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  • Steve Stanley on the Urban Retreat. What a great, informative and inspiring week thank you to The Buddhist Centre Online  Here's my shrine... #urbanretreat

    Steve Stanley on the Urban...

    Liverpool Buddhist Centre, UK   we spent a day together hand printing prayer flags as part of the Urban Retreat Week. #urbanretreat

    Liverpool Buddhist Centre, UK...

    Our shrine   Liverpool, UK, Urban Retreat 2013 #urbanretreat

    Our shrine Liverpool, UK,...

    Advayasiddhi   Sunshine from Copenhagen  Thanks for all your engagement during this week   it’s been lovely to hear your stories, to see photos from all round the globe and to witness all your efforts. So heartening to know there is so much metta and inte

    Advayasiddhi Sunshine from...


    Thank you from Shantikula  Dear urban retreat team, Thank you for creating, facilitating and leading us through Blazing like the Sun. Opening Shantikula every night of the week was a first for us, and there were a handful of people that attended every eve

    Thank you from Shantikula...

    Düsseldorf took part in the Urban Retreat. Our Mitras Stefan and Tanja organized morning sittings and a practice night, yesterday Vajragupta led virtually our meditation and we listened to his talk about the fifth stage of the metta bhavana. On other days

    Düsseldorf took part in the...

    Anke: Hello from Wiesbaden (Germany) Sangha   Our shrine   Hello from our wiesbaden sangha! It is a wonderful, warm feeling to be connected with you. I wish you the best. #urbanretreat

    Anke: Hello from Wiesbaden (...

    Savanna and Jon delightfully caught in this global metta wave! Much gratitude for this special opportunity to practice and inspire eachother all together… Vessantra’s short talks in particular have had a real impact on us this week.  Deep bows of gratitud

    Savanna and Jon delightfully...


  • Magic often happens when you simply give something attention, doesn’t it!?! My frustration at the early part of the week at having difficulty accessing the retreat materials (as I am visually impaired and cannot read the written word) has given way to the

    Magic often happens when you...

    Hi all, I wanted to share the beautiful shrine created by Prajnamala for our Urban Retreat at Croydon. with metta, Carol #urbanretreat

    Hi all, I wanted to share the...

    Mitra Cake! Portsmouth Buddhist Center, NH. #urbanretreat

    Mitra Cake! Portsmouth...

    Mitra Ceremony Shrine, No. 2   Portsmouth Buddhist Center, NH, USA. #urbanretreat

    Mitra Ceremony Shrine, No. 2...

    Mitra Ceremony Shrine, Portsmouth Buddhist Center Urban Retreat #urbanretreat

    Mitra Ceremony Shrine,...

    Our shrine at Barcelona Buddhist Center  Metta waves from Barcelona! This is our shrine during the Urban Retreat week. #urbanretreat

    Our shrine at Barcelona...

    Buddha Rupa from Nepal   Roger Bruton on the Urban Retreat. This Buddha sits on the shrine and continues to remind me about what’s important! With metta... #urbanretreat

    Buddha Rupa from Nepal...

    Our shrine at the Ipswich buddhist centre. Thanks to Carol and Ed for making such a beautifull shrine for the urban retreat. #urbanretreat

    Our shrine at the Ipswich...

  • Urban Retreat shrine in north London. Warm wishes to everyone from North London. Really enjoying sharing the urban retreat with you all. #urbanretreat

    Urban Retreat shrine in north...

    Vajragupta, Berlin Buddhistische Tor, Deutschland.                        Hello there, here is the Urban Retreat shrine at the Berlin Buddhist Centre. I’m staying here for the week and taking part in the urban retreat here… The Berlin Centre opened in its

    Vajragupta, Berlin...

    Parami, Herefordshire UK, Simple shrine in my room. Sending metta across the globe #urbanretreat

    Parami, Herefordshire UK,...

    shrine chez gill aitken in manchester, uk, urban retreat  vajrayogini with more explicit heart to reflect the metta waves…#urbanretreat

    shrine chez gill aitken in...

