The Buddhist Centre

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! Subscribe to our podcast in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-buddhist-centre-online/id498033013 #Triratna #Buddhism #ritual #chanting #mantra #Buddhist #Buddhism #Buddhist #Triratna

Some lovely experimental chanting of the mantra associated with the historical Buddha... Subscribe to our podcast in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-buddhist-centre-online/id498033013 #Buddhism #triratna #shakyamuni #eca

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! Subscribe to our podcast in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-buddhist-centre-online/id498033013 #Triratna #Chairs #Assembly #Suffolk #Assembly #Chairs #Suffolk #Triratna

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

First report from the Buddhafield summer Festival! Subscribe to our podcast in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-buddhist-centre-online/id498033013 #Buddhafield #Buddhism #TriratnaCulmhead

A sneak peek of what's to come at the Buddhafield Festival - wonders galore! www.buddhafield.com Subscribe to our podcast in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-buddhist-centre-online/id498033013 #Buddhafield #Buddhism #culmhead #triratna

An early report from the team set-up for the wonderful Buddhafield Festival... Subscribe to our podcast in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-buddhist-centre-online/id498033013 #Buddhafield #Buddhism #triratna #culmhead

To close out the Triratna International Retreat we've a lovely chanting of the text in Pali by Joe Richardson dedicated to the cultivation of loving kindness towards all beings... Subscribe to our podcast in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-buddhist-centre-online/id498033013 #metta #Pali #Triratna #love #kindness #chanting #chant #compassion #Buddhism #Buddhist #scripture #sacred #sutta #sutra #Dhamma #Dharma #Buddha

Ivan reporting from around the campfire at the Triratna Buddhist Community's International Retreat... Subscribe to our podcast in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-buddhist-centre-online/id498033013 #InternationalRetreat

Wonderful! The classic Heart Sutra text on the nature of reality recited in various tongues... Subscribe to our podcast in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-buddhist-centre-online/id498033013 #Flemish #HeartSutra #InternationalRetreat #Triratna #MexicanSpanish

Stories play a big part in the life of any community - and in any originally oral tradition of teaching, which is what Buddhism is. Here are some great tales being told at the Triratna Buddhist Community International Retreat... Subscribe to our podcast in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-buddhist-centre-online/id498033013 #InternationalRetreat #StoryTelling #Triratna

Another trip to the campfire with Ivan for an interview with an attendee at the Triratna Buddhist Community International Retreat! Subscribe to our podcast in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-buddhist-centre-online/id498033013 #InternationalRetreat #IvanTrujillo #Triratna #jnanarakshita #InternationalRetreat #IvanTrujillo #Triratna

A quick report and interview from Ivan before supper at the Triratna Buddhist Community International Retreat! Subscribe to our podcast in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-buddhist-centre-online/id498033013 #InternationalRetreat #Triratna

A lovely snippet from Ivan beside the singing/chanting workshop at the Triratna Buddhist Community International Retreat. Listening to experimental choral chanting of the mantra associated with the historical Buddha... Subscribe to our podcast in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-buddhist-centre-online/id498033013 #InternationalRetreat #puja #Triratna #ShakymuniMantra #InternationalRetreat #Triratna #ShakymuniMantra

The Heart Sutra speaks of the nature of reality. And here it does so in French at the Triratna Buddhist Community International Retreat! Subscribe to our podcast in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-buddhist-centre-online/id498033013 #French #InternationalRetreat #Triratna #HeartSutra

Ivan having an inspired laugh with fellow attendees at the Triratna Buddhist Community International Retreat! Subscribe to our podcast in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-buddhist-centre-online/id498033013 #InternationalRetreat #Triratna #InternationalRetreat #IvanTrujillo #kara #Triratna #Judith

Ivan by the campfire on the last night of the Triratna Buddhist Community International Retreat, meeting folk under the stars... Subscribe to our podcast in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-buddhist-centre-online/id498033013 #InternationalRetreat #IvanTrujillo #SarahRyan #InternationalRetreat #IvanTrujillo #SarahRyan

Ivan'd first field report from the retreat as the night gets late and everyone (more or less) has arrived! Subscribe to our podcast in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-buddhist-centre-online/id498033013 #InternationalRetreat

The theme of the Triratna Buddhist Community International Retreat is 'Imagining the Buddha'. Lokabandhu asking the question... Subscribe to our podcast in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-buddhist-centre-online/id498033013 #Buddha #imagination #Taraloka #Triratna

The mantra of the historical Buddha chanted by the set-up team... Subscribe to our podcast in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-buddhist-centre-online/id498033013 #Buddha #Buddhafield #Taraloka #Triratna