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Vidyatara stands in for the College's intrepid reporter, Parami and has a chat with Karunadevi & Padmavajra. Tonight's topics include discipleship, views, consciousness & friendship within the College. #preceptorscollege #triratna #community #sangha #ordination #Buddha #Buddhism #Buddhist

After an evening off Parami is back on the sofa with Padmasuri and Saddhaloka, the deputy chairs of the college. As well as talking about the study session from today, they comment on what it means to be a deputy chair as well as reflecting on the need to bring on a new generation of public preceptors. #community #sangha #ordination #Triratna #Buddhism #Buddhist #Dharma

Parami and Kamalasila chat on the sofa. Kamalasila talks of his experience of the college over ten years, of friendships which deepen through coming together. They also talk about the college members' diverse responses to the direct pointing pilot project. #ordination #meditation #Buddhist #Buddhism #liberation #freedom #Preceptors #sangha #community

This evening Parami talks to Karunamaya and Nagabodhi. Karunamaya talks of the 800 women training for ordination in India and Nagabodhi tells us of working with men training to join the order in the USA, Australia and New Zealand. We hear of the cultural differences and the spiritual similarities between those situations. #ordination #India #Buddhist #Buddhism #USA #America #Preceptors #sangha #co...

Tonight Parami chats to Sanghadevi - a public preceptor for over 20 years - and Maitreyabandhu who joined the college in March of this year. As well as their impressions of the college, they movingly share with us their experience of a Skype meeting earlier today with Vajragita. Vajragita is not with us as she is unwell with terminal cancer and in today's Skype with the college, she shared her tho...

Hoy Parami entrevista a Moksananda, el preceptor público con responsabilidad para el entrenamiento de los hombres preparándose para entrar en la orden. Moksananda habla de su experiencia en el colegio, de sus amistades y de su práctica personal y colectiva. #Budismo #Budista #Buddha #Triratna

Dhammadinna, one of the most experienced of the College, and Moksananda, member for the Spanish speaking community, talk about how their own Dharma practice is the basis for holding responsibility as a Preceptor. #community #ordination #Preceptor #sangha #Buddhism #Buddhist #Dharma

Vidyatara and Parami talk about the College of Preceptors and what will be covered during the second of their biannual meetings, which is currently being held at Adhisthana. #preceptorscollege #adhisthana #triratna #Buddhism #Buddhist #Dharma #ordination

A new set of Buddhist Voices from The Buddhist Centre Online gets started with the first in a regular series featuring Suvajra, one of the most experienced members of the Triratna Buddhist Order, as we trace his life and practice taking each of the four seasons as our starting point. In part 2 of this conversation taking as its starting point Suvajra's first encounters with Buddhism in the summer...

International young buddhist retreat at Adhisthana #bigfuturebuddhanow

Young buddhist retreat shakymuni mantra #bigfuturebuddhanow

A new set of Buddhist Voices from The Buddhist Centre Online gets started with the first in a regular series featuring Suvajra, one of the most experienced members of the Triratna Buddhist Order, as we trace his life and practice taking each of the four seasons as our starting point. We begin by touching on Suvajra's current life at Adhisthana Retreat Centre in the UK, caring for his teacher Urgye...

Publishing in the 21st Century is all about change and adapting to challenging conditions, with lower profits from online sales and increased competition from digital formats. Windhorse Publications, a small independent Buddhist publisher in Cambridge, UK, is meeting the digital challenge of this and share their experience with us in a fascinating discussion that's relevant to anyone looking to pu...

A great conversation with six members of the Triratna Buddhist Order from North America at the end of their bi-annual Convention. Karunadevi, Amala, Suddhayu, Viradhamma, and Rijupatha all join our host Manidha for a round-table discussion of what it means to be part of Triratna on this continent in 2014. Some thoughtful recollections from the early days in the mid-'80s meet a wonderful sense of o...

A fascinating set of tales from Suriyadhamma from his many years worth of Buddhist practice. Taking us from his first encounters with the writings of Alan Watts in the '60s through his long discipleship with Chogyam Trungpa and eventual membership of the Triratna Buddhist Order itself. And a wonderful insight into practice for someone who has lost his sight and finds light and joy all around him,...

In today's podcast we meet Aryadrishti, courageously pioneering with a brand new Buddhist Center in Portland, Oregon, in the far west of the United States. We hear about the challenges she faces in building a community, and some of the innovative ways she's adopted for a very particular kind of American context. Having started out alone this is a great glimpse into the early days of a new sangha a...

The first of our Buddhist Voices podcast episodes from the North American Triratna Buddhist Order Convention for 2014. A lovely interview with Dayamati, Associate Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at the University of New Mexico and far-flung Order member! Hailing these days from Albuquerque we hear how he stays in touch with his inspiration in the Order when the nearest Triratna...

Jnanadakini from Mexico joins us as our last Buddhist voice from the 2014 Triratna International Council. As the great assembly draws to a close she reflects with us on a strong week and the challenges in taking its inspiration back to a more isolated part of our community. Having moved from some scepticism about the value of the meeting to out and out enthusiasm, Jnanadakini is a great advocate o...

A great interview with two pioneering women - the first female Indian members of the Triratna Buddhist Order to come to the International Council to represent their respective strands. We hear about their home lives in India and their work within the Order there. And they share their inspiration from the Council, particularly around women taking responsibility and taking the lead in a spiritual co...

Dharmananda from Sydney Australia joins us to discuss the well-established community Down Under, as well as his own practice of contemporary conscious homelessness. We hear about the challenges for a sangha that's geographically distant from the other major Triratna Centres, and how the internationality aspect of the Council's work helps people stay connected. follow https://thebuddhistcentre.com/...

An extract from a strong puja from the 2014 Triratna International Council, also featuring an extract from the Avatamsaka (Flower Garland) Sutra, the Ratana Sutta, and the Refuges and Precepts and Shakyamuni Mantra chanted Indian style... See our playlist: https://soundcloud.com/thebuddhistcentre/sets/triratna-international-puja For more, + follow www.thebuddhistcentre.com/internationalcouncil #Bu...

A delightful conversation today at the Triratna International Council with Vajrajyoti from Auckland, New Zealand, back for her second podcast after her debut at the last meeting in India. We reminisce about monkeys, talk about the challenge of language barriers to Dharma communities around the world, and appreciate the positive effects of internationality generally - especially in its 'practice' a...

A great conversation on today's podcast with Aryaketu from India. Inspiring tales from his project teaching computer skills to women and men from amongst India's poorest communities as a way out of poverty. And a rousing evocation of why the International Council represents something vital to the sangha in India and is, indeed, the flowering of Dr. Ambedkar's vision for the Dalit community. Follow...

For today's podcast we're joined graciously (for the second time in a day!) by Amala from New Hampshire in the USA. After some technical difficulties earlier we re-recorded this excellent conversation about how the International Council has alleviated a sense of isolation within Trirtana in the US and enabled the Order there to share its considerable wealth of experience more widely. An affirming...

A meeting with Chandramsu from Mexico, new to the International Council and keen to bring his regional perspective in and to take back a sense of connection to the wider Order and Community. Follow the event on www.thebuddhistcentre.com/internationalcouncil Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-buddhist-centre-online/id498033013 #Buddhism #Buddhist #community #sp...