The Art of Kindness - Meditation Workshop
Introduction to Meditation May 16, 12 - 3 pm Are you interested in moving towards greater kindness? Wouldn’t it be wonderful to respond more positively to the people and situations in your life? In...
View ArticleTriratna Young Buddhists: Getting Radical Worldwide
Save the dates! June 6-8thCome celebrate and explore with other young Buddhists around the globe what it means to follow the Buddha’s Dharma as a cutting-edge personal and communal practice. Change...
View ArticleSutra Sundays!
May 31 and June 28, Sutra Sundays, 10-1 pm: Engage with teachings from the Buddha and his disciples throughout history. A great way to explore the richness of the Buddhist tradition. Offered by...
View ArticleBuilding the Buddha Land
Talk 1: Building the Buddhaland In this short series: Inspirations from The Vimalakirti Nirdesha, Padmavajra talks about aspects of The Vimalakirti Nirdesha. He bases himself not only on the sutra, but...
View ArticleDharmabyte: Stories from the Pali Canon
Subscribe to the Dharmabytes podcastSupport FBA today!In today’s FBA Dharmabyte, “Stories from the Pali Canon,” Saddhaloka talks about the tradition of storytelling in Buddhism, and recounts some of...
View ArticleMay Events
Yet still the unresting castles thresh In fullgrown thickness every May. Last year is dead, they seem to say, Begin afresh, afresh, afresh.Tags: LBC
View ArticleSangharakshita's diary
Ashvajit is Bhante’s secretary. He writes from Adhisthana, in Herefordshire, UK:“Here at Adhisthana there is every sign of spring: retreatants sunning themselves on benches or on the grass, flowers...
View ArticleDonations flood in for Nepal
Donations to Green Tara Trust in Nepal are now well over GBP13,000 - not including the GBP5,000 donated by Karuna Trust. It’s not too late to give. Make a Buddha Day donation!While Nepal’s government...
View ArticlePublic Ordinations At Guhyaloka - 4 May 2015
Today was a delightful day here at Guhyaloka. The community began the day at 9 this morning setting up for the Public Ordinations. Two things needed to happen. One was to make sure we had plenty of...
View ArticleKnowledge of Reality - Ramble Three
How do we know? In this ground-breaking three part ramble Subhuti draws inspiration from Europes first Buddhist, Schopenhauer, and Indias ancient Yogachara. With immaculate clarity Subhuti takes us...
View ArticleKnowledge of Reality - Ramble Two
How do we know? In this ground-breaking three part ramble Subhuti draws inspiration from Europes first Buddhist, Schopenhauer, and Indias ancient Yogachara. With immaculate clarity Subhuti takes us...
View ArticleKnowledge of Reality - Ramble One
How do we know? In this ground-breaking three part ramble Subhuti draws inspiration from Europes first Buddhist, Schopenhauer, and Indias ancient Yogachara. With immaculate clarity Subhuti takes us...
View ArticleU35's National Retreat - "Higher Ground"
Buddhism has at its core the goal of freedom. For many of us the ideal of complete freedom can bring with it a sense of fear: fear of the unknown, of our own unknown potential, standing out from the...
View ArticleHis story is our story - a talk for Buddha Day
The following is the text of an introductory talk given at the commencement of the Walk in the Footsteps of the Buddha retreat incorporating the Buddha Day Festival at Vijayaloka Retreat centre.Two and...
View ArticleNepal earthquake prompts amazing generosity
Green Tara Trust write to thank you for astonishing amounts of money donated in just one week, by individuals, by the UK’s Karuna Trust and by Karuna Germany:“So far six hundred and forty people have...
View ArticleAmazing earthquake fundraising
Triratna News reports on Green Tara Trust’s hugely successful fundraising for earthquake relief in Nepal.Tags: nepal, earthquake
View ArticleTransforming World and Self - Tara and the Tears of Avalokitesvara
Happy to say that Suddhacandika and Christine are booked on this retreat at Taraloka:Transforming World and Self - Tara and the Tears of AvalokitesvaraAvalokitesvara weeps for the sufferings of the...
View ArticleCo-creating Structures that serve the Bodhichitta
A talk by Vidyatara, assistant to the International Council, on the major Triratna structures - including the International Council - and how they come into relationship with each other, the Order and...
View ArticleBuilding the Buddhaland
A talk at the Bristol Buddhist Centre in the season entitled How to build a Buddhaland? Creating Ourselves. Taranita introduces horizontal and vertical integration, which leads to a discussion of...
View ArticleForbearance
I’ve been struck recently by reading for a second time in a Buddhist text that forbearance is the highest good we can practice. That’s quite a big call So I’ve been reflecting on what it is and how I...
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