Audio tracks from Brighton's Rainy Season Retreat
As Brighton’s 2014 Rainy Season Retreat continues, they’re posting some great audio talks and snippets on SoundCloud. Check out the playlist below to have a listen!You can discover more about each day...
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Announcement of the Tonglen Retreat
Today 24 Dharmacharinis will gather at Taraloka for a retreat on Tonglen.Led by Saddhanandi, and supported by Ratnavandana, Yashobodhi and Vajramudita. It will be a week of intensive meditation...
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Aryaloka sangha explores opportunities for social action
Aryaloka Buddhist Center, in an effort to more intentionally bring the Dharma off the cushion, had its first meeting at Aryaloka exploring the possibility of beginning a New Hampshire chapter of the...
View ArticleEXCELLENT COMMUNITY (a working title)
ITHASBEEN said of the Triratna Buddhist Order, 1968 - the present that it exists in time but it transcends space. This project demonstrates what the Order’s founder, Sangharakshita, refers to as the...
View ArticleFollow Taraloka's Tonglen Retreat All Week
Select Featured Post: Announcement of the Tonglen RetreatSub title: 24 women exploring altruismGroups audience: Triratna Features
View ArticleDharmabyte: Blending Reason and Reverence
Our FBA Dharmabyte today, “Blending Reason and Reverence” is an excerpt from “The Diamond Sutra – Taking Mind to its Limits: Talk 1” by Padmavajra. Blending the intellectual and the devotional, here...
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FBA podcast: Make it So - Imagining the Buddha
In our FBA Podcast this week, “Make It So – Imagining The Buddha,” Suriyavamsa looks at the role of imagination in the way we shape our everyday world and how we can use this to bring the Buddha to...
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end of the Rainy Season Retreat
We started our last day of the Rainy season retreat 2014 as usual with the 8am meditation, which Vidyadhara led. He’s been doing it all week, before going off to work at the Evolution shop around the...
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Tonglen Retreat Led Meditation Day 2
Saddhanandi leads us into a heart space of open awareness.Listen and download: http://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=LOC1948
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Tonglen Retreat Day 2, Creating a Bigger Container
Saddhanandi speaks about how to create a broader perspective, to give us the capacity to turn towards whatever is happening. She talks about spacious awareness, engaging with the power of the Buddha...
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what's going on...
It’s almost two weeks since we picked up our volunteers for this year’s work month, and so far we are establishing a very harmonious community with Vassika, Padmalila and Samata, who is here for the...
View ArticleTonglen Retreat: Sunday
The day started with two meditations, held within the silence of early morning - dawn rises quietly in front of the large shrine room windows at Taraloka.At 11am, I focused on the teaching of the...
View ArticleTonglen Retreat Day 2 - "Creating a Bigger Container" by Saddhanandi
Earlier today Saddhanandi talked about creating a bigger container to engage with the suffering in the world. She mentioned the support of spacious, open awareness, connecting with your heart-wish and...
View ArticleTonglen Retreat Day 2 - Led Meditation
Saddhanandi leads us into a heart space of open awareness in this led meditation from Day Two of the 2014 Spring Tonglen Retreat at Taraloka.The led meditation can also be downloaded on Free Buddhist...
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The Mini Vegan Guidebook
A cute little intro to veganism from Meghan Thome…Read this document on the Issuu website.Tags: vegan, vegetarian
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The Big One - Young Buddhists retreat: Adhisthana 7-9th November 2014
Every year The Big One retreat is a highlight for Triratna Young Buddhists. Attracting around 120 people it is often an enjoyable and inspiring weekend where we will: explore a dharmic theme, meditate...
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Rebirth and Consciousness
Here is another ‘editor’s opinion’ piece. How should Western Buddhists relate to the Buddhist teachings of rebirth? This is a difficult topic, and while some people hold to the traditional views about...
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Dhammachari Suvachin: Triratna Buddhist Order 1999-2014
Karmavajra writes from India, saying -“Dhammachari Suvachin passed away around 10 am Tuesday 18 March 2014 (Indian time) at his residence in Nanded Maharashtra, India. He was 81 years of age. His son...
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Vegan Life on the Vegan Buddhists Space
We’ve had some rich discussions and informative postings on the Vegan Buddhists space on The Buddhist Centre Online this month! If you’re vegan, or vegan-curious, there’s lots of great material here to...
View ArticleTonglen retreat, day 3: self-tonglen
On day three of the tonglen retreat here at Taraloka, self-tonglen takes centre stage.At the start of her talk Saddhanandi refers to one of the seven point mind training slogans: 'begin the sequence of...
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