Tag: Death

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Dharmabyte: Death Has 10,000 Doors

By Rijupatha on Wed, 18 Feb, 2015 - 14:55
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Today’s FBA Dharmabyte, is from the rather fabulous talk “Death and the Buddhist” by Danavira. We’ve titled this “Death Has 10,000 Doors”. Danavira is one of the best speakers we know – he is very funny, can do poetic and profound, tends to the chaotic in his style, and has a particular genius for...
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Dharmabyte: The Finite Nature of Life

By Rijupatha on Mon, 9 Feb, 2015 - 21:15
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Today’s FBA Dharmabyte, “The Finite Nature of Life” is from Paramananda. Beginning the talk with a poem, he explores the importance of coming into relation with suffering, especially regarding our own and others’ death. If we do not take on the finite nature of our lives, we cannot practise effectively.
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FBA Podcast: Bodhicitta and Spiritual Death

By Rijupatha on Mon, 9 Feb, 2015 - 20:45

FBA Podcast: Bodhicitta and Spiritual Death

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Our FBA Podcast this week is entitled “Bodhicitta and Spiritual Death” by Vijayamala, a talk given as part of the Understanding, Exploring and Realising Spiritual Death retreat, led by Kamalashila and Vijayamala, at Adhisthana Dec 2014.
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Dharmabyte: Making the Best Use of Our Time

By Rijupatha on Mon, 9 Feb, 2015 - 20:23
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Sangharakshita rouses us with today’s FBA Dharmabyte, entitled “Making the Best Use of Our Time – Practice the Dharma!”. From the 1996 talk “Intellect, Emotion, and Will” given at the opening of the Manchester Buddhist Centre.
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Preparation for the Moment of Death

By viriyalila on Tue, 18 Nov, 2014 - 21:19

Preparation for the Moment of Death

By viriyalila on Tue, 18 Nov, 2014 - 21:19This Preparation for the Moment of Death workshop based on the Bardo Thotrol (The Great Liberation Through Hearing in the Bardo). In the Tibetan tradition there are six bardos or opportunities to become liberated from habitual tendencies; a to become awake or Enlightened. In this workshop we will explore the bardo of the moment before death by means of meditation, exercises and readings. How can we be with ourselves and how can we be others in the dying process?

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Our First Original eBook: A Buddhist Cancer Memoir by Suvarnaprabha (Suvanna Cullen)

By Candradasa on Fri, 17 Oct, 2014 - 19:16
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Our First Original eBook: A Buddhist Cancer Memoir by Suvarnaprabha (Suvanna Cullen)

By Candradasa on Fri, 17 Oct, 2014 - 19:16Just over a year ago, our friend Suvarnaprabha passed away in the company of her friends from the San Francisco Buddhist Center. Some readers may recall our coverage of Suvarnaprabha’s last few months in which she generously shared much of her process of dying as a way to encourage people to meet their own mortality in the light of the Dharma.

Suvarnaprabha kept a great blog to document the ups and downs of...
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Dharmabyte: Living in an Unfair World

By Rijupatha on Tue, 12 Aug, 2014 - 20:34
Life’s unfair, what can we do about it? We can practice the Dharma and follow the Buddha’s teachings. Today’s FBA Dharmabyte, “It’s Not Fair!” is an excerpt from the talk “What to Do In An Unfair World” by Kalyanaprabha. A sober yet uplifting talk encourages us to practice the Dharma in the face of unfairness.

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Dharmabyte: The First Sight (Old Age)

By Rijupatha on Tue, 5 Aug, 2014 - 21:28
Today’s FBA Dharmabyte is by the delightful Ratnasuri titled “The First Sight (Old Age).” When Siddhartha Gautama was a young man, it’s said that he was so struck by three particular observations that he felt he had no choice but to make a radical change in his life. These were the traditional ‘three sights’: old age, sickness and death in his fellow human beings. This is the first of those three talks, available in the series:...
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Dhammachari Suvachin: Triratna Buddhist Order 1999-2014

By lokabandhu on Mon, 24 Mar, 2014 - 12:58
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Dhammachari Suvachin: Triratna Buddhist Order 1999-2014

By lokabandhu on Mon, 24 Mar, 2014 - 12:58Karmavajra writes from India, saying -

“Dhammachari Suvachin passed away around 10 am Tuesday 18 March 2014 (Indian time) at his residence in Nanded Maharashtra, India. He was 81 years of age. His son Dhammachari Padmasen was with him in his last time. He had been hospitalised for the last month.”

Suvachin was ordained in 1999 at Bhaja in India, with Subhuti as his private and public preceptor.

For many years he had been a close colleague...

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