Lokabandhu on buying a 'Buddha Field' in the shadow of Glastonbury Tor, one of the key sites for modern pagans in Britain...

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A great wee discussion on religious art in the community with Suriyavamsa, artist and Dharma farer extraordinaire. He's just back from four months on retreat as part of the team on the men's ordination retreat for the Triratna Buddhist Order at Guhyaloka Retreat Centre in Spain near Alicante. Lovely to hear his thoughts on beautifully intricate models he made for a sand mandala - including his evocation of the making of pleated palm crosses in Barcelona for Palm Sunday!

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We bring the 10 day meeting of the Triratna European Chairs' Assembly with a beautiful ritual walking from the Suffolk corn fields to chant by a night time fire the mantra of the great Tibetan Guru Padmasambhava and to transfer our merits for the benefit of all beings...

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Enthusiastic mantra and blessings are offered by assembled Chairmen and women to the beautiful new bronze Buddha, created by Chintamani, on its way to Triratna's new Berlin Buddhist Centre. Recorded during the European Chairs Assembly in August 2012.

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A wee impromptu, weary boo from the Triratna Buddhist Community European Chairs' Assembly, the night after the opening of the Olympics...

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This is one of those essential listening things. Vessantara on day 3 of the European Chairs' Assembly helping us explore the rich area of spiritual receptivity and its place in the Triratna system of practice. Much of the day was spent practicing and talking about 'Just Sitting'. Tune in to hear what we did and see how you might ask the questions about your own experience that can lead to the arising of Insight into the nature of Reality itself.

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Day two at the ECA and we're all about ritual today! Lokabandhu and Candradasa are joined by Saddhanandi, Chair of Taraloka Retreat Centre for women in Wales, for a right royal ramble around ritual and the question of how on earth it develops across a broad spiritual community. Join us on the swing in the Vajrasana garden for a chat - then listen to our follow-up boo with experimental chanting from the day!

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Some lovely experimental chanting of the mantra associated with the historical Buddha...

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Welcome to the first boo live from Vajrasana Retreat Centre in Suffolk, England opening up the wonderful world of the bi-annual European Chairs' Assembly. Lokabandhu and Candradasa on what Triratna Chairfolk do and why they come together in such good harmony... Join us every day for reports on an amazing gathering of Dharma women and men!

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A walk by the River Kelvin in Glasgow, Scotland, musing on the history of the Triratna Buddhist Community in the city.

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