    Carol's home shrine, Croydon, England.                 Hi, Please find attached a photo of my own home shrine, bathed in red for metta.    Carol xx  May our mind become Buddha, May our thought become Dharma, May our communication with one another be Sangh

    Carol's home shrine, Croydon...

    Akasharaja's Urban Retreat shrine, Berlin, Germany. My shrine’s been dusted off and given a welcome makeover for the occasion. #urbanretreat

    Akasharaja's Urban Retreat...

    Lindsay's Shrine in Bothwell, near Glasgow, Scotland   Urban Retreat #urbanretreat

    Lindsay's Shrine in Bothwell...

    Hello Everyone,   I wanted to share a picture of our shrine at the Seattle Sangha, sorry it is a little blurry. We kicked off the urban retreat last night with a dedication ceremony, followed by a meditation, listening and watching the materials from this

    Hello Everyone, I wanted to...

  • Arthaketu & Lynne   Maries shrine   Urban Retreat  Changed the shrine a bit for this week Was thinking about 3 minute breathing spaces and thought that I would try a 3 minute looking at an image space and the Amitayus image I find really beautiful and of

    Arthaketu...

    Les Robertson, home shrine for the Urban Retreat, Renton, Scotland, part 2 #urbanretreat

    Les Robertson, home shrine...

    @dhammadinna, London:

    @dhammadinna, London: "Part...

    Les Robertson, home shrine for the Urban Retreat, Renton, Scotland, part 1 #urbanretreat

    Les Robertson, home shrine...

    Claire Martin, Beauly, Scotland: Home Shrine, Urban Retreat #urbanretreat

    Claire Martin, Beauly,...

    Home shrine in San Francisco by @marysalome , part 2 #urbanretreat

    Home shrine in San Francisco...

    Home shrine in San Francisco by @marysalome , part 1  Here’s my hallway shrine at home. Today is my birthday and I did a special “family of origin” metta bhavana with my Mom, Dad, sister, brother, and all beings in mind. I am enjoying all the activity on

    Home shrine in San Francisco...

    Home shrine at night, Glasgow, Scotland, part 2 #urbanretreat

    Home shrine at night, Glasgow...

  • Home shrine at night, Glasgow, Scotland, part 1: Home shrine, light and shade. Excited about my first urban retreat and inspired by the resources and the thought of our worldwide sangha deepening the metta connection. Sadhu! #urbanretreat

    Home shrine at night, Glasgow...

    Elke from Wavertree (Liverpool) Home Shrine for the Urban Retreat:                I redecorated my shrine today as part of my mindful of meta practice. The beautiful prayer beeds in the foreground are from a lovely new shop in Liverpool where encountered

    Elke from Wavertree (...

    Building the shrine in Leeds (UK), making a sun... #urbanretreat

    Building the shrine in Leeds...

    Worcester Buddhist Centre, UK, shrine for the Urban Retreat #urbanretreat

    Worcester Buddhist Centre, UK...

    Leeds Buddhist Centre, UK, Urban Retreat: Loving Kindness Blazing Like The Sun... #urbanretreat

    Leeds Buddhist Centre, UK,...

    The Seattle Sangha for the Urban Retreat Metta wave #urbanretreat

    The Seattle Sangha for the...

    Abhayadevi in Inverness, Green Tara shrine for the Urban Retreat #urbanretreat

    Abhayadevi in Inverness,...

    Eleanor, Home Shrine Eastbourne, UK...           feeling such gratitude and appreciation for this wonder  and metta full urban retreat   added a heart, studded with pearl beads, to my shrine today   to represent heart connection and a more truthful commun

    Eleanor, Home Shrine...

  • Cambridge Buddhist Centre, UK   Urban Retreat shrine #urbanretreat

    Cambridge Buddhist Centre, UK...

    Stella   Home Shrine, Wem, North Shropshire. #urbanretreat

    Stella Home Shrine, Wem,...

