31st March - Welcome
The first in our new run of sessions. Come along to meet our team, hear about what we will be exploring and learn more about meditation.
View ArticleTonglen Retreat Day 3 - Self-Tonglen Led Meditation
A led meditation from Day Three of the 2014 Spring Tonglen Retreat at Taraloka.Self-tonglen: First turning towards your own experience, then towards the unsatisfactory aspects and later to the joyful...
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Triratna Community Day
Engaged Buddhism in TriratnaA Celebration of the 47th Anniversary of the Triratna Buddhist CommunityJoin us for a celebration of the Triratna Community. This year’s festival will focus on expressions...
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Pioneering The Stupa Project
On March 19th, Viriyagita, Shantikirika and Portsmouth NH mitra Bettye Pruitt joined the sangha of Nagaloka in Portland, ME, to share information about the project to build a stupa dedicated to Dhardo...
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Tantric Symbols Week 3
Talk given at the LBCs Dharma Night March 17th 2014Listen and download: http://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=LOC1957
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Symbols of Tantric Buddhism Week 1
Talk given at the LBC Dharma Night Feb 3rd 2014Listen and download: http://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=LOC1955
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Symbols of Tantric Buddhism Week 2
Talk given at the LBC Dharma Night March 10th 2014Listen and download: http://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=LOC1956
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Tonglen Retreat Day 4, Tonglen For Others
On day 4 of the tonglen retreat Saddhanandi talks about tonglen for others. She describes how the breath helps us to breathe in and turn towards what we usually ignore, resist or block to defend...
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The Time it Takes to Snap Your Fingers
The Time it Takes to Snap One’s FingersOne thing that’s often encouraged me as a meditator is the way certain texts from the Buddhist tradition tell us that just a fleeting moment of mindfulness is...
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Ordinations in Sydney and Spain
Sona and Maniraja write from Sydney and Spain, with news of three ordinations into the Triratna Buddhist Order. From Sydney, Sona says “We held the Public Ordination of Glen Davies at the Sydney...
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Tonglen Retreat: Tuesday
The sky is heavy and grey with cloud, which is interesting as we’re in the middle phase of the retreat and it can be a time when people can hit more resistance, so it’s as if the sky is reflecting that...
View ArticleTonglen retreat, day 4: Tonglen for Others
On day four of the Spring Tonglen Retreat at Taraloka Saddhanandi talks about tonglen for others. She describes how the breath helps us to breathe in and turn towards what we usually ignore, resist or...
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Happenings at Nagaloka in April 2014
See below a list of some of the happenings at Nagaloka in April:The month starts off with a visit by Nagabodhi on Friday, Apr 4th. He will give a talk on “Mindfulness” starting at 7 PM.Our special...
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Tonglen Retreat Day 5, Remembering the Bodhichitta In Everyday Life
Yashobodhi talks about her personal connection to the tonglen practice and the seven point mind training and about practising tonglen in the moment.Listen and download:...
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Tonglen Retreat Led Meditaton, Day 5
Led tonglen practice working with yourself and a person you find difficult.Listen and download: http://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=LOC1959
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Buddhist Recovery Network on New Zealand Radio
The Buddhist Recovery Network is a worldwide network of people and groups dedicated to supporting the use of Buddhist teachings, traditions and practices to help people recover from the suffering...
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Tonglen Retreat: Wednesday
Bright clear blue skies, the earth covered in dew and the magnolia trees are just coming into blossom. It’s a beautiful spring morning and by 9am the solar panels are already heating up the hot...
View ArticleDharmabyte: Illumined Imagination
In our FBA Dharmabyte today, “Illumined Imagination,” Maitreyabandhu shares anecdotes from his experience to draw out spiritual principles coming through ordinary experience. The full talk is about...
View ArticleTonglen retreat day 5: Remembering the bodhichitta in everyday life
This is a talk Yashobodhi gave on day five of the Order Tonglen Retreat at Taraloka. She talks about her personal connection to the tonglen practice and the seven point mind-training and about...
View ArticleTonglen Retreat Day 5: Led Meditation
Following her talk for the fifth day of the 2014 Spring Tonglen Retreat, Yashobodhi leads a tonglen practice for help in working with yourself and a person you find difficult.
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