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Triratna Model Safeguarding Policies and Ethical Guidelines 2023

By ECA Safeguarding on Thu, 22 Jun, 2023 - 13:39

Triratna Model Safeguarding Policies and Ethical Guidelines 2023

By ECA Safeguarding on Thu, 22 Jun, 2023 - 13:39

Triratna’s model policies for Safeguarding children and adults, updated for 2023, are now available over on the Triratna Resources page, along with guidance documents and the Triratna Model Ethical Guidelines.

See/download the model policies, guidelines and guidance documents.

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Triratna Model Safeguarding Policies and Ethical Guidelines 2023

By ECA Safeguarding on Thu, 22 Jun, 2023 - 10:46

Here are Triratna’s model policies for Safeguarding children and adults, updated for 2023, along with guidance documents and the Triratna Model Ethical Guidelines.

Safeguarding and ethical policies and procedures are a practical expression of ahimsa, non-harming, the value underlying Buddhist precepts and the Bodhisattva activity of protecting living beings from harm.

The Triratna Model Safeguarding policies follow UK legal requirements and the regulatory requirements of the Charity Commission for England and Wales, who now also require charities to have a statement of more general ethical...

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Triratna Worldwide Safeguarding general advice 2023	83.41 KB
Triratna Model Child Protection Code of Conduct 2023	38 KB
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Triratna Model Child Protection Policy 2023	138.5 KB
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Triratna Model Adult Safeguarding Policy 2023	154.5 KB
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Managing Those Who Pose a Risk 2023	122.57 KB
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Caring for Teenagers in Triratna 2023	132 KB
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Online Safety in Triratna 2023	82.57 KB
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Dharmabytes: Communication Exercises

By Zac on Mon, 17 Apr, 2023 - 06:00

Mahamati recollects some of the teachings of our founder Urgyen Sangharakshita as part of the celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the founding of Padmaloka. Excerpted from The Meaning of Spiritual Community Revisited, given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2016

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Buddhist 'Healthy Boundaries' training

By ECA Safeguarding on Wed, 12 Apr, 2023 - 13:46

Buddhist 'Healthy Boundaries' training

By ECA Safeguarding on Wed, 12 Apr, 2023 - 13:46

Here comes information about the next three Buddhist Healthy Boundaries courses for committed Buddhists who teach, lead, mentor or befriend those less experienced than themselves. In Triratna terms these are most likely to be Order members.

Though not related specifically to Safeguarding (a very UK approach) they aim to raise our awareness - as committed Buddhists whom others may tend to look up to - in ways which will help us avoid the kinds of situations which may from...

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Dharmabytes: Simply Kind

By Zac on Mon, 10 Apr, 2023 - 06:00

Aryajaya talks about the significance of Going For Refuge to the Three Jewels. Excerpted from the talk Commitment Is Key given at Cambridge Buddhist Centre, 2016.

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Dharmabytes: Moving Closer to Truth

By Zac on Thu, 2 Mar, 2023 - 06:00

In this short personal talk, Prajnahridaya discusses the universal importance of love, a quality so vital if we want to live a meaningful life.

Excerpted from the talk entitled The Rising Sun given at the Annual Sub35 Men’s Weekend for Young Buddhists at Padmaloka in November, 2018.

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Dharmabyte: Clinging to Aspects of Practice Separates Us

By Zac on Mon, 19 Dec, 2022 - 06:00

Whatever we’re doing, whether we’re meditating, working, communicating, or singing, becomes a vehicle to ‘grow’ awareness. Mindfulness becomes panoramic and we live with immediacy and creativity. How do we relate to different aspects of our practice? How do we relate to the practice of others? Vajradevi encourages us to be on the lookout for attachment to views regarding our Dharma practice and the tendency to compare ourselves, furthering the divide between self and other.

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Dharmabyte: Friendship is a Verb

By Zac on Thu, 1 Dec, 2022 - 06:00

Jayaraja describes how we develop a robust sense of self through friendship, through love, through repair, allowing us to fully let go.

From the talk The Fires and the Black River of Loss given at Buddhafield Festival, 2018.

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Dharmabyte: The Ethics of Love

By Zac on Mon, 28 Nov, 2022 - 06:00

Buddhist ethics is practical, it’s to do with engagement with the world. Parami is an ideal guide for this sort of material, steeped as she is in study and practice engaged within the light of the ‘Bodhichitta’, and the Bodhisattva Ideal itself.

From the talk entitled The Awakening Heart given at Taraloka Retreat Centre, 2006.

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Dharmabyte: Cultivating Wholesome Friends and Companions

By Zac on Mon, 21 Nov, 2022 - 06:00

Padmasuri shares the story of Hatthaka who wanted all his friends to meet and hear the Buddha, and then was praised by the Buddha for having many wonderful spiritual qualities. From the talk The Buddha Was a Friend As We Can Be a Friend at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre, 2013.

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