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Planetary - special BAM screening at Sheffield Buddhist Centre (June 13th)
We’re very pleased to offer a special screening of “Planetary” on June 13th at Sheffield Buddhist Centre, courtesy of the director, Steve Kennedy. The film is concurrently being shown at Sheffield Doc...
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Two Invitations
Dear Coogee MeditatorsTo gain momentum in your meditation practice one often needs the support of like minded people. It’s important to make meditation something that happens regularly in your life –...
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The Buddha In the Pali Canon
The first in a series of talks for Sangha night about the Buddha in the Pali Canon.Listen and download: http://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=LOC2379
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The Buddha on Wall Street: Now available in the US and Canada
‘The Dalai Lama has said in public that he is “half-Marxist.” This book, “The Buddha on Wall Street” will help explain what he means. This is a fierce no-holds-bared Buddhist based critique of the...
View ArticleNewsByte 3, part 4
Part 4 of Clear Vision’s third NewsByte, rounding up news from around Triratna.Here Subhuti talks about the National Network of Buddhist Youth Convention in India (10.5 mins).Watch the full 6-story...
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Buddhist Action Month Events
EARTHMETTA: Buddhist Action Month 2015 Buddhist Action Month is a festival of Buddhist Social Action held across Britain every June. This year for the first time it will be Europe wide. It will be...
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Buddhist Action Month: Earth Metta Quiz
Climate Change QuizTwo of our Sangha members, Rowena and Karen, have put together a very interesting Climate Change Quiz that is both informative and fun. The people with the most answers will be...
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Themes for Ordination Retreats 2 and 3 Announced
You may have noticed several short Ordination Training Retreats in the Padmaloka programme, well we can now announce the theme for Ordination Training Retreats 2 and 3. For all the info click hereTags:...
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Buddhist Action Month at Ecodharma: Empowering Renewal for Social Action
During Buddhist Action Month, Ecodharma will host a group of campaigners and activists, present to participate on their course Sustaining Resistance: Empowering Renewal. Activists from 4 continents...
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The Buddha on Wall Street: Book signing and talk / In the footstep of the...
Vaddhaka will be giving a talk on Buddhism and Capitalism and will be signing his book The Buddha on Wall Street on Wednesday 17th June. The evening will begin at 7.30pm. The following week on...
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Consciousness Unflods - Week Five
Meditation is a way of using the mind to work directly on the mind; but what is mind? By developing awareness of the nature of consciousness we can start to see clearly how mind creates the world and...
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Win a signed copy of Vaddhaka’s The Buddha on Wall Street for Buddhist Action...
To celebrate Buddhist Action Month, we’re giving away a signed copy of Vaḍḍhaka’s The Buddha on Wall Street: What’s Wrong with Capitalism and What We Can Do about It. In this exciting new book,...
View ArticleCelebrating the Internationality of Triratna Young Buddhists
If you come along to a Triratna Young Buddhists group today you may think this thriving project must have been set up and running forever, however this is not the case. In November 2008, 20 or so...
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June is Buddhist Action Month – a celebration of Buddhist-inspired social action. In this video interview, Vaḍḍhaka puts forward some suggestions for what we can do to create a society that is less...
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BAM at Aryaloka: personal precepts for living simply
Members of the Aryaloka sangha are taking on personal precepts to live simply during Buddhist Action Month. After the opening dedication ritual for BAM, each person wrote their precept on a paper leaf...
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Avalokiteshvara's Tears: What is a compassionate Western Buddhist response to...
The theme of the Womens Area Order Weekend at the end of May was to reflect on one of the four ordination vows of the order, that is to acto for the welfare of all beings, relates to the current...
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Buddhist Action Month begins
BAM kicked off at Friends Night this week with a simple dedication ritual, led by Lilasiddhi. One of the activities sangha members are participating in is the taking of personal precepts to live simply...
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An Apology - a poem by Sangharakshita
An ApologyWe live in the Age of Apologies. Here is an apology that is much more meaningful than many being made today. Mankind owes a profound apology To the Birds, for having polluted the air...
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Myths and Parables From the White Lotus Sutra ; The Burning House
What called us to the Dharma? What keeps us returning, and what keeps us away? Silapiya explores the parable of the burning house drawing out advice for how to practice mindfulness in challenging...
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Healthy Vegan diet??
Healthy Vegan diet??I was inspired to write something about Vegan nutrition as some people may be considering a Vegan diet, particularly during BAM. It is an important part of the ethical consideration...
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