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Freedom from Raga

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 19 Sep, 2013 - 17:23

Today’s FBA Dharmabyte, “Freedom from Raga” is an excerpt from a thoughtful and enlightening talk by Maitreyi titled, “The Root of Good.”

Nagapriya

Retiro de budismo y meditación

From Centro Budista de Cuernavaca on Wed, 18 Sep, 2013 - 01:08

Retiro de budismo y meditación

From Centro Budista de Cuernavaca on Wed, 18 Sep, 2013 - 01:08http://www.budismocuernavaca.com.mx/nuestras-actividades/retiros/

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The Science of Reality

From Free Buddhist Audio on Tue, 17 Sep, 2013 - 02:32

From Free Buddhist Audio on Tue, 17 Sep, 2013 - 02:32Our theme this month as we started out the month of September has been on evolution, science and reality. We began by revisiting a talk from our founder and teacher, Sangharakshita entitled “Enlightenment as Experience and as Non-Experience” given in 1975. Featuring two Dharmabytes - little nuggets of Dharma to inspire your practice - in the first week of the month. Firstly: “Enlightenment as Experience.” Here Sangharakshita exposes a modern disease of frustrated craving for experience...

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The Three Fetters

From Free Buddhist Audio on Tue, 17 Sep, 2013 - 01:29

Today’s FBA Dharmabyte is from Sangharakshita titled: “The Three Fetters.” The Fetters of self-view, doubt, and dependence on moral rules and religious observations are described in this excerpt from the full talk, “Stream Entry: the Point of No Return” given in 1975.

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Dedication Ceremony & The Fire Sermon

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Tue, 17 Sep, 2013 - 01:14

Dedication Ceremony & The Fire Sermon

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Tue, 17 Sep, 2013 - 01:14We did it! We successfully moved the center to 84 Pleasant Street this weekend and will be holding Sangha Night in our new location this Wednesday, September 18th, 7 pm. Doors will be open by 6.45 pm - come see the new shrine and gathering place!

Suddhayu will lead a dedication ceremony to purify the space followed by a presentation and discussion on the Ādittapariyāya Sutta, translated as The Fire Sermon. This is a discourse from the Pali Canon...

Dhammalata

We Determine Our Experience of Life

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 17 Sep, 2013 - 00:23

We Determine Our Experience of Life

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 17 Sep, 2013 - 00:23How is your personal practice of meditation going? It is very cool to come along and meditate in a group setting. Actually for most of us it’s essential – at least for periods of time but it is very important that there is also a personal dimension to your meditation practice.

Ideally meditate every day even if it’s just for a few minutes. Prioritise and commit to a regular meditation time that suits you. For me it’s early morning...

lokabandhu

Latin translation of Triratna Texts

From Latin Translation Group on Mon, 16 Sep, 2013 - 17:09

Perhaps our most unusual translation yet - the Latin version of three key Triratna Texts! We’re delighted to present the Three-fold Puja, the Dedication Ceremony, and the Refuges and Precepts - all translated, perhaps somewhat inaccurately, by Google. Suggestions for improvements are welcome, please email us at translations [at] triratnadevelopment.org! Seriously though, we are in touch with volunteers from the ‘Make Mars Speak Latin’ project, and may have some results to publish soon.

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File Name	Size
Latin translation of Refuges and Precepts by Google	68.78 KB
Latin translation of Dedication Ceremony by Google	56.37 KB
Latin translation of Three-fold Puja by Google	84.98 KB

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Estonian ritual texts

From Eesti on Sun, 15 Sep, 2013 - 13:25

Here’s translations into Estonian of some basic Triratna Buddhist Community texts and ceremonies:

the Three-fold Puja, the Dedication Ceremony, the Seven-fold Puja (including the Refuges and Precepts), and the Tiratana Vandana, and then all four texts in one pdf, and finally refuges and precepts.

Thanks to Shantamani in Tartu, Estonia for updating the texts.

(October 2024, via Viryabodhi.)

File Name	Size
Lühike puudža	355.93 KB
Pühitsustseremoonia	223.55 KB
Seitsmekordne puudža	840.2 KB
Tiratana-vandana and Estonian translation	249.32 KB
Four Estonian Puja Texts	911 KB
Kolme kaitse alla minemine ja juhendid	250.09 KB

Ratnagarbha

In Memory and Celebration: Seamus Heaney

From Urthona - A Journal of Buddhism and the Arts on Fri, 13 Sep, 2013 - 08:57

In Memory and Celebration: Seamus Heaney

From Urthona - A Journal of Buddhism and the Arts on Fri, 13 Sep, 2013 - 08:57Seamus Heaney died on August 30th this year at the age of 74 after a short illness – he had taken of fall outside a Dublin restaurant. Physically he had been weaker since a stroke in 2006, but his last collection Human Chain (2010) showed no dimmunition in his powers of sensitivity and reflection. It was described by Ruth Pardell, poet and judge of the Forward Prize, as ‘a collection of painful, honest and delicately weighted poems… a wonderful and...

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Karma Niyama

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 12 Sep, 2013 - 20:50

In today’s FBA Dharmabyte titled, “Karma Niyama,” we hear an excerpt from the talk “The Five Niyamas and the Evolution of the Human Brain” by Vaddhaka. Here Vaddhaka illustrates the volitional mental order, or Karma Niyama, that which guides our moral or ethical choices.

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