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Ethics in the Wider World
Are you wondering how to draw out the Dharmic underpinnings to BAM? Here is a short article I’ve put together which might help.File NameSizeEthics and the Wider World.pdf91.97 KB
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West London Buddhist Centre in Vogue
A member of Triratna’s West London sangha, in Britain, was flipping through the latest edition of British Vogue when her eye fell on a an advertisement for the new building to which the new West London...
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What will go in the stupa?
The most important items to be placed in the stupa will be three small containers (tsa-tsas) holding ashes of the late Dhardo Rinpoche, who died in 1990. It will also contain two relics – a bone of...
View ArticleEight Step Recovery Meetings
We have received several requests on a meeting format for Eight Step Recovery – Using The Buddha’s Teachings to Overcome Addiction. Already we have heard of groups setting up in the UK and Canada which...
View ArticleAltruism, Actually: Getting Out and Doing It
The third talk from the International Retreat. Mokshini on the tensions and dilemmas in acting ethically - both individually and collectively as a Buddhist Community…
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Plans for the new building for the WLBC and a message from Paramananda
Here are some pics to give you an idea what the new premises will look like.We’ll have the ground floor and the lower ground floor.Paramananda (our chair) writes:Although many of you will have already...
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Buddhist Action Month – What more can we do?
This month is Buddhist Action Month (BAM), the month when we ask ourselves the question, ‘How we can act more for the benefit of the environment and the wider society?’ This year, BAM is focusing on...
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Review: Geoffery Hill Collected Poems - a major event in the poetry world
Broken Hierarchies: Poems 1952-2012 by Geoffrey Hill, edited by Kenneth Haynes (28 Nov 2013, HB£29.75)Ratnagarbha reviews the life’s work of one of the most profound, and original poets of the modern...
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Retreats this Summer with the LBC
“Have you not seen, O have you not seen,This has been man’s fate, how can you alone live forever?Thinking of this, my heart always feels torn;You, too, are like the sun going down behind the western...
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Some quotes by Bhante on the natural world
“As Buddhists we are meant, we are urged to direct metta towards all living beings. That doesn’t just mean all human beings, it means all animals, insects, plants, birds, beasts of every kind. So this...
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Fantastic Mitra Ceremonies last night!
Fantastic Mitra Ceremonies last night at the MBC - welcoming 7 new Mitras to the Manchester sangha! Sadhu to Jan, Kevin, Lucie, Leticia, Elaine, Kate and Laura!
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Climbing the Mountain - Alone Or Together
This is a talk given as part of the Year of Spiritual Community talks at Cambridge Buddhist Centre.Listen and download: http://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=LOC2038
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Risking It All - Sangha As Practice
This is a talk given as part of the Year of Spiritual Community talks at Cambridge Buddhist Centre.Listen and download: http://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=LOC2039
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Echoes From the Deep - Sangha As Communication
This is a talk given as part of the Year of Spiritual Community talks at Cambridge Buddhist Centre.Listen and download: http://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=LOC2037
View ArticleDharmabyte: The Mind is Everywhere
From the fabulous talk, “What is Mind?” we bring you a sparkling Dharmabyte entitled: “The Mind Is Everywhere”. Using Milarepa’s song, the Shepherd’s Search for Mind, Dhammadinna takes us on a wild,...
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Eight Step Recovery on Tour in America
Valerie Mason-John, one of the co-authors of Eight Step Recovery: Using the Buddha’s Teachings to Overcome Addiction is doing a number of launch events in America over the next few months. Here are the...
View ArticleTalking about Ethics - it's not about being 'good'.
The word ethics can get a funny response; a sense of being told what to do and all that…Buddhist based ethics is much simpler; it makes observations about how the world works and invites us to examine...
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Opportunities at Windhorse:evolution
Windhorse:evolution has opportunities for men and women who wish to deepen their Dharma practice in the context of a Triratna sangha workplace. Positions are available at our Cambridge headquarters and...
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Finding the Space To Live
Online meditation for June 10th: Finding the Space To Live- Reflecting on how the mind works in practice2.30-3.45pm EST/7.30-8.45pm UKPart 2 of our three-week ‘mini-course’: The Hand That Closes, The...
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