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Bodhicitta Practice and Order Resources

From Order Connection on Fri, 5 Jun, 2020 - 16:43

Bodhicitta Practice and Order Resources

From Order Connection on Fri, 5 Jun, 2020 - 16:43

Sunday Order Bodhicitta Practice
…and some inspiration for the week ahead
Sunday 7th June

Just as millions of lamps can be lit from one lamp
Without the one lamp being diminished
By all the lamps taking their flame from it,
In the same way, from the one lamp of aspiration
The lamps of aspiration of all the Buddhas are lit.
Yet the one lamp of aspiration is not exhausted
And shines undiminished.
Verses...

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Sadayasihi

Return to Nature on the Inside (The Dharma Toolkit Daily, Episode 18)

From Buddhist Action on Fri, 5 Jun, 2020 - 15:14

Return to Nature on the Inside (The Dharma Toolkit Daily, Episode 18)

From Buddhist Action on Fri, 5 Jun, 2020 - 15:14

“The only way we can face the suffering in the world is to be involved in ending it.”

Back in April, The Buddhist Centre Online commissioned a series of podcasts called ‘Hair On Fire: Using the Threefold Way of Ethics, Meditation, and Wisdom to Turn Toward Climate Change’, released to mark Earth week.

To introduce that series we had a great conversation with Sara Khorasani and Akuppa, voyaging through time and the underworld of our...

aparajita

Tips for getting your kids to save energy

From Buddhist Action on Fri, 5 Jun, 2020 - 12:43

Tips for getting your kids to save energy

From Buddhist Action on Fri, 5 Jun, 2020 - 12:43

This was sent to me as a useful resource:

https://www.saveonenergy.com/learning-center/post/tips-for-getting-your-…

Sadayasihi

Thoughts for the Day: Buddhist Reflections on Brexit and the Coronavirus Crisis

From Triratna News on Thu, 4 Jun, 2020 - 18:06

Since 2006 Vishvapani has been contributing to BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day: a prominent daily slot featuring reflections on the news from a faith perspective.

Vishvapani comments:
“I often see Buddhist friends commenting on politics, usually from leftwing perspectives and often assuming that their perspective is the correct expression of their Buddhist principles. Thought for the Day forces me to do something different. Because it’s an uncontested slot on public service radio (with no...

Saraka

Obituary for Shraddhapushpa

From Order Connection on Thu, 4 Jun, 2020 - 16:34

Obituary for Shraddhapushpa

From Order Connection on Thu, 4 Jun, 2020 - 16:34

Shraddhapushpa’s obituary appeared in The Guardian online (Other Lives section - Susy Powlesland) on Tuesday 26th May. It may also be published in a print edition at some future point. Shraddhapushpa’s life story has been recorded and may be published in full at some point. The story of her Dharma life will form part of the Triratna Women’s Oral History archive.

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My friend Susy Powlesland, who has died aged 90, was a radical educationist. With her husband, John, she set...

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Sadayasihi

Dharmabyte: What is the Deathless?

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 4 Jun, 2020 - 14:00

Padmasagara explores the glimpses of the Buddha’s liberating vision found in the Ariyapariyesana sutta, focussing on the Buddha’s description of Reality in terms of pratitya samutpada (conditionality) and his response to Brahma Sahampati’s request to teach the Dhamma. The talk also explores how we can begin to realise this vision for ourselves by responding to the Buddha’s exhortation: ‘let those who have ears release their faith’.

From the talk The Buddha’s Liberating Vision given on the Great Gathering...

Centre Team

Obituary for Shraddhapushpa 1930-2020

From Community Highlights on Thu, 4 Jun, 2020 - 12:17

Obituary for Shraddhapushpa 1930-2020

From Community Highlights on Thu, 4 Jun, 2020 - 12:17

Shraddhapushpa (Susy Powlesland) was ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order in 2003. Shraddhapushpa means - “Flower of Faith”. She was a “radical educationalist” with a long engagement working with children and supporting black and minority ethnic communities. In 2007 she was appointed MBE (a British honour that is awarded to a person by the Queen for a particular achievement) for services to Black, Asian, and minority ethnic people in east London.

Shraddhapushpa died on Wednesday 13th May at the age of...

Mahamati

An invitation to the Urgyen House website

From Order Connection on Thu, 4 Jun, 2020 - 11:08

An invitation to the Urgyen House website

From Order Connection on Thu, 4 Jun, 2020 - 11:08

The Uddiyana Trust and Urgyen House, Adhisthana

Dear Order members,

I am delighted to introduce you to a new website, showcasing ongoing work at Urgyen House, Adhisthana.

www.urgyenhouse.org

I invite you to take a look and subscribe to our site, so that we can keep you updated through our blogs.

In the first video blog there is an introduction by Subhuti, after which...

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kusaladevi

Webinar: "Effective Fundraising for Triratna Centres"

From Future Dharma on Wed, 3 Jun, 2020 - 15:19

https://vimeo.com/425454373

Webinar: "Effective Fundraising for Triratna Centres"

From Future Dharma on Wed, 3 Jun, 2020 - 15:19

Dear Friends,

I’m writing on behalf of Future Dharma, in partnership with the Sikkha Project to invite you to an online webinar: Effective Fundraising for Triratna centres. The webinar will take place on Friday, June 12th at 9:30am (BST) and then again at 5pm (BST), taking into account the needs of the different time zones. We hope people from around the world will be able to participate.

Triratna has moved swiftly to respond to the Covid crisis, by offering online content and engagement through live-streaming and...

Vajrashura

Webinar: "Effective Fundraising for Triratna Centres"

From The Sikkha Project on Wed, 3 Jun, 2020 - 14:45

Webinar: "Effective Fundraising for Triratna Centres"

From The Sikkha Project on Wed, 3 Jun, 2020 - 14:45

From Kusaladevi:

Dear Friends,

I’m writing on behalf of Future Dharma, in partnership with the Sikkha Project to invite you to an online webinar: Effective Fundraising for Triratna centres. The webinar will take place on Friday, June 12th at 9:30am (BST) and then again at 5pm (BST), taking into account the needs of the different time zones. We hope people from around the world will be able to participate.

Triratna has moved swiftly to respond to the Covid crisis, by offering online content...

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