The 100-syllable mantra to Vajrasattva, the Buddhist Bodhisattva figure associated with purifying the heart and mind in the development of wosdom and compassion.

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

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As part of our Buddhist Voices series we're live at the 2015 Pan-American Triratna Buddhist Order Convention. Abhayagita - whose name means 'Song of Fearlessness' - tells us (in English y en español) about her project to take women on pilgrimage from Mexico to India in the footsteps of the Buddha. En route we hear about her home country's engagement with the Dharma, and end up in a fascinating space around Aztec and Mayan culture as fertile native soil for the Dharma to take root...

Con la traducción española.

For more from the Pan-American Convention: thebuddhistcentre.com/tags/pan-american-2015

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Parami - on her first visit to Adelaide - chats to Dharmacharini Dharmamodini about Triratna Adelaide, about which she is most passionate! It's great to hear someone speak with such delight at sharing the Dharma and building community at home...

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Parami is back, reporting from Australasia - or is it Oceania? - talking with two friends who have spent much of their adult lives reflecting on - and acting upon - climate change as an integral aspect of their Buddhist practice. A fascinating, sometimes sobering, but realistically positive conversation about what environmental issues have to do with the Dharma - and what we can do to get involved...

Topics covered include 'transition towns'; Al Gore's initiative; thinking about our kids; how to deal with carbon that's already present in the atmosphere; why attending to this issue is crucial Dharma practice - individually and communally; divestment; what can we do to get involved in Triratna?

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Parami's season of interviews from the South Pacific continues with an in-depth chat to Rijumayi, a young woman who has just joined the Triratna Buddhist Order and is pioneering the Australian branch of the international Young Buddhists movement out of Melbourne.

It's a thoughtful engagement around the particularities of practice for young people - around ethics and the challenges of building Dharma support for others your own age when you are still working everything out yourself...

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Parami again from "Oceania"! She's in conversation here with her friend Maitripala who has been living in Europe for a year but is now back home and engaging with women seeking ordination into the Triratna Buddhist Order. Great to hear the inspiration - old and new - come through as a new generation of women grapples with the challenges and joys of Buddhist practice and of community.

And as a bonus we hear a preview of her 'Buddhas in My Pocket Pilgrimage', happening next year and which she'll report on here on Audioboom and at The Buddhist Centre Online (thebuddhistcentre.com/features).

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Parami chats with Kate and Cynthia at the end of the ordination training retreat at Vijayaloka Retreat Centre in Australia. Great to hear inspiring tales from the outback as women deepen their friendships and Buddhist practice together...

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At the end of the European Buddhist Union AGM weekend in Berlin, Munisha from the Triratna Buddhist Order talks to Martin Schaurhofer (Austrian Buddhist Society) and Žarko Andrićević (Ch'an, Croatia) about the current refugee crisis - and a Buddhist response. (Here is the EBU's public statement: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-o2LTolHa13dEh5d1lhLVVuUU0/view) #Buddhism #refugees #Triratna #Europe

Green Tara is the Buddhist figure associated with deep compassion in the face of the world's troubles. Something most mothers and fathers can relate to when it comes to their own kids!

This weekend we're focussing on how to practice Buddhism and meditation as a parent with young children, and we're delighted to be able to bring you resources live from the Retreat for Mothers that's just started at Taraloka Retreat Centre for women in Wales. We hope mums and dads everywhere will get lots of helpful input through what emerges from the retreat - and from the other material we'll post to complement it. Feel free to join in with your comments - we'd love to hear your experience!

View all posts from this weekend: www.thebuddhistcentre.com/features

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An excellent conversation with Kalyanaprabha on what it's like to work with and edit Sangharakshita, as his latest book, 'A Moseley Miscellany' hits the bookshops and the project to publish his Complete Works gets underway. Words and their meanings, the transformative effect of literature in a life, writing as a gateway to spiritual insight - these are just some of the topics covered as we hear from someone whose passion for literary work is both inspiring and encouraging.

Buy 'A Moseley Miscellany' - http://windhorsepublications.com/amoseleymiscellany

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