Week 7 - Transference of Merit and Self Surrender
We come to the end of the course and the end of the devotional sequence - Transference of Merit and Self Surrender. Here, in this last stage of the puja, we uncover the secret behind the whole...
View ArticleSarvanananda - Communicating the Dharma Through the Arts: Show Don't Tell
Be prepared for the unexpected in Sarvananda's very funny - and by turns wrongfooting - personal exploration of why the Arts are vital to the development of a genuine Buddhist community. Sarvananda...
View ArticleSangharakshita's 90th Birthday Classical Recital
A beautiful, consistently very fine set of performances from members of the Triratna Buddhist Order to mark the 90th birthday of their teacher Urgyen Sangharakshita. The commitment and playing...
View ArticleDharmabyte: Love and Emptiness
Love is a force affecting a miraculous transformation. Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called “Love and Emptiness” by Padmavajra. This is the first in a five part series by Padmavajra on all aspects of the...
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Public Ordinations - Bhaja, India, January 2015
On 4 January 2015, 17 women were publicly ordained at Bhaja Retreat Centre in India by Public Preceptors Jnanasuri and Karunamaya. This is the largest number of women to be ordained at one time in...
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A 90th Birthday Celebration
On Wednesday this week Sangharakshita – the founder of our Buddhist Order turns 90So there’s a special puja at the Sydney Buddhist Centre this Wednesday night and then more celebrations at our retreat...
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Sangharakshita: 90 years; over 60 Buddhist books
With a literary career spanning over 60 years, Sangharakshita is a prolific writer, and author of over 60 books on Buddhism. His best-known book is A Survey of Buddhism, originally published in 1957...
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Happy 90th birthday, Bhante!
On this day, 26th August, in 1925, Dennis Philip Edward Lingwood was born in Tooting, south London, UK. His life has changed those of hundreds of thousands of people worldwide.We know him as Urgyen...
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Les 90 ans de Sangharakshita
Aujourd’hui, Sangharakshita a 90 ans !Pour célébrer cela, un rassemblement de quelque 400 membres de l’Ordre s’est tenu pendant 4 jours autour du week-end dernier à Adhisthana, le centre de retraite...
View ArticleParami's Perspectives No. 3 - Surrendering to the Beautiful
Parami with Lokeshvara drawing to a close a great weekend’s coverage of the Buddhist Arts event “Conscious Surrender to the Beautiful”. Some reflections on the event, a lot of laughter, and looking...
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Nine Decades - A Life in Objects (1925-2015)
We’re very happy to mark Urgyen Sangharakshita’s 90th birthday by launching a virtual version of the ‘Nine Decades’ exhibition currently running at Adhisthana.Listen to all nine interviews with...
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Croydon Digital Archive Project
Croydon has been home to FWBO / Triratna Buddhist communities and centres since 1968. Many early talks by well known speakers were recorded, both at Aryatara since 1979 and at the “new” Croydon Centre...
View ArticleDharmabyte: Overcoming Fear
Are we ready to face our own death, and the total transformation it symbolises? Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called “Overcoming Fear” by Sangharakshita. Fear, terror, and heroic virtues: the cremation...
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Bhante visits his exhibition; now you can too - online
Yesterday, on his 90th birthday, Sangarakshita visited the Sangharakshita Library’s first exhibition, at Adhisthana. ‘Nine Decades: A Life in Objects’ tells the story of his life though a series of...
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Introducing The Journey and the Guide, a new book by Maitreyabandhu
What does it actually feel like to move towards Enlightenment? This is the question that Maitreyabandhu asks in his new book, The Journey and the Guide: A Practical Course in Enlightenment. Mixing...
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Introduction to Meditation: 4-week course
Meditation is really very simple, and it can prove a greatly helpful tool in anyone’s life if they choose to make it a part of what they do. In this 4-week course, participants will learn the...
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Art of Meditation: Mindfulness
Learn to meditate! Saturday, Sept 19, 10-1 pm. Come and learn a foundational mindfulness meditation practice that you can build on and deepen for years to come. Offered by donation, $40-20.When you...
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Four Foundations of Mindfulness
In this workshop we will take a look at the four satipaṭṭhānas through the lens of Sangharakshita’s teachings. By establishing these four foundations, one cultivates the conditions for the arising of...
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Sutra Sunday! The Friend as Hero
Our regular Sunday morning meditations occasionally expand to include exploration of a sutta or sutra from the Buddhist tradition. This month, we are delighted to welcome Sravaniya, from the Boston...
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The Wheel of Life: an Exploration of Karma and Rebecoming
Seven Wednesday evenings beginning August 19th. The wheel of life is a teaching tool and a mirror. It represents the cycle of birth and death that all beings traverse. When we look into it, we see...
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