257: Tara, Beauty and Cosmos, chat with Abhayaka
#urbanretreat #beauty #valencia #spanish
15m Nov 27, 2015
15m
256: Valencia Urban Retreat with Silamani on Parami's Talk
A short conversation with Silamani on his impressions on today's evening program at the Valencia Buddhist centre, that involved a talk by Parami and puja. www.thebuddhistcentre./urbanretreat #valencia #urbanretreat #Budismo #Buddhism #Budista #Buddhist #Buda #Buddha #Dharma
9m Nov 25, 2015
9m
255: Valencia y El Retiro Urbano
Ivan reporting from the Urban Retreat in valencia, Spain! En Inglés y Español.www.thebuddhistcentre.com/urbanretreat #urbanretreat #triratna #valencia #espana #espanol #Buddhism #Buddhist #Buddha #Budismo #Budista #Buda #Dharma
13m Nov 23, 2015
13m
254: Living with Beauty: Sangha Day and the Urban Retreat
Munisha introduces the Urban Retreat on Sangha Day, Stockholm Buddhist Centre 21 November 2015. The music is "Erbarme Dich", from the St Matthew Passion by JS Bach, with mezzo soprano Janet Baker. The poem is A High Blue Day on Scalpay, by Kenneth White. Here it is, with Viryabodhi's translation into Swedish. A High Blue Day on Scalpay This is the summit of contemplation, andno art can touch ...
39m Nov 21, 2015
39m
253: Subhuti talks to Saccanama about the history and development of the Preceptors' College
In the last interview from the November Preceptors' College meeting, Subhuti talks to Saccanama about how the College has developed over the last 25 years and how he sees it developing in the future.#Subhuti #Preceptors' College #Triratna
26m Nov 20, 2015
26m
252: Parami talks to Varadevi and Dharmanandi about the women's ordination process in Australia and New Zealand
Varadevi and Dharmanandi, both over for the College meeting from New Zealand, share their reflections on ordination training for women in Australia and New Zealand. #Varadevi #Dharmanandi #Preceptors' College #Triratna #New Zealand
18m Nov 19, 2015
18m
251: Jnanasuri, Chandrashil and Yashosagar reflect on their time at Adhisthana
Jnanasuri, Chandrashil and Yashosagar reflect on their time at Adhisthana at the Preceptors' College meeting and their plans after they leave.#Preceptors' College #Jnanasuri #Chandrashil #Yashosagar
13m Nov 18, 2015
13m
250: Parami y Moksananda hablan de la reunion del Colegio de Preceptores Publicos que se celebra estos dias en Adhisthana, Inglaterra.
Parami y Moksananda hablan de la reunion del Colegio de Preceptores Publicos que se celebra estos dias en Adhisthana, Inglaterra.#Moksananda #Parami #Colegio de Preceptores Publicos #Mexico #Spain
13m Nov 17, 2015
13m
249: Moksananda and Parami talk in English about the ordination process in the Spanish-speaking world
In one of two interviews covering different areas, Moksananda and Parami talk about their work for the Preceptors' College in the Spanish-speaking world. In English!#Moksananda #Parami #Mexico #Spain #Triratna #Preceptors' College
15m Nov 17, 2015
15m
248: Punyamala shares her reflections on conducting her first public ordination.
In conversation with Saccanama, Punyamala shares her reflections on conducting her first public ordination at Akashavana in September this year.#Punyamala #Ordination #Akashavana #Triratna
12m Nov 15, 2015
12m
247: Paramachitta and Karunadevi share reflections on the Pan-American Convention
Parami interviews her good friends Paramachitta and Karunadevi about their recent time in Mexico for the Pan-American Order convention as well as their trips to Cuernavaca. #Paramachitta #Karunadevi #Parami #Mexico #Cuernavaca #Triratna Order
14m Nov 13, 2015
14m
246: Paramabandhu on a new ordination retreat
Paramabandhu introduces a new ordination retreat at Guhyaloka which will run for one month in September next year. It will be a bilingual retreat in Spanish and English. #ordination #Guhyaloka #Paramabandhu #Preceptors' College #Triratna
3m Nov 12, 2015
3m
245: Saddhaloka introduces the Preceptors' College Meeting November 2015
Saddhaloka, in conversation with Saccanama, introduces the November meeting of the Public Preceptors' College; a gathering of public preceptors from all around the world - India, America, New Zealand, Spain and the UK. He talks about some of the themes and issues they will be exploring together this week, including Sadhana, the future of the College, and the work of the Ordination team in India...
