Exploring Conditionality
Led By: Candradasa
Monday, December 1st, 2025
6:30 - 8:15 pm EST
Online via Zoom
Event Description:
Join us for our monthly Sangha night as we come together in community. The focus of the Sangha Night gathering will be on exploring conditionality. We’ll look at dependent arising and passing away in its two modes (cyclical and progressive) from three perspectives: the organic natural context for the Buddha’s insight, the other-regarding aspect, and the self-regarding aspect.
This investigation is a natural follow-up to exploring the Buddha’s life and the quality of his realization. This evening will be about what happens when understanding opens up inside Siddhartha beneath the tree.
We will contemplate the following questions:
What does he understand?
What are the conditions that support the understanding?
What are the implications for us?
Agenda:
Sangha Nights are a special, once-a-month opportunity for the Triratna NY-NJ community to come together for an evening of Dharma programming and companionship. We gather on Zoom for meditation, Dharma talk and input, discussion groups, and reflections — all held within the context of spiritual friendship and community.
About the Leader:
Candradasa was ordained in 2001. He is from Scotland and has lived in New Hampshire since 2006. He is a founding member at the Portsmouth Buddhist Center and is also the Director of Dharmachakra, which produces Free Buddhist Audio and Triratna’s main web platform, The Buddhist Centre Online.
Candradasa’s name means “Servant of the Moon,” referencing the Bodhicitta in Shantideva’s Bodhicaryavatara: ‘It is the heart’s waxing moon, cooling the heat of passion.’ He tries — sometimes successfully — to live up to this.
A published poet, Candradasa is also the author of Buddhism for Teens: 50 Mindfulness Activities, Meditations, and Stories to Cultivate Calm and Awareness.
How to Join:
Zoom information will be provided upon registration.
Registration:
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Payment Info:
Registration is free!