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OM/Mitra meditation morning, Saturday 15th August
Our next Order/Mitra morning will take place this Saturday 15th August, 10:30am - 12:00pm at the GBC. These sessions take place on the 3rd Saturday of every month, facilited by different order members....
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51 years since Bhante's return from India
Fifty one years ago yesterday (12th August 1964), Sangharakshita moved into the Hampstead Buddhist Vihara in north London, having returned from 20 years in India.You can read about this period of his...
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Young Women’s Community in Norwich seeks new member
Want to be part of the thriving, dynamic younger sangha in Norwich? Are you a young mitra, a GFR mitra or an Order member?We are a community of GFR mitra’s in our late 20’s, we live in a gorgeous big,...
View ArticleSangharakshita, His Life and Work 4
Today, from the Croydon series, we have a talk from Vandanajyoti. She entitles her talk ' a personal taste of freedom', and shares how studying Bhante's work has helped her to make sense of her life....
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A Direct Pointing Summary
The Buddha picked up one of the lotus flowers and held it up before the community. He did not say anything. Everyone sat perfectly still. The Buddha continued to hold up the flower without saying...
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17 Reasons Not to Give to Sangharakshita's Complete Works...
…and 17 responses from one of Bhante’s two editors, Kalyanaprabha.Persuaded? You know the link by now…https://www.justgiving.com/Bhante90thFile NameSizewhy_a_complete_works.pdf78.5 KBTags:...
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Birthday collection reaches £80,000
Congratulations! Today the worldwide collection for Sangharakshita’s 90th birthday passed the £80,000 mark, with 402 online donations from individuals and groups within Triratna. Help us reach our...
View ArticleIntroducing the European Chairs' Assembly
The week-long summer 2015 meeting of the ECA has begun, and 40 or so Triratna Chairs - about 50:50 women and men - are gathered at Adhisthana for discussion, presentations and friendship.Munisha talks...
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Triratna's European Chairs' Assembly meets at Adhisthana
All this week we’ll be reporting from the week-long summer 2015 meeting of Triratna’s European Chairs’ Assembly which began yesterday.More than 40 Chairs of Triratna’s urban Buddhist centres, retreat...
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ECA gathering, Day 2
As always, the ECA day began with double meditation followed by porridge!We are around 40 women and men (the number of women has been going steadily up for several years) with a couple of guests from...
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Manjuvajra talks about his personal friendship with Sangharakshita, and shares some of his memories of Bhante from their travels around the United States together in the 1990s. You can hear more from...
View ArticleSatyapurna's reflections on her ordination retreat in the Spanish mountains
Here is a talk given at a special Sangha evening to welcome our new dharmacarinis back from their three month ordination retrea.http://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=LOC2442Tags: North...
View ArticleBodhipaksini's reflections on her ordination retreat
We welcomed our new Order Members back on a celebratory Sangha Night and heard them speak about their experiences of their three month ordination retreat. Here Bodhipaksini reflects on her...
View ArticleMoney Awareness - A workshop
led by Amalavajra supported by Danapriya.Sunday 18th October - 1030 to 1630 at HawkshillAmalavajra is very skilled in this whole arena. I (Danapriya) have attended two of Amalavajra’s workshops and...
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Day 3 at the ECA
Today the European Chairs continued their exploration of the culture of Triratna centres, with discussion groups about yesterday’s talk on Triratna’s Six Distinctive Emphases, followed by the...
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Enormous boost for Triratna translations
It’s a strange but common experience to enter a Triratna Buddhist Centre bookshop in Spain, Finland or Belgium - and many other non-English-speaking countries - and see rows of Triratna books in...
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Today we hear from Dhammadinna about her long friendship with Sangharakshita, and the effect this has had on her life.Just six days to...
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Considered Guhyaloka? - Cook needed and more!
The core team at Guhyaloka right now is myself, Vidyasiddhi and Dridhakarin. After more than a year, Dayajina will be leaving us at the end of November to return to Germany. So we are looking for an...
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'Secret Wings' by Sangharakshita
We cry that we are weak although We will not stir our secret wings; The world is dark – because we are Blind to the starriness of things. We pluck our rainbow-tinted plumes And with their heaven-born...
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Day 4 at the ECA
The sun is shining on Adhisthana and we’ve been considering the future of fundraising in Triratna: creating a stronger culture of giving worldwide, so that all the core institutions, services and...
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