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Sudaka, the Mitra Convenor in the Valencia Buddhist Centre, talks about his experience of Buddhist practice as a parent and discusses how he fits in his meditation practice, the importance of having a supportive partner and how his practice informs his parenting. You can read more about Dharma practice in the context of a family on Families space on The Buddhist Centre Online. Recorded at Suryavana, Valencia, July 2018. If you enjoyed this episode, please help us by taking a moment to rate the podcast in iTunes or your favourite app. There are so many podcasts these days it really does help people find us! For more, check out www.thebuddhistcentre.com/features

En esta conversación entre Elena y Eduardo nos comparten un poco de su experiencia en la Convención Europea de Jóvenes Budistas. Esta ocurriendo en Suryavana el Centro de Retiros Triratna de Valencia, en medio de campos de lavanda y de romero, y de un bosque de cipreses, jóvenes de Holanda, Alemania, España, Reino Unido, Francia, Bruselas, México están aqui meditando juntos y compartiendo su inspiración para llevar a sus Sanghas locales.  Grabado en Valencia, Julio 2018 #Dharma #Budismo #Budista #Buda #Triratna

Here is a short podcast with members of the Irish Sangha discussing what has motivated them, and what continues to inspire them, to practice the Dharma. From 'finding my friends' and a sense of meaning to life, to building a Buddha-land and being able to practice within one's own culture, Jnanadhara, Vajrashura, and Pavara together with Mitras Julie, Sean and Kristina share their thoughts. Recorded in the Dublin Buddhist Centre during Triratna Day in April 2018. If you enjoyed this episode, please help us by taking a moment to rate the podcast in iTunes or your favourite app. There are so many podcasts these days it really does help people find us! For more, check out www.thebuddhistcentre.com/features

To mark the great festival of Buddha Day (Wesak), when we celebrate the Enlightenment and its opening up of the path that leads to the end of suffering, here's a wonderful mythologically minded conversation with Sthanashraddha, self-confessed ritualist and all-round lover of beauty and of the Dharma as an aesthetic choice in itself. Sthanashraddha's considerable elegance of being and of mind comes through beautifully as we hear his magical tale of a dawn adventure to meet the goddess of the Malvern springs and bear back to his home some of her water to offer to the Buddha. A rich exploration with Candradasa and Ratnadeva of why such things matter - and what this area of practice can help us achieve in our own lives within our own cultures. Recorded at Adhisthana, Herefordshire, England, May 2018.

Abhayanavita has been involved with Triratna as a community since the age of 13. In her early days she learned to face her own difficult past with a fearlessness that is now reflected in her Buddhist name. She also learned to fight back against social injustice and gender discrimination via the Ashvaghosha project, educating people with plays and songs. These days she continues that work in new ways, working at the Bahujan Hitay Project in her home town of Amravati to run a hostel for vulnerable and abused women, and to help young women and girls step free of domestic and sexual violence, giving them the tools they need to take their future into their own hands. Find out more about this truly inspiring project on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bahujanhitayprojectamt/

Today's podcast features a roundtable discussion with 10 Order members from Australia, exploring the future of the Triratna community down under. Successes, challenges, the concerns of young Australians, we get a rounded picture of what Buddhist Centres in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney are doing to get ready for the next 50 years... Recorded in a very noisy tent in India! Hear more from the 2018 Order Convention

Welcome to the 2018 Triratna Buddhist Order Convention, marking the 50th anniversary of our Order's founding. It's fitting that such an auspicious occasion is taking place at the traditional spot where the Buddha is said to have attained liberation, Bodhgaya in Bihar, India. Join us for a walk around the Convention site meeting wonderful beings from all around the world who are converging here to celebrate community and practice the Dharma together - for the benefit of all beings! Follow along on Instagram or Facebook.  For much more from the Convention: www.thebuddhistcentre.com/features

Kicking off our podcast coverage of three weeks of Triratna events in India we meet a lovely group of pilgrims from Sheffield, England as they come to the end of a journey around the places traditionally associated with the life of the Buddha. Thanks to Mokshatara, Isabelle, Aryadasa and Martin for sharing their inspiration, impressions and delight with us! We love bringing you Dharma stories from around the world. If you enjoyed this episode, please help us by taking a moment to rate the podcast in iTunes or your favorite app. There are so many podcasts these days it really does help people find us! 🙏🏻 Find more at www.thebuddhistcentre.com/features

Saccanama talks to Karunamaya about her plans for a women’s retreat centre in India. She also tells us about two of the women she will be ordaining at the forthcoming ordinations at Bhaja in December 2017. Recorded at Adhisthana, November 2017.

In Triratna we acknowledge the importance of the shared system of teaching and practice that we derive from Sangharakshita's particular presentation of the Dharma, while allowing for its systematic and orderly evaluation and development, so that it is more and more effective. One of the important ways that 'evaluation and development' is happening is through the work of the Sikkha project. Sikkha means ‘training’, and the project will be bringing together teachers and practitioners to look at all levels of Triratna’s teaching and training, and share their experience. Here Dhammarati talks to Dhammamegha about her work so far for the Sikkha project. #buddhism #buddhist #triratna #dharma #study #learning