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The dedication ceremony is just finished. Everyone's off for celebratory lunch - time for a last word from Amala, Chair of Aryaloka Buddhist Center in NH, with Candradasa and Suzanne Woodland. A beautiful morning and much excitement to reflect on!

Some more prodigious chanting from Dhardo Tulku as part of his dedication of a stupa containing some of the ashes of his predecessor Dhardo Rimpoche. At Aryaloka Retreat Center in NH, USA. March 8th 2015.

We're a non-Tibetan community but lovely to have an honoured guest reciting traditional Tibetan verses to mark our connection to Dhardo Rimpoche, teacher of Triratna founder Urgyen Sangharakshita. #Buddhist #Buddhism #Buddha #Tibetan #Tibet #chanting

Tibetan purification hymn at the dedication of the stupa at Aryaloka Buddhist Retreat Center, NH, USA. #Tibet #Tibetan #Buddhism #Buddhist #stupa

Dhardo Tulku chanting some verses as part of the dedication ceremony. The verses evoke Shakyamuni Buddha.

Coming live from Aryaloka Buddhist Retreat Center in the US where we are attending the inauguration of a Tibetan-style stupa dedicated to Dhardo Rimpoche. See more at www.thebuddhistcentre.com/highlights

Entrevista con miembros de la sangha en Cuernavaca, México. #Budismo #México

Parami on her travels, interviewing Saddhajoti and Nagapriya from the Cuernavaca Centre in Mexico. Look out for the Spanish language version of this interview too! Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-buddhist-centre-online/id498033013 #Buddhism #Mexico #Buddhist #Dharma #spirituality

Sangharakshita, founder of the Triratna Buddhist Order, has long dreamed of starting a new library to house his collection of 11,000+ books on Buddhism, the Dharma and literature (including extensive reference and poetry collections). Vidyadevi, one of the people who helped make it happen, introduces the new library as it finally opens its doors. Her passion for this project and her love of books is both infectious and challenging as she talks with us about a library with its eyes as firmly on the future as on the past. #buddhism #buddhist #library #libraries #books #book #Dharma #Triratna #Sangharakshita For more like this, + follow thebuddhistcentre.com/features

In his (slightly belated!) autumn seasonal, we hear from Suvajra about his new, unexpected circumstances, caring for his teacher Urgyen Sangharakshita. It's an intimate and touching picture of their friendship, and moves naturally into an extended reflection on Suvajra's devotional practice of Chöd - "cutting" - meditation. Chöd is a ritualised practice from the Tantric tradition involving the whole body and mind. Its aim is to see deeply into the nature of self and of consciousness itself, and we get a wonderful glimpse into the true nature of empowerment, initiation, and indeed relationship to a teacher in that context. With a clear sense of how facing down the gods and demons we carry with us can lead to a clear-hearted seeing of things and a life dedicated to kindness. For more, +follow thebuddhistcentre.com/features Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-buddhist-centre-online/id498033013