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The Triratna Future Dharma Fund has starting a campaign to build 3,200 Triratna centres around the world in the next 50 year. They got a £54,000 start at Adhisthana with 150 gifts from Order Members. To find out more about their work and make a contribution, visit the Future Dharma Fund web site.
Here's Sanghadeva's full talk, recorded at Adhisthana, for inspiration.
On Saturday Sep 1, 7pm to 9pm the SFBC will host an evening fundraiser to benefit Blossom Projects - funding a girls' residential program in India. Special guests Naima Shalhoub and Tongo Eisen-Martin are generously donating their time to this evening of music and poetry.
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Link to Viveka's talk from Sangha Night June 20, 2018, on the transforming power of love.
This just in from Dharmadhara!
"The first layer of the roof was put into place, made of pine boards from our own trees! Otherwise the week has been quiet with most folks travelling. The interior space is now mostly defined and we can really feel what it's like!"
Sangha member Julie Bennett, AKA Jules, loves all animals and wanted to do something to help with helpless and homeless pets. Now, she's a foster mom to several kittens, who are sharing a home with her and her three dogs until they find their forever homes.
"The dogs absolutely love having kittens in the house!" Julie said. "They are so cute and gentle with the babies."
At Florey’s Book Company in Pacifica in late May, Acarasiddhi’s poems were featured in a reading hosted by Pacifica poet Sherri Rose-Walker and storeowner Aaron Schlieve. The coastal town, balmy weather, and kind hosts created a warm setting for the reading.
Acarasiddhi and Belmont Poet Laureate Jacki Rigon were the featured readers, and they were followed by an open mic, a chance to mingle, and opportunities to buy books. During a light moment at the end of the event, Rose-Walker awarded the featured readers with Poetic License certificates.
At a special sangha gathering on March 5th, the San Francisco Buddhist Center announced that our five-acre property formerly known as “The Land” has been named “Dharmadhara,” which means Dharma mountain.
Dharma: The path of practice taught by the Buddha
Dhara: Holding, bearing, carrying, wearing, possessing, having, keeping (also in memory), sustaining, preserving, observing, and by extension or example it can be the earth, a mountain, a womb, or a mass of gold or heaps of valuables (representing the earth).
Windhorse Publications writes: “We are looking forward to two new books coming out this summer - I’ll Meet You There by Shantigarbha and Satipatthāna Meditation: A Practice Guide by Bhikkhu Anālayo. As Windhorse is a small charity, we ask that you please consider sponsoring one or both to help us with publication costs. Tho
In February 2018, Triratna Buddhist Order held its annual Convention in Bodhgaya, India. The Convention marked the 50th anniversary of the Order’s founding, and took place at the traditional spot where the Buddha is said to have attained liberation. Local Order members Viveka and Viradhamma attended.