    Johannesburg shrine no. 2: The Teahouse Shrine is a second space that has been created to allow for more activities to happen simultaneously at Shantikula. We used it for the first time today on the second day of the Urban Retreat. It is lovely to be in a

    Johannesburg shrine no. 2:...

    Start of the Urban Retreat at The Blackburn Triratna Buddhist Centre  Hope everyone is full of Metta and is sharing it with all beings. Vidusi #urbanretreat

    Start of the Urban Retreat at...

    ccat27   Shrine in Hamilton, Scotland for the Urban Retreat 2013.                     Tara and Padmasambhava in a homely setting. #urbanretreat

    ccat27 Shrine in Hamilton,...

    Paula, Brett, and Oliver's new shrine  Hi All, we are joining the retreat from Newcastle Australia. As part of the retreat and practice in mindfulness we have decided to forego watching television and instead have created a family shrine in the lounge roo

    Paula, Brett, and Oliver's...

    Here is a photo of our shrine for the Rocky Mountain Buddhist Center Urban Retreat.  Kay sending love from Missoula Montana USA.  #urbanretreat

    Here is a photo of our shrine...

    Picture from the retreatshrine at Dharmagiri retreatcenter in Sweden. The theme of the retreat is how to build Sangha and is led by Gyhyavajra. For the Urban Retreat 2013. #urbanretreat

    Picture from the...

  • From Kusalamati, Beijing, China for the Urban Retreat 2013.                                   Hello fellow Urbanites, I’m very happy to be joining you all in your various quarters on this week of practice, and the theme of Metta Bhavana couldn’t come at a

    From Kusalamati, Beijing,...

    Will Elworthy, Tintern, South Wales Home Shrine  From our Shrine space in Tintern South Wales, which we will be making full use of during the Urban Retreat. I am based at the Cardiff Sangha and Michelle is based at the Bristol Sangha.  I hope you all have

    Will Elworthy, Tintern, South...

    Portsmouth Buddhist Center, New Hampshire, USA   shrine for the Urban Retreat 2013.                                   Here’s a picture of the shrine we made this morning at the Portsmouth Buddhist Center in New Hampshire (USA). We had a lovely group this

    Portsmouth Buddhist Center,...

    Steven Caldwell from Sydney, Australia, shrine for the Urban Retreat...                   Just down the road from the Sydney Buddhist Centre is our small house. Here’s the shrine room where my partner and I meditate. The red cloth is a special one brought

    Steven Caldwell from Sydney,...

    Inverness, Scotland, Triratna Highlands shrine for the Urban Retreat 2013 #urbanretreat

    Inverness, Scotland, Triratna...

    Brighton Sangha wishes you a happy and effective urban retreat! #urbanretreat

    Brighton Sangha wishes you a...

    Exeter Triratna group wishing you a good Urban retreat! X #urbanretreat

    Exeter Triratna group wishing...

    Dublin Buddhist Centre      This is our shrine for our Urban Retreat, with Amitabha as the patron Buddha.

    Dublin Buddhist Centre...

  • In the main shrine at Shantikula, for Blazing like the Sun. There were 6 of us who joined into the retreat and had a pleasant, and productive morning together. We meet up again tomorrow morning

    In the main shrine at...

    Beautiful shrine made by Amaladevi for Bristol urban retreat.

    Beautiful shrine made by...

    Amalavajra's shrine for the Urban Retreat. This the shrine in my bedroom. At best, all five us in my community in East London   Vajradaka, Mike MacFarlane, Luke Doherty, Alex Crowe and myself   meditate each morning for an hour at 7am. Then we have breakf

    Amalavajra's shrine for the...

    Richard Pauley's shrine for the Urban Retreat

    Richard Pauley's shrine for...

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A set of images from the 2013 Urban Retreat. These are some of the pictures submitted by different people from all over the world within the Triratna Buddhist Community who spent a week together reflecting on the development of loving kindness (metta bhavana) and deepening the practice of it in their own life.
 
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