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and a request for some help...

From Adhisthana on Sun, 17 Mar, 2013 - 18:35

and a request for some help...

From Adhisthana on Sun, 17 Mar, 2013 - 18:35

http://adhisthana.org/wishlist-things-the-project-needs There are some things we need that will stretch the budget a bit. If you think you might be able to help by donating one of the things listed here, do let us know. You’ll make a real contribution to the project.
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the new adhisthana website

From Adhisthana on Sun, 17 Mar, 2013 - 18:31

the new adhisthana website

From Adhisthana on Sun, 17 Mar, 2013 - 18:31

http://www.adhisthana.org
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Candradasa

Breaking the Bonds of Selfhood Through Serving the Dhamma (with translation in Hindi)

From Community Highlights on Thu, 14 Mar, 2013 - 22:37
Ok, time to tidy up the rest of the rich Dharma material from India and the Order Convention…

To start us off, here is a strong, beautiful talk by Parami from the final day, bringing us back to the task in hand as members of an Order and as Buddhists: engaging with breaking the fetters and weakening the hold that self-clinging exerts upon our minds and our ways of seeing things.

Parami brings alive...
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Parami - Breaking the Bonds of Selfhood Through Serving the Dhamma (Order-only) OM

From Community Highlights on Thu, 14 Mar, 2013 - 18:50
Ok, time to tidy up the rest of the rich Dharma material from India and the Order Convention…

To start us off, here is a strong, beautiful talk by Parami from the final day, bringing us back to the task in hand as members of the Order and as Buddhists: engaging with breaking the fetters and weakening the hold that self-clinging exerts upon our minds and our ways of seeing things. Parami brings alive the possibilities in notions about...
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Two new meditation stool-making ventures

From New Ventures on Mon, 11 Mar, 2013 - 10:55
  • Kindseat - a new design of meditation stool

Two new meditation stool-making ventures

From New Ventures on Mon, 11 Mar, 2013 - 10:55Two new UK-based meditation stool-making ventures have sprung up in Triratna almost simultanously - Dharmamodana’s simple but elegant Quiet Mind Meditation stools (www.quietmindmeditation.co.uk) and Viramitra’s Kindseat (www.kindseat.com) - a more ambitious creation offering full adjustment and a choice of postures.

Click here for Viramitra’s video introducing Kindseat.
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Ashvaghosha: India’s Great Buddhist Poet

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 9 Mar, 2013 - 20:01
  • Buddhacarita by Asvaghosa
  • Dhivan

Ashvaghosha: India’s Great Buddhist Poet

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 9 Mar, 2013 - 20:01In this week’s FBA Podcast, “Ashvaghosha: India’s Great Buddhist Poet” Dhivan introduces Ashvaghosha, the Buddhist poet of 2nd c. AD India.

Two of his works survive: a poetic re-telling of the Buddha’s life-story (‘The Buddhacarita’ or ‘Acts of the Buddha’), and ‘Handsome Nanda’, about the conversion of the Buddha’s sensuous and wife-loving cousin to the Dharma.


Here Dhivan shares some of his own translations of Ashvaghosha from Sanskrit and Pali sources, in this...
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Retreat Grant Application Form

From Windhorse Evolution on Fri, 8 Mar, 2013 - 12:16
We are offering a retreat grant to people who have worked for Windhorse:evolution on support for a minimum of 10 years, and who are now 65 or over. Please download this form to complete it, and follow the steps for returning it.
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Sudarshanaloka Retreat Centre seeks new community member

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Fri, 8 Mar, 2013 - 10:49
  • sunset by the Stupa
  • entrance to the retreat centre
  • in the bush - with a Puriri tree...

Sudarshanaloka Retreat Centre seeks new community member

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Fri, 8 Mar, 2013 - 10:49Sudarshanaloka is a Triratna Buddhist Community Retreat Centre set in a remote valley high above Thames, on the Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand. It’s famous for its beautiful stupa that provides an inspiring focus for the whole site. And they’re seeking someone to join their community and team and contribute to the momentum of creating a more active retreat centre. Padmadasi writes - “It is not a cushy lifestyle at Sudarshanaloka but we have a beautiful environment, warmer weather than the...
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The Eight Worldly Winds

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Wed, 6 Mar, 2013 - 14:50

The Eight Worldly Winds

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Wed, 6 Mar, 2013 - 14:50Khemavassika will be our guest speaker tonight at Sangha Night, Wednesday, March 6th, offering a talk on the Eight Worldly Winds.

The Eight Worldly Winds is a teaching from the Buddha that reminds us that ‘life is full of ups and downs, circumstances – large or small – that can trigger craving or aversion, hope or despair, longing or fear, or that can elicit from us a more creative and noble response: generosity, kindness or understanding.’ Gain and loss,...
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An exciting new opportunity - Karuna is recruiting for a Head of Fundraising

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Tue, 5 Mar, 2013 - 14:50
  • Karuna

An exciting new opportunity - Karuna is recruiting for a Head of Fundraising

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Tue, 5 Mar, 2013 - 14:50Karuna was formed in 1980 as the Triratna Buddhist Community’s response to the suffering of India’s Dalit community. For 30 years, Karuna has worked with some of South Asia’s most disadvantaged people, sending over £1 million every year to support Dalit and tribal communities fulfill their potential through our social and Dharma projects.

We currently have a full time vacancy for a Head of Fundraising

Karuna Trust is a dynamic Buddhist charity working in partnership with grassroots led...

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