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Sakyamuni : Heartland: March 2007
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November 2007 8th – 31st Contact: justratna@yahoo.com. By Ven. S. Dhammika. 8220;According to the Tipitaka, almost the first thing the Buddha did after his enlightenment was to embark on a long journey in order to teach others what he had discovered. Equally significantly, his instructions to his first five disciples was that they should ‘wander forth’ to teach others what he had taught them. Dr Bimala Churn Law, Ph.D. Rohini was born at Vesali in the house of a very prosperous Brahman. When grown up...
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Drama of Cosmic Enlightenment. Parables, Myths, and Symbols of the White Lotus Sutra. An Extract from: Drama of Cosmic Enlightenment. From chapter 5: Symbols of Life and Growth. It is not enough to understand the Buddha's teaching intellectually. Anybody who has the ability to read - and a moderate intelligence - can do that. We have to ask ourselves again and again not just 'Do I know? But 'Do I feel? Do I vibrate with this? Do I feel all dry and withered? Do I feel in need of nourishment? If you do not...
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Themes from the Vimalakirti-Nirdesa. An Extract from: The Inconceivable Emancipation. From chapter 4: The Transcendental Critique of Religion. Once our basic needs for food, clothing, shelter, and leisure have been met, what do we need more than anything else in life? What is our essential need as human beings? So what went wrong? How is it that religion has become not a liberator but a jailer? What are we to do in this situation? We need to grow, we need to become free, and we need something to help us ...
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The Buddha's teaching on metta. Just as a mother would protect her only child at the risk of her own life let thoughts. Of boundless love pervade the whole world. from the Karaniya Metta Sutta. Kindness is one of the most basic qualities we can possess, and one of the most. Powerful. In Buddhism it is called metta an opening of the heart to all that we meet. Any friendly feeling contains the kernel of metta. It is a seed that is waiting to be. Developed, right here amidst the conditions of our daily life.
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Sakyamuni : Heartland: Parayana - The Way Beyond
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November 2007 8th – 31st Contact: justratna@yahoo.com. Parayana - The Way Beyond. Parayana means Going Beyond. When we started the pilgrimage service in 2001, our aim was to create resources for men and women Sramanas. 8211; renunciants practicing in simplicity. Still dedicated to Sramanas, Parayana has unexpectedly become an important part of new initiatives taking our Movement into the Buddhist Heartland – the Indian states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Brings the East and West of our Movement together.
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Sakyamuni : Heartland: 8th - 31st November 2007
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November 2007 8th – 31st Contact: justratna@yahoo.com. 8th - 31st November 2007. Whatever your tradition of practice,. I have added a lot of background material - borrowed writings on Sakyamuni and his early disciples. There is a large section on the Buddha's women disciples by Dr. Bimala Churn Law. Also new extracts from Sangharakshita's wanderings in India. All this new material is found in the Archive under March. The next Sakyamuni Heartland pilgrimage. It’s a spacious pilgrimage. One day at a holy s...
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Sakyamuni : Heartland: The Magic of Pilgrimage
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November 2007 8th – 31st Contact: justratna@yahoo.com. The Magic of Pilgrimage. Steve - Being There. Pilgrimage is a very powerful practice. One’s world is turned upside down. One’s imagination is stretched. Sometimes one sees, experiences, or participates in amazing things. Pilgrimage is a journey through meaning to awareness. It is a pilgrimage of mindful thought and reflection leading to moments –mysterious, precious, healing, liberating, inspiring, ungraspable moments. Anne finds herself at home.
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Sakyamuni : Heartland: The Classic Buddhist Pilgrimage
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November 2007 8th – 31st Contact: justratna@yahoo.com. The Classic Buddhist Pilgrimage. 8th - 31st November. Sakyamuni and the early Sangha come to life. The Suttas you have read and the stories you have heard. Sit with us, smile upon us – at least in our imagination. We go back two thousand five hundred years. It’s a leisurely yet true pilgrimage,. Through incredible India,. To places of real significance. The Classic Buddhist Pilgrimage. Getting There is Half the Journey. The Magic of Pilgrimage.
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The Religion of Art. In this collection of four essays, Sangharakshita a Buddhist teacher and poet discusses how art, like religion, can challenge our perceptions, awareness and experience of truth. Recounting his own experiences as a young monk and poet, he urges the reader to apply a similar kind of awareness in looking at art to that developed in meditation. In so doing he shows how both have the power to transform the way we see ourselves and the world. An Extract from: The Religion of Art.
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Sangharakshita is one of the founding fathers of Western Buddhism. Dharmachari Vessantara is a long-established member of the WBO. He is currently on a 3 year long retreat that has been running since 2008. Kulananda was born Michael Chaskalson, in South Africa in 1954. He migrated to England in 1972, where he encountered the Triratna Buddhist Order whilst studying for a philosophy degree at the University of East Anglia in 1976. Drama of Cosmic Enlightenment. Who is the Buddha? What is the Dharma? Moving...
