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Marking the Change of Time: A Day of Meditation and Reflective Writing

Fri, 14 Jan, 2022 - 11:56

Marking the Change of Time: A Day of Meditation and Reflective Writing

Fri, 14 Jan, 2022 - 11:56

A day retreat with Yashobodhi, Sunday 6 March

Two sessions with 1.5 hours break for lunchtime, and one short break in each session.

First session (3 hours): USA PST 02:00 | Mexico 03:00 | USA EST 04:00 | IE & UK 09:00 | Europe 10:00 CET | India 14:30pm | Australia AEDT 20.00 | New Zealand NZDT 22:00 

Second session (3 hours): USA PST 05:30 | Mexico 07:30 | USA EST...
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The Buddhist Centre Online Highlights from 2021

Sun, 26 Dec, 2021 - 12:58

The Buddhist Centre Online Highlights from 2021

Sun, 26 Dec, 2021 - 12:58

2021 has been another rollercoaster of a year: with the three of the traditional ‘four sights’ of old age, sickness and death an ever present backdrop. But 2021 has also been interspersed with moments of beauty, generosity, connectedness and hope.

Our team has been busy this year keeping the fourth sight—the Dharma—alive; fostering community—sangha—at a time of continued uncertainty.

Looking back over the year, here are some of our highlights from the year that was 2021:

Support The Buddhist Centre Online in 2022—and beyond!...
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The Myth of Meditation: A Home Retreat with Paramananda and Friends

Thu, 23 Dec, 2021 - 13:58

The Myth of Meditation: A Home Retreat with Paramananda and Friends

Thu, 23 Dec, 2021 - 13:58

Seven days of meditation, soulful exploration, and strong, supportive friendship: a safe space to go deeper into experience and practice.

Friday 25th February - Thursday 3rd March 2022

Reserve a space now!

About the retreat
With his deeply grounded approach to Buddhist meditation and practice, Paramananda offers an approach that is a challenge both to the way we experience ourselves, and the way in which we see and ‘be’ in the world. 

He guides us in rooting meditative experience in the body, turning towards...
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Book Launch - Entertaining Cancer: The Buddhist Way

Thu, 23 Dec, 2021 - 11:50

Book Launch - Entertaining Cancer: The Buddhist Way

Thu, 23 Dec, 2021 - 11:50

Monday 7 February (1.5 hours)
11.00 US PST | 13.00 Mexico | 14.00 US EST | 19.00 IE & UK | 20.00 Europe CET | 06.00 Australia AEDT (next day) | 08.00 New Zealand (next day)

Windhorse Publications will be holding an online book launch to mark the publication of Entertaining Cancer: The Buddhist Way by Devamitra.

In Entertaining Cancer, Devamitra chronicles his years of treatment for prostate cancer. He describes the fatigue, the heightened sense of being alive, and the discomforts and indignities of treatment. He also draws on the deep well of his Buddhist...
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Mythic Dress-Up Sangha Time!

Thu, 23 Dec, 2021 - 10:53

Mythic Dress-Up Sangha Time!

Thu, 23 Dec, 2021 - 10:53

Saturday January 29 (northern hemisphere)  |  Sunday January 30 (southern hemisphere)

2 hrs: USA PST 11:00 | México 13:00 | USA EST 14:00 | IE & UK 19:00 | Europe CET 20:00 | Australia AEDT 06.00 (next day) | New Zealand NZDT 08.00 (next day)

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We love our Buddhist myths! So many amazing stories, superhero Bodhisattvas, a rainbow of colors, qualities,...
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Radical Dharma in Venezuela: Supporting the Sangha in Hard Times

Fri, 12 Nov, 2021 - 16:24

Radical Dharma in Venezuela: Supporting the Sangha in Hard Times

Fri, 12 Nov, 2021 - 16:24

Thursday 2nd December, 1.5 hours

USA PST 11:30 | México 13:30 | USA EST 14:30 | IE & UK 19:30 | Europe CET 20:30 | India 01:00 (next day) | Australia AEDT 06.30 (next day) | New Zealand 08.30 (next day)

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This event will take place as the culmination of our Home Retreat, How to Really Save the World, led by Parami, exploring how we can bring into being...
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Planning Our Live Events for 2022: Let us know what you think!

Fri, 5 Nov, 2021 - 12:44
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Planning Our Live Events for 2022: Let us know what you think!

Fri, 5 Nov, 2021 - 12:44

So far in 2021 The Buddhist Centre Online has hosted two home retreats - the inspiring and popular Alchemical Heart with Paramananda and the wonderfully rich In the Footsteps of the Buddha with Nagasiddhi and Mandarava; we’ve had Dharma seminars on the key Buddhist text, the Bodhicaryavatara, with Nagabodhi; ‘Looking into the Well’ writing workshops with Yashobodhi; movement and meditation classes with Jayachitta and much more besides…and the year isn’t over yet!

We are currently making plans for 2022. We’d...
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One World, One Sangha: FutureDharma and The Buddhist Centre Online

Sun, 17 Oct, 2021 - 23:57
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One World, One Sangha: FutureDharma and The Buddhist Centre Online

Sun, 17 Oct, 2021 - 23:57

The Buddhist Centre Online will be ten years old at the end of 2022. It’s been an amazing journey building an online platform for Triratna—and FutureDharma has been with us all the way.

So I’m delighted to welcome the FutureDharma team to the site for a special focus on their renewing vision. Over the next two weeks you’ll be hearing about the best of their work and their plans for the next few years, that will help bring the Dharma to tens of thousands...
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International Sangha Day: May Our Communication Be Sangha

Fri, 10 Sep, 2021 - 20:51

International Sangha Day: May Our Communication Be Sangha

Fri, 10 Sep, 2021 - 20:51

Sunday November 21
Sangha, spiritual community, can be described as a network of friendships based on what’s of most value. In the company of those committed to the Buddha’s teachings – past and present – we can express and deepen metta, loving-kindness, in our deeds, words and thoughts.

This year’s International Sangha Day celebration focuses on communication because communication is a crucial part of the practice and development of Sangha. At its worst, communication can cause conflict and confusion, polarisation and the...
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Upcoming Livestream of Public Ordination in Canada and USA - Sunday Aug 29!

Thu, 26 Aug, 2021 - 20:33

Upcoming Livestream of Public Ordination in Canada and USA - Sunday Aug 29!

Thu, 26 Aug, 2021 - 20:33

Sunday August 29
3pm US PST | 6pm US EST | 11pm IE/UK | 8am Australia EDT (Monday 30) | 10am New Zealand (Monday 30).

Dear Friends,

I am delighted to announce that Mary Salome will be privately ordained the week of August 23 in Vancouver, Canada by Vimalasara on a small ordination retreat.

Her public ordination will be in San Francisco on Sunday, August 29, 2021, conducted by Karunadevi.
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