Fundraiser for RAICES
Posted on Mon, 11/18/2019 - 12:46pmThe SFBC Green Sangha raised over $300 for RAICES last week, showing season 1 of a web series "The North Pole". http://www.thenorthpoleshow.com/about/
Sangha News
Dharmabyte: Catching the Arising of Vedana
Posted on Thu, 11/14/2019 - 10:03pmVidyamala explores the crucial place of awareness of vedana if we are to move from reactive states to more creative ones.
https://thebuddhistcentre.com/freebuddhistaudio/dharmabyte-catching-arising-vedana
Pan American Ordinations in Mexico
Posted on Sat, 11/09/2019 - 1:51pmEstamos muy contentas de informarles que las siguientes mujeres recibieron su ordenación pública el día 20 de Octubre en el Centro Budista de la Ciudad de México.
We are delighted to let you know that the following women received their public ordination on the 20th October in the Buddhist Centre in Mexico City.
2019 Pan-American Order Convention in Mexico
Posted on Wed, 10/09/2019 - 4:37pmIn October Mexico will once again host a convention for people in the Triratna Buddhist Order at the beautiful Chintamani Retreat Center near Cuernavaca. A retreat for people training for ordination is also being planned. It's wonderful to have this connection with people from the Buddhist Centers in Mexico City (Roma and Coyoacan) and Cuernavaca.
The latest issue of The Vajra Bell is online!
Posted on Wed, 09/25/2019 - 11:16amCommunity, Practice, Ritual and Creativity
Read the issue online or download it as a PDF
Some highlights of this issue include
Carbon Offsets for Buddhist Travel
Posted on Sun, 08/25/2019 - 10:06amWomen in the North American Triratna ordination process have expressed concern about the impact of air travel on climate change.
Core Sangha Retreat Declared Smashing Success
Posted on Sat, 08/24/2019 - 11:16amSixteen members of the Core Sangha gathered at Dharmadhara to meditate and reflect on Stillness, Simplicity, and Contentment, focusing on the Satipatthana Sutta. Paramabodhi, who was visiting from the UK, led the retreat this year. He is an old friend to the sangha, having helped get the SFBC going in the early 90's before returning to London to work on his art.
Interreligious Climate Pilgrimage
Posted on Thu, 07/11/2019 - 2:09pmThe Oslo Buddhist Centre teams up with the Church of Norway to organize an Interreligious Pilgrimage, encouraging dialogue between different faiths and to explore their engagement and responses to the climate change crisis. From Clear Vision Trust.
FBA Podcast: What’s Race, Gender, Sexuality and Skin Color Got to Do with Non-Self?
Posted on Fri, 05/31/2019 - 8:14pmA timely and thought-provoking talk given at a People of Color (POC) day-long retreat at Oakland’s East Bay Meditation Center earlier this year. The East Bay Meditation Center hosts teachers from all lineages to teach the Dharma to their POC, LGBTQI2, Differently Abled and Scent Free Communities.
Talk given February 2019.
Radical Inclusivity
Posted on Tue, 04/23/2019 - 4:40pmA word so radical, spellcheck doesn't recognize it! Visit the link below for reflections on how inclusivity impacts sangha and practice, and to listen to the talk Singhashri gave at the London Buddhist Centre’s Transforming Self and World group in April, 2017.
https://thebuddhistcentre.com/freebuddhistaudio/fba-podcast-radical-inclusivity