopen. Een aantal mensen uit de sangha Mick, Morries en Els kwamen om de beurt een paar uurtjes achter de kraam staan om Carmen en Sobhanandi te helpen. Anderen kwamen even kijken (en kopen).Het was een drukke en gezellige dag die voor het centrum 83 Euro opbracht....
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BAM Online Meditations!

From Buddhist Action Month 2015 on Mon, 8 Jun, 2015 - 16:54
  • Kamalashila in NYC

BAM Online Meditations!

From Buddhist Action Month 2015 on Mon, 8 Jun, 2015 - 16:54

For the rest of this month we’ll be conducting our usual weekly online meditation on BAM’s central themes of sustainability and caring for others. And who better to get us started than Kamalashila! :)

If you don’t know our online meditation space and schedule, head on over to Online Meditators and connect with us there.

Kamalashila is one of our most experienced meditation practitioners and teachers. Author of Buddhist Meditation: Tranquillity, Imagination & Insight, we’re very fortunate to have...
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Meditation Tuesday for Buddhist Action Month - With Kamalashila

From Online Meditators on Mon, 8 Jun, 2015 - 16:33
  • Kamalashila

Meditation Tuesday for Buddhist Action Month - With Kamalashila

From Online Meditators on Mon, 8 Jun, 2015 - 16:33

Kamalashila is one of our most experienced meditation practitioners and teachers. Author of Buddhist Meditation: Tranquillity, Imagination & Insight, we’re very fortunate to have him join us to lead Meditation Tuesday this week! 

For the rest of this month, we’ll be exploring themes related to Buddhist Action Month (BAM!) and its central themes of sustainability and caring for others. Kamalashila will help us get started and has generously agreed to a longer session to take any...
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NewsByte 3, part 5

From Community Highlights on Mon, 8 Jun, 2015 - 00:42

NewsByte 3, part 5

From Community Highlights on Mon, 8 Jun, 2015 - 00:42

Part 5 of Clear Vision’s third NewsByte, rounding up news from around Triratna, covering the very moving ritual closure of windhorse:evolution (12 minutes).

Watch the full 6-story NewsByte compilation (55 minutes).

NewsByte is commissioned by Triratna’s European Chairs’ Assembly. Clear Vision is Triratna’s video project in Manchester UK, making Triratna video old and new available at VideoSangha.

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Sangharakshita's diary

From Triratna News on Mon, 8 Jun, 2015 - 00:12
  • Adhisthana May 2015

Sangharakshita's diary

From Triratna News on Mon, 8 Jun, 2015 - 00:12

May 2015

Bhante’s secretary Ashavajit writes: “Here at Adhisthana, spring has truly begun. The cuckoo has been heard not just once but many times, little brilliantly-coloured wild flowers are to be seen everywhere, and Sanghadeva’s constant gardening is providing vivid splashes of colour at strategic points on the campus. The trees are dressed in myriad greens, and on the warmer days Bhante has been able to walk up and down beside the pond and even to sit in the sun.

He has been sleeping...
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BAM in Edinburgh: fundraising for India

From Buddhist Action Month 2015 on Sun, 7 Jun, 2015 - 22:13
  • The Edinburgh Karuna appeal team scale Arthurs Seat

BAM in Edinburgh: fundraising for India

From Buddhist Action Month 2015 on Sun, 7 Jun, 2015 - 22:13

BAM’s happening in Edinburgh - we’re raising funds for social and Dhamma work in India and Nepal.  Four of us are here for the whole month, by going out every night knocking on people’s doors and inviting them to support Triratna’s Karuna Trust we hope to raise around £80,000 between us!  That will come in over the next few years from...
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Awakening money: this week's European tour

From Buddhist Action Month 2015 on Sun, 7 Jun, 2015 - 17:19
  • Amalavajra

Awakening money: this week's European tour

From Buddhist Action Month 2015 on Sun, 7 Jun, 2015 - 17:19

Amalavajra is a former bond dealer in the City of London, now working for Triratna and touring European Triratna Centres for Buddhist Action Month, speaking in relation to BAM’s second theme of money awareness. (Dates below.)

He has fundraised for Triratna projects, especially Karuna, since 1999 and now lives at Adhisthana. As the fundraiser on the Development Team employed by Triratna’s European Chairs’ Assembly, his aim is to help create a culture of greater confidence, abundance and generosity in relation to money.

He writes: “To...

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