8m Nov 11, 2015
8m
244: Goodbye From Mexico (Adios de México)
This is our final podcast from the 2015 Pan-American Convention here at Chintamani Retreat Centre in Mexico. We hear from Amala, Jnanadakini, Lokeshvara, Paramachitta, and Shantinayaka - 4 of whom are Order Conveners for the Triratna Buddhist Order - about how they they think it's gone and the highlights they'll be carrying back home. Con traducción en Español. Listen out for more mantras, Bu...
19m Nov 01, 2015
19m
243: Bodhichitta Mantra
Members of the Triratna Buddhist Order on their Pan-American Convention join with women training for ordination to chant the Bodhichitta mantra for the benefit of all beings. The 'Bodhichitta' is sometimes rendered as the 'will to Enlightenment' or the 'heart-mind of Enlightenment' - signifying the complete dedication of our efforts to cultivate wisdom and compassion, in line with the Buddha's...
13m Oct 30, 2015
13m
242: Buddhist Voices - Saddhajoti On Co-Creating Chintamani Retreat Centre in Mexico
Viriyalila in conversation with the wonderful Saddhajoti, whose vision of a Buddhist retreat centre rising out of barren sugar cane plantation land has been fully realized here at Chintamani, near Cuernavaca in Mexico. It's a truly extraordinary achievement, and the great beauty and elegance of the place has been hugely enjoyed by all lucky enough o be attending the Triratna Buddhist Order's 2...
11m Oct 30, 2015
11m
241: Kalyana Mitrata Mantra In The Rain
As part of a meditation evoking the path of friendship and lineage, members of the Triratna Buddhist Order chant the 'kalyana mitrata' mantra in a rainstorm at Chintamani Retreat Centre in Mexico. Recorded as part of the 2015 Triratna Buddhist Order Pan-American Convention: https://thebuddhistcentre.com/tags/pan-american-2015 #mantra #chanting #harmonies #friendship #chant #singing #Buddhist ...
3m Oct 29, 2015
3m
240: Buddhist Voices - Danadasa & Prasadachitta on San Francisco, Consciousness and Friendship
We continue to celebrate the diversity of those attending the 2015 Triratna Buddhist Order Pan-American Convention in Mexico with two close friends from San Francisco. The theme of the Convention is friendship itself as a whole path of practice, and this is a pleasing ramble with two Californians taking in topics as diverse as the tech boom in San Francisco, the nature of interpretative underst...
25m Oct 28, 2015
25m
239: Vajrasattva Mantra
The 100-syllable mantra to Vajrasattva, the Buddhist Bodhisattva figure associated with purifying the heart and mind in the development of wosdom and compassion. Recorded at the 2015 Pan-American Triratna Buddhist Order Convention in Mexico. #mantra #Buddhist #Buddhism #bodhisattva #Vajrasattva #chanting #chant #ritual
14m Oct 27, 2015
14m
238: Abhayagita On Pilgrimage and Native Ground for Buddhism in Mexico
As part of our Buddhist Voices series we're live at the 2015 Pan-American Triratna Buddhist Order Convention. Abhayagita - whose name means 'Song of Fearlessness' - tells us (in English y en español) about her project to take women on pilgrimage from Mexico to India in the footsteps of the Buddha. En route we hear about her home country's engagement with the Dharma, and end up in a fascinating ...
