The New Vajrasana Grand Opening Ceremony
After five years of planning and two years of construction, the new Vajrasana will open. Sunday the 29th May will be a special have a special day for the Sangha where we will ritually dedicate the new...
View ArticleUrthona Appeal Launched
So we have launched the Urthona appeal at www.urthona.comThis unique journal where art, imagination and the Dharma meet needs to raise £100 a month in regular donations if it is to survive.We have a...
View ArticleBhante’s Complete Works well on their way
In the summer of 2015 Triratna people worldwide raised well over £100,000 for Sangharakshita’s 90th birthday, for the publication of his Complete Works, in hardback, softback and digital format. As...
View ArticleSunday Sangha - 20th March, 5:30 - 9:00 at the GBC
Our next Sunday Sangha evening will take place on the 20th March, 5:30 - 9:00 at the GBC.Maitrinaga and team will be giving a multimedia exploration of the Madhupindka Sutta - the Honeyball Sutta. We...
View ArticleThe illness of I
From the “Illness of I” to the “Wellness of We” A Buddhist approach to recovery. Dori LangevinThrough the lens of interconnectedness~interdependence~interbeing the addicted mind can open up and out of...
View ArticleMeditation, Tea Ceremony and Introduction to Bonsai Art
Buddhists down the millennia have always found ways to bring there practise into daily life and there daily life into there practise. We will spend a day looking and experiencing two iconic ways which...
View ArticleBuddhism and Elite Athletics
Prajnaketu gives an informal talk on how elite athletics can be a way into understanding Buddhist training in the 21st Century. From the Young People's Night at the Buddhistisches Tor Berlin.Tags:...
View ArticleBody and Soul page
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View ArticleMixed Young Buddhist Community in Berlin
Prajnaketu talks to Tobi, Inga, Hannah and Tim - members of the first mixed Buddhist community in Germany - to find out what it's like living and practising together and how they started out.Tags:...
View ArticleSpring Sangha Weekend Retreat 1-3 April
Spring Sangha Weekend Retreat 1-3 April“The girl was never there! It’s always the same. I’m running towards nothing. Again and again and again…”(free bar of chocolate to the first person to come on the...
View ArticleDr Ambedkar for India and the World
Dhammacharini Vajratara talks about the significance of Dr. Ambedkar, not only for India, but for Buddhists all around the world, and for society as a whole.Given on the World on Fire retreat at...
View ArticleInspired by Ambedkar - Sangharakshita's perpective
Dhammacharini Vajratara presents the work of Dr Ambedkar from a new angle - looking at how he inspired Sangharakshitas life and work.There is an alchemy that happens when the inspiration of the Buddha,...
View ArticleDr Ambedkar and His Importance For the Future of Buddhism
Dhammacharini Vajratara argues that Dr Ambedkar is not just relevant for India or for the oppressed, but essential for modern Buddhism all over the world, challenging us to move beyond a comfortable...
View ArticleRadical Buddhism, Changing the Myth of Society - Dh Vajratara
The first of a series of talks about Dr Ambedkar and his relevance to Western Buddhists. In a culture of unprecedented freedom, Dhammacharini Vajratara asks how we choose which path to follow? This...
View ArticleA Buddhist Revolution
In the second of a series of talks about Dr Ambedkar and his relevance to Western Buddhists, Dhammacharini Vajratara uses the example of Dr Ambedkar and the Indian Buddhists to show how Buddhism is...
View ArticleChanting Indian Style (with Flute Music) by Dhammachari Chandrabodhi
Here's a live recording from the original 'Dharmachakra Tapes' catalogue, with some wonderful chanting done India style!These recordings include: Refuges and Precepts, Tiratnavandana, Jayamangalagata,...
View ArticleCelebrating Dr B.R. Ambedkar
‘Celebrating Dr B.R. Ambedkar’ featuring Dhammachari Subhuti.Produced by the India Dhamma Trust, this is a 15 minute video in which Dhammachari Subhuti offers four main reasons why we might remember...
View ArticleBuddhism and Grassroots Revolution (Talk)
Prajnaketu talks about his experiences of starting a Sangha in Oxford and links it to the principles of generosity, kindly speech, beneficial activity and exemplification: Buddhist qualities that can...
View ArticleBuddhism and Grassroots Revolution (Discussion)
Questions and answers with the Essen Young Buddhists on what's happening in the Oxford Sangha now; simplicity vs activity; being a Buddhist in the world... and German engineering. With a German...
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