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Please help develop the work of the Dublin Buddhist Centre

Posted by Prajnagita on Thu, 23/05/2013 - 13:47
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Please help develop the work of the Dublin Buddhist Centre

Posted by Prajnagita on Thu, 23/05/2013 - 13:47The Spiritual Community at the Dublin Buddhist Centre is especially spiritually vital at the moment. There are many of us involved, from a diverse range of backgrounds, inspired by the vision of existence that the Buddha offers and engaging with his teachings in the company of others.

The vibrancy and continued success of the DBC presents us with a challenge: as the number of people involved increases, and as more and more people wish to take their practice...
Triratna News

Triratna's International Council launches web space with reports of second meeting

The Buddhist Centre Online has become home to the new public web space for Triratna’s International Council. Vidyatara, Secretary to the Council, writes saying - “The web space is one way in which the Council is engaging more actively with the Order and the Movement about the work it is undertaking on behalf of the Triratna Buddhist Community”. And Dhammarati, Chair of the Triratna International Council, said that the space was designed not only to inform but also give a sense of its membership and spirit, through interviews, videos, talks and photographs.

“The space holds information about...
Triratna Highlights

Buddhafield - A Conversation with Kamalashila

Posted by candradasa on Thu, 23/05/2013 - 00:45
Kamalashila is the President of Buddhafield, a pioneering project which in the last twenty years has offered a radical revisiting of the Buddha’s life and practice for modern times, rooting their vision of that firmly in the elements out of doors.

Here he talks about his own history with Buddhafield since the mid ’90s, evoking the spirit of its great experiment and the people who have been undertaking it together as an extended community. He also...
Online Meditators

Mindfulness Thursday

Posted by candradasa on Wed, 22/05/2013 - 19:45

Mindfulness Thursday

Posted by candradasa on Wed, 22/05/2013 - 19:45Our online meditation session this week will be at the usual time of 11.30am EST / 4.30pm UK / 9pm Maharashtra, and we’ll try both Skype and Google Hangout options again. Connect on Skype with user thebuddhistcentre.com and IM (Instant Message) to be added to the call. If you’re not sure about finding us on Skype, see here for more details!

We’ll be online 15 mins before the meditation, which will be...
Triratna Highlights

Buddhafield Land at Broadhembury

Posted by candradasa on Wed, 22/05/2013 - 19:41
Recorded on the last day of the 2012 Triratna International Retreat, Satyajit tells the little-known story of how Buddhafield came to own some land at Broadhembury - and appeals for donations to the Buddhafield Land Fund…
Triratna Highlights

Buddhafield Launch Green Earth Awakening - This Weekend!

Buddhafield Launch Green Earth Awakening - This Weekend!

Posted by lokabandhu on Wed, 22/05/2013 - 19:03Today on Buddhafield Week we want to start focussing on the community and the land. Coming up over the next few days we have a new interview with Kamalashila as President, and we’re hoping to have some interviews and reports from the field too. But as you’ll hear the mobile coverage there is very poor indeed, so some of that might not come in till next week. In which case, it may well turn into a Buddhafield Two...
Triratna News

Buddhist Action Month is coming!

July sees the UK’s second annual Buddhist Action Month, with the environmental theme Earthkind.

Earthkind is a great opportunity for Buddhists of all traditions to get together and volunteer for the good of their local communities.

Centred on the festival of Dharma Day, BAM:Earthkind promotes local actions on environmental themes: organise a talk, a neighbourhood litter-pick, a tree planting, a nature walk or whatever else you can think of!

How about an Earthkind medmob? Using social media, a horde of people agree to descend on a local public space...
Triratna Highlights

Buddhafield Talks - Vajrasara: Enough Is More Than Enough (audio)

Posted by candradasa on Tue, 21/05/2013 - 18:02
Vajrasara explores sufficiency, attitudes around plenty, and the creative spiral of abundance.

A talk given at the Buddhafield Festival in the Dharma Parlour on the 16th of July 2011.

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Akasati: Heart and Soul - the Power of Ritual

Posted by candradasa on Tue, 21/05/2013 - 17:44

Akasati: Heart and Soul - the Power of Ritual

Posted by candradasa on Tue, 21/05/2013 - 17:44Does ritual have a place in 21st Century Buddhism? Akasati explores tradition and innovation in Buddhist ritual and looks into the area of creating our own rituals.

Given at Buddhafield Festival 2012 in the Dharma Parlour

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Srivati: Open Heart, Open Hand

Posted by candradasa on Tue, 21/05/2013 - 17:32

Srivati: Open Heart, Open Hand

Posted by candradasa on Tue, 21/05/2013 - 17:32“What does it mean to be generous? Is there enough of everything to go around? Why should we share anyway? Maybe the golden Buddha Ratnasambhava has the answers…”

A talk given at Buddhafield 2011 in the Dharma Parlour.

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