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Dharmananda, Munisha and Bodhivamsa discuss the reasons for having an International Council and its evolving function within a global spiritual community. #Triratna #Dharma #Buddhism #Sangha #Community #Buddhist

Yashosagar from India and Sucimani from England talk about the College and Order strands of the International Council, and share their impressions of out opening ritual. #Triratna #Dharma #community #Buddhism #Buddhist #sangha #internationalcouncil #triratna

A quick chat and précis with Dassini from Glasgow, Scotland and Viveka from San Francisco, U.S.A., about the themes of the event as people start to arrive from around the world. For live Dharma coverage all week: https://thebuddhistcentre.com/internationalcouncil #Buddhism #Buddhist #Dharma #Triratna #meditation #mindfulness #community #sangha #Buddha

Satyalila interviews Kamalamani about a strong decision in her life as a Buddhist - to forego having children - and her subsequent decision to write a book about it. A great conversation between two good friends about a long, challenging, ultimately affirming personal process and choice. Get more information on Kamalamani's book and where to buy it: https://thebuddhistcentre.com/news/birth-book-choosing-childlessness #motherhood #children #child #kids #Buddhism #Buddhist #Dharma #compassion #love #parenting #parent

Dhammarati talks here about a new project on the system of training in Triratna. He is one of the most experienced members of the Triratna Community, having been chair of the College of Public Preceptors for a decade. He lives and works at Adhisthana, and is now the convenor of the International Council. Dhammarati reflects on what is essential in Buddhist practice: a growth of awareness which leads to positive and rich emotion and a move away from self-referential emotion. As joy and compassion arises, it allows for a deeper seeing into impermanent nature of all of your experience and a letting go. The reflex of this is to open up to something deeper; wisdom and spiritual rebirth. This moves you towards spontaneous action for the benefit of others; seeing that your own growth and the growth of others is integrally connected. Dhammarati introduces a new project by the name of Sikkha (with a long a at the end). This is a Pali word meaning spiritual training. The project is about becoming conscious of what is essential to theTriratna community. It is about deepening our understanding of what and how we teach and practice, and developing an explicit shared framework to talk about it. How effectively are we doing that as a system of training? Dhammarati celebrates the changes that make wider discussions possible across the movement: the International Council and Adhisthana. Here he and Dhammamegha talk about how that conversation can begin and what Sikkha will be doing to enquire about what is most effective in our teaching and practice. #Dhammarati #Dharma #community #study #dharmateaching #meditation #Triratna #Sikkha #systemofpractice #InternationalCouncil #College #Adhisthana #Bhante #integration #positiveemotion #spiritualdeath #spiritualrebirth #receptivity

Parami interviews Kamalanandi and Padmavyuha about gender diversity in Triratna on the occasion of the first residential retreat for gender diverse people in our community. A timely and topical discussion about the issues raised in society generally by changes in awareness around gender – and in a particular Buddhist culture as it expands its sense of itself to be more inclusive and more forward thinking about a crucial area of personal identity. The implications for ideas of practice as a Buddhist are considerable and represent a great opportunity for deepening our sense both of individuality and of community. The conversation includes a wonderful Q & A session about issues general and specific around gender diversity awareness and its positive effects within contemporary society and within the Triratna Buddhist Community. Contact the group for Triratna Gender Diverse people and our allies: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/282677805189496/ The Buddhist Centre Online - contact us on community@thebuddhistcentre.com #gender #genderdiverse #community #Buddhist #Buddhism #Dharma #genderfluid #trans #transsexual #transgender #retreat #Triratna

Dhammarati - in conversation here with Dhammamegha - is one of the most experienced members of the Triratna College of Public Preceptors having chaired it for over ten years. Here he talks about his long sabbatical after leaving that job - a rich, deep time that encompassed post-Impressionist galleries in New York and lengthy solitary retreats in California and in Wales. We hear about his personal study and his practical exploration of the Triratna system of practice and meditation, especially via anapanasati and the mindfulness of breathing. Inspiring to hear about such a strong deepening into a Buddhist life, and about Dhammarati's gratitude for the people and conditions that support him to dedicate his work to the future of a Buddhist community via the work of the International Council. #Dhammarati #meditation #solitary #retreat #InternationalCouncil #Triratna #Satipatthana #goingbeyondself #appreciation #self #Buddhism #Buddhist #Dharma

A lovely discussion, largely about meditation, between two people who are dedicated to it as a key way to work with the mind and discover more deeply the nature of it. We hear particularly about the devotional aspects of meditation, which is another way into the idea of insight itself. And about meditation retreats - solitary and collective - as essential to practice, including those featuring the Six Element practice as an approach to exploring the reality of existence itself. #Satyaraja, #Kamalashila #Meditation #PreceptorsCollege #Adhisthana #Triratna #Buddhism #Buddhist #meditate

A great interview with Purna by Nagabodhi, who has been a member of the Triratna Buddhist Order since the late 1970s and is attending his first meeting of the Preceptors College. We hear the history of the Triratna community in New Zealand and Australia, and the continuing process of ordination training in the southern hemisphere. #Purna #Nagabodhi #PreceptorsCollege #NewZealand #Australia

Two of Triratna's most experienced Order members talking about training a new generation of private preceptors - those who ordain individuals into the Triratna Buddhist Order. #Dhammadinna #Padmavajra #Private #Preceptors #Triratna #Buddhism #Buddhist #ordination #Dharma