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"Practical Metta" to help to the Victims of Disasters

From People to People, Nagpur, India. on Sun, 16 Mar, 2014 - 15:56

"Practical Metta" to help to the Victims of Disasters

From People to People, Nagpur, India. on Sun, 16 Mar, 2014 - 15:56

“Practical Metta in Action to get relief to the victims of terrible disaster”

PTP is helping the victims of Vadar Community (Wanderer/DNT) to rebuild after a terrible disaster in Nagpur. This community very rarely gets help from others, and many lost their houses due to heavy storms and hail. Our generous donors extended their helping...

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First Day of the Holi Retreat at Mahendranagar

From Triratna Bauddha Mahasangha, Nagpur (North) on Sun, 16 Mar, 2014 - 07:50

First Day of the Holi Retreat at Mahendranagar

From Triratna Bauddha Mahasangha, Nagpur (North) on Sun, 16 Mar, 2014 - 07:50

We are glad to share, Triratna Buddhist Center Mahendranagar Nagpur organized 3 days retreat on the theme of TOWARDS BUDDHAHOOD led by Amoghabhadra. In the retreat First day participants were 175 in quantity. Group meditation, Talk, Discussion were inspiring for the people. Children enjoyed to watch Buddhist movie while parent listening the talk.

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FBA Podcast - Entering The Realm Of Perfect Wisdom

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 15 Mar, 2014 - 18:13

FBA Podcast - Entering The Realm Of Perfect Wisdom

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 15 Mar, 2014 - 18:13In our FBA Podcast this week, “Entering The Realm Of Perfect Wisdom,” Santavajri shares her connection with the Heart Sutra on Sangha Night at Sheffield Buddhist Centre. Talk was given on 5th May, 2008 as part of a series on Great Buddhist Texts.

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Cruelty-Free Eggs

From Vegan Buddhist on Sat, 15 Mar, 2014 - 16:11

Cruelty-Free Eggs

From Vegan Buddhist on Sat, 15 Mar, 2014 - 16:11Hi everyone, I was wondering what people think about the concept (or indeed the experience!) of cruelty-free eggs? I’ve been meaning to ask for ages! We started looking into it (we = my wife & I) when one of our friends started keeping chickens. Now we know three folk who, as far as we can tell, keep chickens as pets and look after them very well:

By “very well” I mean: in expansive settings (way beyond commercial “free...

Munisha

Triratna International Retreat 23rd-27th May 2014

From Triratna News on Sat, 15 Mar, 2014 - 16:10

Triratna International Retreat 23rd-27th May 2014

From Triratna News on Sat, 15 Mar, 2014 - 16:10Dhammadassin writes: this year’s Triratna International Retreat will be held at Adhisthana, our new retreat centre; home for Triratna and our founder Sangharakshita in his final years. The retreat will be run by the European Chairs’ Assembly, in conjunction with Buddhafield and Adhisthana. It opens on the evening of Friday 23rd May, finishing after lunch on Tuesday 27th May 2014. The theme is The Bodhisattva’s Reply - the Dharma expressed in social change.

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Dhivan

No Need for the H-word

From Western Buddhist Review on Fri, 14 Mar, 2014 - 09:19

No Need for the H-word

From Western Buddhist Review on Fri, 14 Mar, 2014 - 09:19Bhikkhu Bodhi et al., The Bodhisattva Ideal: Essays on the Emergence of Mahāyāna
Buddhist Publication Society, Kandy, 2013, 239pp., £9.99 pback. (Available from Wisdom Books at www.wisdom-books.com).

Review by Dhivan Thomas Jones

The usual history of Buddhism in India goes that the Mahāyāna arose around the beginning of the common era as a reaction against complacency and scholasticism in the existing schools. It described itself as a ‘great vehicle’, which put forward the Bodhisattva ideal of...

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Triratna prepares for Buddhist Action Month - and beyond…

From Triratna News on Fri, 14 Mar, 2014 - 04:55

Triratna prepares for Buddhist Action Month - and beyond…

From Triratna News on Fri, 14 Mar, 2014 - 04:55June 2014 sees the third annual ‘Buddhist Action Month’ - BAM for short - happening across Triratna. BAM is, in essence, a celebration of our aspiration - and the Dharma’s power - to change the world for the better. And we’d like you to be part of it! it’s a great opportunity to explore and celebrate the connections between our ethical commitment as Buddhists and the needs of our society and the wider environment.

Participating is...

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Dharmabyte - Living by Cause and Effect

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 13 Mar, 2014 - 12:38

Our FBA Dharmabyte today, “Living by Cause and Effect” is an excerpt from the series “Tangling Eyebrows with Zen Masters”. Padmavajra here is looking at the nature of impermanence and how all living beings are without a fixed and permanent nature. From the talk “Entering Through Your Practice”.

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Dharmabyte - Engaged Ethics

From Free Buddhist Audio on Tue, 11 Mar, 2014 - 20:07

In today’s FBA Dharmabyte, “Engaged Ethics,” Parami gives us a perspective on the nature of Mahayana ethics – marked by compassion and wisdom and maximizing connectedness. The energizing effect of engaged ethics is a tool for living life fully for the benefit of others. From the talk “The Awakening Heart”.

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Dhammalata

The Magic of Metta

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 11 Mar, 2014 - 01:04

The Magic of Metta

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 11 Mar, 2014 - 01:04This week we are doing the Metta Bhavana Practice

In my current daily reading (after meditating) I read the quote below and thought it worth sharing with you; it’s so powerfully affirming of the practice. It is a foundation practice in the sense that every benefit really flows from kindness to self and other. My private preceptor Buddhadasa (the guy who ordained me into our order and was a key person in my own training) once said to me...

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