Triratna Resource packs
Two packs containing a wealth of resources for anyone new to the Triratna Buddhist Community.The first gives a compendium of links to Triratna websites where you can find out more about the Triratna Buddhist Community and how it works. It includes everything from retreats to on-line Dharma to the Mitra System. It's available as a pdf file at Triratna Newcomers Resource Pack 1
The second contains basic introductions to meditation and the text of our most common ceremonies. It's available at Triratna Newcomers Resource Pack 2
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A resource pack on starting (and sustaining) a Buddhist Community is available here
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A resource pack on starting a young Triratna Buddhists group is available here
- Tiratana Vandana (Salutation to the Three Jewels) - pdf file
- Dedication Ceremony - pdf file
- Heart Sutra in English - pdf file
- Metta Sutta (in Pali) - pdf file
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The Triratna Buddhist Community's Foundation Course and three-year Mitra Course are available as downloadable PDFs here
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Four Reading lists have been compiled for those wanting to explore the Triratna Buddhist Community's Dharma teaching in more depth. They cover -
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Thanks to Windhorse Publications for preparing these.
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For books on Buddhism, meditation, and related subjects published by Triratna, see the Windhorse Publications website Windhorse Publications
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For an extensive list of articles on Buddhism and related subjects, by members of the Triratna Buddhist Order, see the directory website Triratna Articles
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Talks by Sangharakshita contains the full text of most of Sangharakshita's lectures.
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Seminars by Sangharakshita contains the unedited text of most of his seminars (over 12,000,000 words!)
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Books by Sangharakshita offers free on-line editions of many of Sangharakshita's books, hosted on his own website.
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FWBO Discussion. The Friends of the Western Buddhist Order is a diverse and thoughtful community, whose members frequently debate matters of teaching and issues affecting the FWBO, its history and its future. This debate has often been invisible to non-members, and this site aims to open that debate and reflection to a wider audience. This site links to articles that are already online, written by members of the Triratna Buddhist Order and others..
- Free Buddhist Audio offers over 1,000 online talks for free download by Sangharakshita and other senior members of the Triratna Buddhist Order.
- Free Buddhist Audio's community pages host talks from many local Triratna centres, including non-UK centres.
- Videosangha is a new site, it contains over 100 short videos on everything from the history of the Triratna Buddhist Community to Buddhist Arts. Especially interesting are the accounts of people's first meetings with Sangharakshita, founder of the FWBO and the Triratna Buddhist Order.
- Triratna Photos is a library of over 3,000 photos of Triratna Centres, shrines, and more.
- The Clear Vision photo archive contains many historic images of Sangharakshita, the early days of the FWBO and TBMSG in India. Recently much expanded and rearranged.
- The Order Mosaic captures almost the whole of the Triratna Buddhist Order in an single clickable image of the thousand-armed Avalokitesvara.
- offers a wide range of teaching materials for schools, tailored to the UK curriculum.
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Ask a Buddhist is a series of short video clips with some answers to some of the commonest questions Buddhists tend to get asked - especially by children! Recently expanded with many answers from younger Buddhists.
- Triratna Translations shows most translations of Triratna literature into the world's languages, including texts published on the web.
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Urban Retreat shrine mosaic - A 10-page PDF of a photographic mosaic of shrines around the world used on the Urban Retreat
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Life with Full Attention - Excerpts from 'Life with Full Attention' by Maitreyabandhu
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Aims and Diary - PDF template for Urban Retreat Aims and Diary sheets
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Urban Retreat Diary - Word template for Urban Retreat Diary (can be completed on your computer)
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Triratna News archive
Check out our new Triratna News archive on ISSUU - Collected stories from Triratna News on ISSUU, in an easy-to-read on-line format-
Collected stories from FWBO News, May 2009 - 1.5MB pdf file
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Collected stories from FWBO News, April 2009 - 2MB pdf file
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Collected stories from FWBO News, February-midMarch 2009 - 1.5MB pdf file
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Collected stories from FWBO News, January 2009 - 1.5MB pdf file
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Collected stories from FWBO News, December 2008 - 3.5MB pdf file
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Collected stories from FWBO News, October - November 2008 - 2.5MB pdf file
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Collected stories from FWBO News, July - September 2008 - 3.5MB pdf file
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Collected stories from FWBO News, April - June 2008 - pdf file
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Collected stories from FWBO News, February - March 2008 - pdf file
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Collected stories from FWBO News, December 2007 - January 2008 - pdf file
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Collected stories from FWBO News, October - November 2007 - pdf file
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Collected stories from FWBO News, July - September 2007 - pdf file
- All 1-2 MB approx file size.
Search Triratna websites
Three ways to search the Triratna's extensive network of websites.
Search the Triratna News archive - www.fwbo-news.org
Search all Triratna centre websites
Search all Triratna 'People' sites - www.people.fwbo.org
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Triratna Texts
Seven fold puja- pdf file
Three fold puja - pdf file