En kort guidad meditation för att sitta i naturen med din upplevelse – den yttre världen med alla sinnesintryck och den inre världen av förnimmelser, känslor och bilder. (21 juli 2022) 
En knapp vecka mediterade jag på klipporna på Söderklobben, en liten ö i Ekenäs skärgård, sydvästra Finland, som tillhör min vän Jukka.

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We're delighted to share a special Triratna Day 2023 podcast episode with you, recorded earlier this week and hosted by our friend Jnanadhara. He's joined by Saddhanandi and Nagabodhi to discuss the upcoming online gathering of the Triratna Buddhist community, which celebrates its founding in April 1967. 

Saddhanandi and Nagabodhi reminisce about past Triratna Day celebrations, recalling the excitement of travelling in large groups from Glasgow to London or Birmingham for the day or weekend. These events were like big festivals, with talks, book stalls, and the opportunity to meet people from the wider movement who might only have known through their books. Whilst often the talks given at events such as these, shaped the discourse of our community as a whole. Sangharakshita, the founder of the Triratna Buddhist community, emphasized the importance of celebrating Buddhist festivals such as Buddha Day and Dharmachakra Day etc but also wanted the community to have its own traditions. Heeding the Buddha's famous call to come together in large numbers.

We also discuss Sangharakshita’s place within our tradition. Explored through the perspective of Is a Guru Necessary? A talk he gave in 1970. 

The theme of the day and the podcast is "Roots in the Earth, Roots in the Sky." Since its founding, Triratna has become a truly international sangha, with special - even sacred - spaces. Collaborating in the creation of these spaces has been crucial to our individual and collective growth. This Triratna Day, we celebrate the significance of such spaces in our history and the work being done to establish roots in new places today.

From Bhante's early work in England to the current efforts of Order Members in countries as diverse as New Zealand, Finland, Poland, Mexico, India, and Brazil, our community recognizes the importance of establishing and nurturing new ground for practice. As Bhante once said, for our Sangha to thrive, we need really deep roots - roots in the sky! This way of speaking about bodhichitta is embodied in the image of the cosmic Refuge Tree.

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Roots In The Earth, Roots In The Sky - Triratna Day Special (The Podcast, Episode 440)

Revered by Buddhists from earliest times, the stupa is here explained in terms of the five elements, the 'Vase of Initiation', and the 'Flaming Drop'.
Excerpted from the talk given by Sangharakshita entitled The Tantric Symbolism of the Stupa as part of the series Creative Symbols of the Tantric Path to Enlightenment, 1972.

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The Tantric Symbolism of the Stupa

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Dharmabytes Podcast #1135 "The Cosmos As Existing in Space"

March 13th-21st 2015 we’ll be bringing teaching and blogs from the Rainy Season Urban Retreat that starts this evening in Bristol, UK. The theme is ‘Living In the Mandala’ and we’ll be exploring the Brahma Viharas and how they correlate with the Five Buddha Mandala.

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March 13th-21st 2015 we’ll be bringing teaching and blogs from the Rainy Season Urban Retreat that starts this evening in Bristol, UK. The theme is ‘Living In the Mandala’ and we’ll be exploring the Brahma Viharas and how they correlate with the Five Buddha Mandala.

Follow the retreat and take part online: thebuddhistcentre.com/features/livin…retreat-online 

07 Rejoicing In Merit; A Reading On Mudita (Sympathetic Joy With Others)

Ratnavandana introducing Day 6 of the urban retreat on the Brahma Viharas - Living In The Mandala. Today we're sitting with the great golden Buddha of the South, archetypal Buddha of abundance and spiritual richness. A good way to start things off...

March 13th-21st 2015 we’ll be bringing teaching and blogs from the Rainy Season Urban Retreat that starts this evening in Bristol, UK. The theme is ‘Living In the Mandala’ and we’ll be exploring the Brahma Viharas and how they correlate with the Five Buddha Mandala.

Follow the retreat and take part online: thebuddhistcentre.com/features/livin…retreat-online

02 Ratnasambhava Mantra

The 100-syllable mantra of Vajrasattva, the Buddhist bodhisattva figure associated with purification of the heart and mind as we cultivate wisdom and compassion.

Recorded at the 2015 Pan-American Triratna Buddhist Order Convention in Mexico.

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Vajrasttva Mantra

A rousing recording of the Avalokiteshvara Mantra from the Triratna European Chairs Assembly in January 2014. The harmony is led by Amalamati from Valencia.

Avalokiteshvara is the Bodhisattva of compassion, and his thousand-armed form is the symbol for the Triratna Buddhist Order at work in the world.

Recorded live during the 'Offerings' section of the Sevenfold Puja at Adhisthana Retreat Centre in Herefordshire, UK.

Avalokiteshvara Mantra

Avalokiteshvara el Boddhisattva de la compasión

Avalokiteshvara

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The Avalokiteshvara mantra featured during the Saturday night puja at the Big One 2019. Earlier in the day Moksatara reminded us in her talk on the theme of 'Blueprint for A New Society' of the importance of sangha, and how we can all become hands or arms of the thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion.

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Young Buddhists' Big One 2019: Avalokiteshvara Mantra

En guidad tonglen meditation med ca. 8 min. introduktion och 27 min. praktik. Tonglen betyder "att sända och ta emot" och är en tibetansk praktik. Du använder helt enkelt andningen och föreställer dig att du andas in andras – och ditt eget – lidande, smärta och sedan andas ut lindring, ljus, värme och kärlek. Övningen hänger ihop med metta-bhavana (odlandet av kärleksfull vänlighet) och integrerar också med andningen.

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Tonglen guidad meditation

Viryabodhi är det namn som Subhuti jag fick när jag blev ordinerad in i Buddhistorden Triratna, under en 3-månaders retreat 1989 i de spanska bergen ovanför Benidorm.
Jag är fortfarande förundrad över Buddhas lära och alla övningar och inte minst alla utmaningar och möjligheter som vänskap och kommunikation med mina likasinnade bjuder på. 
Till vardags ägnar jag mig åt översättning av buddhistiska texter till svenska och allt i processen fram till publicerat verk. Se Bodhi-förlaget på nätet. 
Utöver detta leder jag oxå en del retreater på Dharmagiri Retreatcenter och undervisar en del på Stockholms Buddhistcenter. 
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