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Tag: Order

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FBA Podcast: The Triratna Emphasis on a Unified Order

By Rijupatha on Sat, 3 Oct, 2015 - 11:00

This week’s FBA Podcast features a talk by Manjuvajra on one of the Six Emphases of the Triratna Buddhist Community - “The Triratna Emphasis on a Unified Order”.

Here, Manjuvajra highlights the fact that involvement and membership of the Triratna Buddhist Order is open to all, irrespective of gender, colour, sexual orientation, lifestyle, or any other personal characteristic.

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Dharmabyte: Commitment is Primary, Lifestyle is Secondary

By Rijupatha on Thu, 1 Oct, 2015 - 11:00

Sangharakshita speaks to one of the central emphases of the Triratna Buddhist Community in today’s FBA Dharmabyte podcast, expanding on the meaning of the phrase “Commitment is Primary, Lifestyle is Secondary”. Excerpted from the talk “Twenty Years on the Middle Way”, he explores our tradition’s principle of an Order that places its weight on genuine Going for Refuge rather than the conditions a person was born into or lifestyle.

Talk given in 1987.

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Dharmabyte: Unified, not Unisex

By Rijupatha on Mon, 28 Sep, 2015 - 11:00

Today’s FBA Dharmabyte continues our series of podcasts on the Six Emphases of Triratna in a talk entitled “Unified, not Unisex”. From the talk “The Six Distinctive Emphases of the FWBO”, here Sangharakshita outlines the Triratna principle of open ordination to men and women on equal terms, and an Order that accepts those of all lifestyles, races, classes and sexual orientations – a quite revolutionary stance in the Buddhist world.

Talk given at Padmaloka...
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Buddhist Centre Features

Checking In From The Indian Order Convention

By lokeshvara on Tue, 14 Oct, 2014 - 17:45

  • Puja at the shrine

    Puja at the shrine

  • Presentation in groups

    Presentation in groups

  • Women's discussion group

    Women's discussion group
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Checking In From The Indian Order Convention

By lokeshvara on Tue, 14 Oct, 2014 - 17:45Greetings from Bordoran retreat centre near Nagpur in India. The Indian convention is underway and going very well with 200 order members from all over India. There is a programme of meditation, talks and discussion, with pujas every evening.

Yesterday thunder and rain brought some cooler air. The grasses and flowers are full of butterflies and the air is filled with bird song. In the evening the full moon bathed the convention in yellow light as we sat in...
Order Dharma (test space)
Order Dharma (test space)

The Context for Insight in Triratna

By kamalashila on Mon, 7 Jul, 2014 - 19:10

The Context for Insight in Triratna

By kamalashila on Mon, 7 Jul, 2014 - 19:10My talk by given on the Order UK and Ireland Men’s Order Weekend at Padmaloka on 3 May 2014.

The theme of the weekend was ‘Insight and the Order’.
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Dharmabyte: Life As An Order Member

By Rijupatha on Mon, 5 May, 2014 - 17:49
In today’s FBA Dharmabyte, we hear Aryabandhu speaking about “Life As An Order Member.” One year after ordination, Aryabandhu talks about his experience of life as an order member. The third in a series of four talks given to men training for ordination on the ‘What Is the Order’ retreat.

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Dharmabyte: Aspiration and Joining the Order

By Rijupatha on Thu, 1 May, 2014 - 14:23
In today’s FBA Dharmabyte, “Aspiration and Joining the Order”, Saddhanandi takes us through a set of very thought-provoking reflections. She is forthright indeed about the difficulties and joys of cultivating faith in the Dharma and makes very plain the consequences we can expect in our life as and when that faith arises. The full talk, entitled, “Enlightenment as Heart, Life as Whole” is peppered with examples from her own practice...

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