Triratna Buddhist Community

The “Worldly Winds” (video)

In this 20-minute talk, prepared for Day 1 of Triratna's 2011 International Urban Retreat, Vajragupta introduces the eight Worldly Winds.…

October 7, 2011

Pleasure and pain: the worldly winds

Vidyamala talks about the worldly winds of pleasure and pain as part of the Triratna Buddhist Community's International Urban Retreat,…

October 5, 2011

Why I call myself a Buddhist

When I became a Mitra (friend) of the Triratna Buddhist Community earlier this year, I was surprised by the surprise…

May 27, 2011

Bodhipaksa interviewed on television program

Click here to view video on YouTube. This piece about Aryaloka Buddhist Center, where I teach, was on New Hampshire's…

March 11, 2011

“The Yogi’s Joy,” by Sangharakshita

How would you feel if your teacher burned your book collection? A new book by Sangharakshita highlights a challenging friendship…

June 11, 2010

Meditation, the Buddhist way, attracts many

Sandeep Survade, a student at the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics found it difficult to manage his outbursts and…

May 29, 2010

Can meditation stop me getting angry?

A few months ago, I tore up a copy of Grazia and spat on it because I had decided my…

April 10, 2010

Buddhism goes home

Sangharakshita, an English Buddhist, lived for 20 years in the East before returning to Britain in the 1960s. Sangharakshita made…

October 6, 2009

9/11: Meditate to Liberate

On the anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center, we bring the story of how one Buddhist chose…

September 11, 2009

Inside story: Lessons from life as a buddhist prison chaplain

What makes a prisoner? Sarvananda, a prison Buddhist chaplain, has an inside view of life in jail; and he reflects…

May 6, 2009