Portsmouth Buddhist Center
Portsmouth Buddhist Center

Exploring Mindfulness and Meditation — a 4-week course on Wednesday evenings, 6:30-8pm, May 22nd to June 12th

By Suddhayu on Fri, 19 Apr, 2024 - 20:03

Exploring Mindfulness and Meditation — a 4-week course on Wednesday evenings, 6:30-8pm, May 22nd to June 12th

By Suddhayu on Fri, 19 Apr, 2024 - 20:03

Exploring Mindfulness and Meditation — a 4-week course on Wednesday evenings, 6:30-8pm, May 22nd to June 12th at 73 Court Street, Portsmouth

Meditation helps us to develop contentment, clarity, integration, concentration, and a sense of peace. Practicing Mindfulness as we go about the activities of our lives helps to keep us centered, creative and in touch with our own vitality. 

We will explore Buddhist teachings of mindfulness and how we can practice them in contemporary life. Participants will learn the mindfulness of breathing, a...

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People of Colour Big Weekend at Adhisthana, UK

By Centre Team on Fri, 19 Apr, 2024 - 18:01

People of Colour Big Weekend at Adhisthana, UK

By Centre Team on Fri, 19 Apr, 2024 - 18:01

A unique opportunity to spend a long weekend surrounded by nature, meditating, relaxing and connecting with other people of colour. Chat to new and old friends over a cuppa or a walk in the Malvern hills, and with opportunities to go deeper in periods of silence.

The retreat is led by a wonderful team of experienced practitioners who will share their wisdom through talks, led-discussions and guided meditations, and this year will feature an exciting international guest speaker joining us from overseas.

People of...

Adhisthana
Adhisthana

Building the Buddha Land

By prakashamitra on Mon, 15 Apr, 2024 - 15:37

Building the Buddha Land

By prakashamitra on Mon, 15 Apr, 2024 - 15:37

Building the Buddha Land - Working Retreat at Adhisthana

21 – 26 July

Led by Prakashamitra and Prajnanita

A Bodhisattva’s Buddha Field is a field of positive thought; a field of high resolve; a field of virtuous application.

In the second lecture of the Inconceivable Emancipation series, Sangharakshita asks, ‘What is the Buddha Land? Who builds it? Why do they build it? With what do they build it? How do they build it?’

We’ll bring the vast cosmology and deep myth of the Bodhisattva’s...

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Munisha on the EBU Podcast

By Centre Team on Sat, 13 Apr, 2024 - 16:32

Munisha on the EBU Podcast

By Centre Team on Sat, 13 Apr, 2024 - 16:32

European Buddha is the podcast run by the European Buddhist Union (EBU), looking at current affairs and various aspects of the EBU’s work.

This month’s interviewee is Munisha, who lives in Sweden and runs Triratna’s Liaison office, responsible for Triratna’s relations and co-operation with other Buddhist groups, mainly in the UK and Europe. In this capacity she has worked with the EBU since 2012 and was elected to the EBU council as vice...