37m Oct 27, 2015
37m
237: Parami's Perspectives No. 7 - Dharmamodini on Triratna Adelaide
Parami - on her first visit to Adelaide - chats to Dharmacharini Dharmamodini about Triratna Adelaide, about which she is most passionate! It's great to hear someone speak with such delight at sharing the Dharma and building community at home... Subscribe to hear more: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-buddhist-centre-online/id498033013 #Buddhism #Buddhist #Dharma #Adelaide #Australia #New...
19m Oct 20, 2015
19m
234: Parami's Perspectives No. 4 - Tejopala and Akasamati on Climate Change and Triratna
Parami is back, reporting from Australasia - or is it Oceania? - talking with two friends who have spent much of their adult lives reflecting on - and acting upon - climate change as an integral aspect of their Buddhist practice. A fascinating, sometimes sobering, but realistically positive conversation about what environmental issues have to do with the Dharma - and what we can do to get invol...
28m Oct 16, 2015
28m
235: Parami's Perspectives No. 5 - Rijumayi on Young Buddhists Australia
Parami's season of interviews from the South Pacific continues with an in-depth chat to Rijumayi, a young woman who has just joined the Triratna Buddhist Order and is pioneering the Australian branch of the international Young Buddhists movement out of Melbourne. It's a thoughtful engagement around the particularities of practice for young people - around ethics and the challenges of building ...
11m Oct 16, 2015
11m
236: Parami's Perspectives No. 6 - Maitripala on Women's Ordination and Her Australian Pilgrimage
Parami again from "Oceania"! She's in conversation here with her friend Maitripala who has been living in Europe for a year but is now back home and engaging with women seeking ordination into the Triratna Buddhist Order. Great to hear the inspiration - old and new - come through as a new generation of women grapples with the challenges and joys of Buddhist practice and of community. And as a ...
19m Oct 15, 2015
19m
233: Parami's Perspectives No. 3 - South Pacific Retreat
Parami chats with Kate and Cynthia at the end of the ordination training retreat at Vijayaloka Retreat Centre in Australia. Great to hear inspiring tales from the outback as women deepen their friendships and Buddhist practice together... Subscribe to hear more: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-buddhist-centre-online/id498033013 #Buddhism #Buddhist #Dharma #women #Australia #NewZealand #c...
21m Oct 02, 2015
21m
232: Buddhists on the refugee crisis
At the end of the European Buddhist Union AGM weekend in Berlin, Munisha from the Triratna Buddhist Order talks to Martin Schaurhofer (Austrian Buddhist Society) and Žarko Andrićević (Ch'an, Croatia) about the current refugee crisis - and a Buddhist response. (Here is the EBU's public statement: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-o2LTolHa13dEh5d1lhLVVuUU0/view) #Buddhism #refugees #Triratna #Eu...
7m Sep 27, 2015
7m
231: Green Tara Mantra - Live From the Buddhist Mothers Retreat
Green Tara is the Buddhist figure associated with deep compassion in the face of the world's troubles. Something most mothers and fathers can relate to when it comes to their own kids! This weekend we're focussing on how to practice Buddhism and meditation as a parent with young children, and we're delighted to be able to bring you resources live from the Retreat for Mothers that's just starte...
9m Sep 26, 2015
9m
230: Buddhist Voices - Kalyanaprabha On Editing Sangharakshita
An excellent conversation with Kalyanaprabha on what it's like to work with and edit Sangharakshita, as his latest book, 'A Moseley Miscellany' hits the bookshops and the project to publish his Complete Works gets underway. Words and their meanings, the transformative effect of literature in a life, writing as a gateway to spiritual insight - these are just some of the topics covered as we hear...
