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Take Hold of Your Life
Hi Fellow Coogee MeditatorsThe Buddha said that just as the oceans of the earth have but one taste, the taste of salt, so too his teachings have one taste; freedom!So what does it mean for a human...
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Valuable New Perspectives on Mindfulness
Here is a very thorough and appreciative review of Anālayo’s fine new book concerning mindfulness in early Buddhist teachings.Anālayo, Perspectives on SatipaṭṭhānaWindhorse Publications, Cambridge,...
View ArticleThe Bodhisattva's Reply
First of the three talks from the recent International Retreat. Vajragupta on ‘The Bodhisattva’s Reply’ - our respnse to the cries of the world…
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BAM at the LBC
Hosted by the LBC Sub35 SanghaJune is Buddhist Action Month, where Buddhist groups across the country are encouraged to engage in collective actions for the benefit of others, especially ones that...
View ArticleUna guía acerca de hacerse mitra en la Comunidad Budista Triratna
La palabra sánscrita ‘mitra’ simplemente significa ‘amigo’. Hacerse mitra es profundizar tu relación de amistad con la Orden Budista Triratna, lo que puede ocurrir cuando tu compromiso con sus ideales,...
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Munisha explains BAM for non-Buddhists
Hi! I’m co-Chair of the Network of Buddhist Organisations UK, which is running BAM in partnership with Triratna. Here’s what I wrote about BAM for the website of Together in Service, the multifaith...
View ArticleThe Resurrection of FWBO Newsreel 2
Continuing our re-release of Clear Vision’s FWBO Newsreels from the 1990s, we bring you Newsreel 2 (55 mins) released in spring 1992, with reports onthe FWBO in Australia (Melbourne and Sydney)Order...
View ArticleGoing Beyond Capitalism - a Buddhist Perspective
The second talk from the International Retreat - Vaddhaka’s amazing talk on ‘Going Beyond Capitalism’. Touched a real nerve amongst the International Retreatants - one of the very few times I’ve seen a...
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Women's Meditation - Tuesdays, 10am to 12
There have been meditation sessions for women on most Tuesday mornings since 2008. Sessions, facilitated by Viryaja and other women, provide a quiet space and atmosphere in which women can come...
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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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