The Buddha As the Symbol of Awakening
Happy Buddha Day 2016! To mark this great festival day, Padmavajra evokes the qualities of the Buddha, and explores how seeing into the marks of existence is the best way to realise who and what the...
View ArticleGender Diversity In Triratna - The Video Interview!
The film of Parami’s interview with Kamalanandi and Padmavyuha about gender diversity in Triratna on the occasion of the first residential retreat for gender diverse people in our community. A timely...
View ArticleThe Buried Life - Connecting with Self, Other and the Third Order of...
A talk given on the Manchester Buddhist Centre Sangha Retreat at Adhisthana on 22 May 2016Listen and download: http://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=LOC2752
View ArticleFrom Pinball Machine to River
A talk given on the Manchester Buddhist Centre Sangha Retreat at Adhisthana on 21 May 2016Listen and download: http://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=LOC2751
View ArticleAbundance
A talk given on the Manchester Buddhist Centre Sangha Retreat at Adhisthana on 20 May 2016Listen and download: http://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=LOC2750
View ArticleBuddha Jayanti Celebration 2016
On Buddha Jayanti did seven fold puja under Bodhi Tree led by Dhammachari Ratnasambhava in presence of Dh, Chandrashil along with Dh. Guhyacitta, Dh. Atapchitta, Raj Mohan, Abhijit, Ninad, Padmavajra,...
View ArticleSponsor our Two New Titles
We continue to have success with our sponsorship campaigns in 2015 and 2016 – thank you to all who have sponsored a book. Here are two new books, both due to be published in late 2016. Please consider...
View ArticleTuesday Meditations for the New Season - Spring 2016
We’re just starting a new series of Tuesday sits for experienced meditators. If you want to join our regular band of lovely friends from all around the world, come and connect!Tuesdays, 2.30pm EST /...
View ArticleThe Sound of the Bell
In Buddhism, the sound of the bell is considered to be the voice of the Buddha. Stop talking. Stop thinking. Come back to your breathing. Listen with all your being. —Thich Nhat Hanh Hope you can join...
View ArticleBAM! @ North London Buddhist Centre
Activities at the North London Buddhist Centre during BAMMake your pledge for June visible with an acorn on our Tree of Intention in the bookshop areaBAM! GenerosityWe will be collecting...
View ArticleAvalokiteshvara and the Creative Heart
How do we have a creative response to suffering, without either getting overwhelmed or turning away? In this talk, given on a work retreat at Taraloka, Maitrisiddhi describes the Bodhisattva Ideal with...
View ArticleTrain your Mind - an introduction to Buddhism and Meditation
Want to see what your mind can do? This six-week course introduces the core teachings of the Buddha and how you can use them to move from ordinary, divided consciousness into a fuller, richer and more...
View ArticleAdvice from the Zen Master – Don’t be a Jerk
In this post we present a delightful review by Vidyavajra of a new book that tries to put Dōgen’s master-work, the Shōbōgenzō, into vernacular English – with some success, it would seem.Brad Warner,...
View ArticleColchester Buddhist Centre: Meditate in the Park for Peace (A Buddhist Action...
26 June 2016 in Castle Park(meet by the war memorial at 3pm)Why now?In 2016, parliament will vote whether to replace and modernise the UK’s nuclear weapons system called Trident. It’s made up of four...
View Article4 new mitras at Centro Budista de Cuernavaca
On Buddha Day, May 22, 2016, we welcomed four more mitras into the Triratna Mitra Sangha here in Mexico witnessed by around 100 people.These wonderful people are:Edith PalaciosOscar VillegasPaul...
View ArticleReflecting On Peace - A Sangha Gathering for Memorial Day
To mark Memorial Day this year, we’ll be having s special sangha gathering this Sunday to meditate together, and then reflect on the Buddha’s message of non-violence as the only truly viable way to...
View ArticleBuddhist Action Month 2016
BUDDHISTACTIONMONTH ATTHECROYDONBUDDHISTCENTRE 2016THEME : the theme will be TRANSFORMINGSELFANDWORLD echoing our Sangha Morning class theme which is balancing transformation of self through exploring...
View ArticleBUDDHIST ACTION MONTH AT THE CROYDON BUDDHIST CENTRE 2016
THEME : the theme will be TRANSFORMINGSELFANDWORLD echoing our Sangha Morning class theme which is balancing transformation of self through exploring the Seven Fold PUJA with themes of transforming the...
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