29m Sep 03, 2015
29m
229: Parami's Perspectives No. 3 - Surrendering to the Beautiful
Parami with Lokeshvara drawing to a close a great weekend's coverage of the Buddhist Arts event "Conscious Surrender to the Beautiful". Some reflections on the event, a lot of laughter, and looking ahead to what comes next... For more, see https://thebuddhistcentre.com/tags/conscious-surrender
18m Aug 25, 2015
18m
227: Conscious Surrender to the Beautiful - The Sangharakshita@90 Exhibition: Nine Decades
Sanghamani and Abhayanara in the Sangharakshita Library at Adhisthana in England, discussing the beautiful new exhibition to mark Sangharakshita's life via objects from each of his nine decades. This weekend over 400 members of the Triratna Buddhist Order will gather to share inspiration around the place of the Arts in contemporary Buddhist spiritual life. Timed as part of the celebrations to ...
7m Aug 21, 2015
7m
228: Choir rehearsal, Order weekend
The weekend choir rehearses with Vipulakirti: Manidhara (Graham Patterson)'s setting of Sangharakshita's poem 'Meditation'.
2m Aug 21, 2015
2m
226: Shubhavyuha and Sudaya: Australian visitors to the European Chairs' Assembly
Shubhavyuha and Sudaya, from Triratna's Sydney and Melbourne Buddhist Centres, talk to Munisha about why they've travelled all the way to Adhisthana for a gathering of Triratna's European Chairs, and what they've got from it. #Buddha #Dharma #Triratna #community #sangha
8m Aug 19, 2015
8m
225: Vidyamala on mindfulness as Bodhisattva activity
At the European Chairs' Assembly summer gathering 2015, at Adhisthana, Vidyamala talks to Munisha, with passion and inspiration, about mindfulness, Breathworks and the future of socially engaged activity in the Triratna Buddhist Community.#Buddha #Buddhist #Buddhism #Triratna# Community #mindfulness #social engagement
9m Aug 18, 2015
9m
224: Vishvapani reports on mindfulness at the ECA
At Adhisthana, Munisha talks to Vishvapani about his day with the Triratna Chairs', considering the place of mindfulness in society, and Triratna responses to it. #mindfulness #Buddhism #Buddhist #Buddha #Dharma #Triratna #community #sangha
6m Aug 17, 2015
6m
223: Sanghadarshini, Vimalamati and Sthanashraddha
Munisha talks to three new members of the Adhisthana community who introduce themselves amid the preparations for the Order's weekend celebration of Sangharakshita's 90th birthday at Adhisthana.
5m Aug 16, 2015
5m
222: Mahamati and Parina and the Six Distinctive Emphases
On day 3 of the European Chairs' Assembly meeting, Mahamati and Parina talk about the Chairs' exploration of Triratna's Six Distinctive Emphases. #Buddhism #Buddhist #Buddha #Dharma #Triratna #community #sangha
11m Aug 15, 2015
11m
221: Introducing the European Chairs' Assembly
Viryapushpa and Ratnaghosha In conversation with Munisha on Day 2 of the ECA meeting, 14th August 2015 #Buddhism #Buddhist #Buddha #Dharma #Triratna #community #sangha
7m Aug 14, 2015
7m
219: Mainland European Convention #3 - Los Españoles
Podcast en español. Entrevista con saddhakara y silamani. #budismo #espana #espanol
17m Jul 27, 2015
17m
220: Mainland European Convention #4 - An Historic Event
The last post from Parami as she wraps up her coverage of the Triratna convention from Germany with inspiring Buddhists from all over mainland Europe and the Nordic countries. Here we meet Sridevi and Maitriprabha from Helsinki and Viryabodhi from Stockholm, and hear their reflections on an historic event within the Triratna Buddhist Order and Community. #Buddhism #Buddhist #Buddha #Dharma #Sa...
