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Anālayo's Compassion and Emptiness in Early Buddhist Meditation - available now!
Anālayo’s Compassion and Emptiness in Early Buddhist Meditationis now available in paperback and eBook format. Described by Jack Kornfield as ‘a gift of visionary scholarship and practice’, Anālayo’s...
View ArticleThe Cosmic Goddess - preview extract from Editorial for issue 32
An extract from the editorial for Urthona Buddhist Arts Magazine, issue 32, due out November 2015….I believe that the modern goddess image is not primarily a figure to be worshipped, but a symbol that...
View Article+Follow Compassion in Action to stay in touch all year round
Dear BAM-ers,Have you registered for the Compassion in Action page on The Buddhist Centre Online? This is the all-year-round space for people interested in the kinds of things we focussed on in...
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Public Ordination - Berlin, 25 January 2015
On 25 January 2015 at the Berlin Buddhist Centre in Germany, Achalabandhu was ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order by Public Preceptor Padmavajra. On April 27 2015, Achalabandhu died in the...
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Public Ordinations - Guhyaloka, 4 May 2015
On 4 May 2015 at Guhyaloka, the Triratna Retreat Centre in the Spanish mountains, 12 men from around the world were ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order. Here are photos of the men with their...
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Triratna's first mainland European Order convention
I’ve recently returned from the first convention of Triratna Buddhist Order members in mainland Europe, held in northern Germany from 19th to 25th July. Around 80 women and men gathered at a vegetarian...
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Public Ordinations - Akashavana, 6 June 2015
On 6 June 2015 at Akashavana, the Triratna Women’s Ordination Retreat Centre in the Spanish mountains, 13 women from around the world were ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order. Here are photos of...
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Convention hits Triratna News
Over on Triratna News, I’ve just reported on our very successful Mainland European Convention. Since that report has been reposted on Facebook too, a lot of people will read about it.Meanwhile, if you...
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Sangharakshita's new book
Over on Triratna News we recently covered the announcement of Bhante’s newest book, A Moseley Miscellany.Read what Kalyanaprabha has to say.We still have £34,000 to go before we reach our target gift...
View ArticleDharmabyte: No Labels in Reality
Our FBA Dharmabyte today drops us into the realm of ritual with “No Labels in Reality”. One of the dominant themes in The Diamond Sutra is animitta samadhi, no-thing is supported by any other thing,...
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The Story of the Sangharakshita Complete Works Project
Priyananda, Windhorse Publications, July 2015Since 2013, Bhante’s literary executors, the trustees of Windhorse Publications, and myself as the director of Windhorse Publications, have been discussing...
View ArticleSangharakshita@90
Collect. Contribute. Celebrate!There are just under three weeks until Sangharakshita’s 90th birthday on Tuesday 26th August, on which we’d like to give him the money for the one thing he really wants –...
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Public Ordination - Norwich, 28 June 2015
Dayavandana was ordained by Sanghadevi on 28 June 2015 at the Norwich Buddhist Centre.In the early hours of 5 August 2015, Dayavandana died in hospital of complications associated with lung...
View ArticleFBA Podcast: The Diamond Sutra
This week’s FBA Podcast, “The Diamond Sutra”, is a talk given my Sangharakshita in 1969. If one does not want to ‘get caught in the grip of reality’, one should leave this great text alone! The...
View ArticleDharmabyte: Misapprehensions and Misunderstandings
Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called “Misapprehensions and Misunderstandings”. What if all of our emotional and spiritual problems were caused by an incorrect understanding of our true nature? Vajrapriya...
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Drinking from the Mountain Stream - Wednesday 12th August
“Drinking from the Mountain Stream ” is a weekly series where we invite order members to talk about a favourite sutra. This Wednesday, Pasadini will talk about Sallatha Sutta.These talks will take...
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Aloka David Smith 1946-2015
Sadly we report the death of Aloka David Smith of cancer in Birmingham on 31st July. He was 69.Vessantara writes: “Aloka David Smith’s connection with Triratna began in 1997, when he wrote to...
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Public Ordination - London Buddhist Centre, March 8 2015
On 8 March 2015 at the London Buddhist Centre in England, Shraddhajit was ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order by Public Preceptor Maitreyabandhu. Tags: Public Ordination, Public Preceptor,...
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A Special Treat!
I don’t often give rave reviews but today I’m going to …………On Thursday night we have a guest – A member of the Buddhist order I belong to coming along to join us. He will lead the sit and talk to us...
View ArticleMen's Morning at Hawkshill
Men’s Morning at Hawkshill led by Danapriya. 0800 to 1300 Saturday 29th August. We will start with Meditation then have breakfast at 0900. At 1000 we will have talks, discussion and more meditation...
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