14m Jul 25, 2015
14m
218: Mainland European Convention #2 - German/Nordic Sisters
A fascinating, extended interview with Munisha and Utpalachitta preceded by some very lovely chanting of an excerpt from the Ratnaguna Samcayagatha. Some reflections on place, language, autonomy, and - of course - Dharma practice... #Buddhism #Europe #European #Dharma #community #Sangha #Triratna
16m Jul 22, 2015
16m
217: Mainland European Convention #1: The Brothers Karuna
Parami with Karunajala and Karunabandhu in Lychen, Germany, from the Triratna mainland European Order Convention. Some lovely description of the site and an exploration of why it's important to meet as Europeans... Listen for updates all week! #Buddhism #Buddhist #Dharma #community #Triratna #Germany
10m Jul 20, 2015
10m
216: Writers Convention 2015 - Be Here Now by Ananda
Satyalila and Ananda reflecting on the Writers Convention - both the nurturing and wildness aspects of it. And we get to hear Ananda give a wind-blown reading of his own poem, 'Be Here Now'. #poetry #poem #writers #writing #literature
2m Jul 20, 2015
2m
215: Parami's Perspectives - Berlin #1
Parami reporting from Berlin in the run up to the start of the mainland European Convention of the Triratna Buddhist Order. Beginning with a conversation with Jnanadakini from Mexico who is visiting the Convention to connect with the European Spanish language community. Some reflections on the recent history of Berlin and personal lessons to be learned from history. #triratna #history #Germany...
6m Jul 17, 2015
6m
214: Writers Convention 2015 - Small Boy by Norman MacCaig
Into the last day of the writers' gathering proper and we hear how it started - with a beautiful, typically understated piece by Norman MacCaig read by Steph, a writer herself and one of the young women who has just finished a five-month intensive Dharma course. #poetry #poem #poets #writers #literature #Buddhism #Buddhist
59s Jul 14, 2015
59s
213: Writers Convention 2015 - Young Women Writing Their Way
Running parallel to the Writers' Convention - and coming to an end at the same time - was a young women's extended Dharma course, with women from around the world taking part. Here we meet Shraddhavajri and Vidyadharini from India who, along with their fellow long-term retreatants, have been using writing as another way to explore spiritual life and the meaning of the Buddha's teaching in their...
3m Jul 14, 2015
3m
212: Writers Convention 2015 - No. 4, Satyadaka on Sangharakshita's library, Richard Holmes and Samuel Johnson
After our weekend break, Satyalila is back with the latest installment from the Triratna Writers Conference. It's unusual perhaps for a Buddhist community to place such an emphasis on the Arts as a route to spiritual inquiry - but it's a real pleasure to listen to it happening 'as live'! This conversation with Satyadaka takes place in the brand new Sangharakshita library and we hear much about...
5m Jul 13, 2015
5m
211: Writers Convention 2015 - No. 3, Two Old Codgers!
Satyalila manages to get two of the most venerable writers attending onto her podcast bench (no mean feat!)... Ananda fresh from his talk and Abhaya making the transition to poetry from painting... Follow blogs and talks from the event at thebuddhistcentre.com/features #Arts #writing #poetry #poets #literature #Buddhism #writers #
2m Jul 09, 2015
2m
210: Writers Convention 2015 - No. 2, What's It Like So Far?
Padmabodhini in conversation with Satyalila about what it's like (so far!) to be on a writers' convention... #poetry #poets #writers #writing #Arts #literature
2m Jul 09, 2015
2m
209: Writers Convention 2015 - No. 1, Meet the Team
The first Triratna writers convention is happening all this week during the Ledbury Poetry Festival and we'll be hearing from some of the lyric voices taking part. Join us through the week at Adhisthana for lots of literary talk and an exploration of the connections between the Arts and spiritual life - a big part of the Triratna Buddhist path. #Ledbury #LedburyPoetry #poetry #Arts #Buddhist #B...
3m Jul 07, 2015
3m
208: Suvajra's Seasonal - No 3, Winter: Meeting Dhardo Rimpoche
We're making a virtue of the long gap since Suvajra's autumn seasonal by switching to the southern hemisphere for our frame of reference! As colder weather settles over the realms of the south we hear about a Scotsman's adventures in India... This set of fascinating winter tales comes from the mid '80s when Suvajra travels to the east to conduct his first ordinations on behalf of his teacher, ...
35m Jun 29, 2015
35m