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Opening Heart and Mind: The Brahma Viharas - Tuesday online meditation

From Online Meditators on Mon, 23 Nov, 2015 - 21:38

Opening Heart and Mind: The Brahma Viharas - Tuesday online meditation

From Online Meditators on Mon, 23 Nov, 2015 - 21:38

This week for our regular Tuesday online meditation session we’ll be joining in with the 2015 International Urban Retreat with an exploration of the third and fourth Brahma Viharas: Mudita (Sympathetic Joy) and Upekkha (Equanimity).

These will be a short and simple introduction to, and meditation on, these “divine abodes”. All are welcome - from beginners to experienced meditators - and it’s a great chance to meditate online with others during this special week.

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Shrijnana

Vigil for Syrian and Iraqi Refugees

From Aryaloka Engaged Buddhism on Mon, 23 Nov, 2015 - 21:36

Vigil for Syrian and Iraqi Refugees

From Aryaloka Engaged Buddhism on Mon, 23 Nov, 2015 - 21:36

Info from Deb: There will be a Vigil tomorrow (11/24) at offices of both Senator Ayotte and Shaheen to protest the legislation which will shut our doors to Syrian and Iraqi refugees. Senate will vote on this right after Thanksgiving. Vigils are 4:30-5:45 in Manchester Dover and nashua. Here is link with more details

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Shrijnana

Aryaloka Engaged Buddhism

From Aryaloka Buddhist Center on Mon, 23 Nov, 2015 - 21:34

Aryaloka Engaged Buddhism (group)

From Aryaloka Buddhist Center on Mon, 23 Nov, 2015 - 21:34

The Engaged Buddhism Kula aims to bring our Dharma practice off the meditation cushion and into the world. The Engaged Buddhism Kula is active in a variety of ways

Donation boxes: For the past several years, this kula has collected donations for many different local organizations, such as the Newmarket Food Pantry, A Safe Place, Operation Blessing, and others. Donations can be places in the boxes in the entryway. We have ongoing collections for non-perishable food and new and gently used clothing, and food and blankets for...

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India Dhamma Trust on tour with the Indian Public Preceptors

From India Dhamma Trust: "At the heart of a peaceful Dhamma Revolution" on Mon, 23 Nov, 2015 - 12:39

Carunalaka from the India Dhamma Trust is on tour with Jnanasuri, Amoghasiddhi and Yashosagar. First stop Sheffield, where Jnanasuri compared tattoos with Steph from the women’s community! The India Dhamma Trust raises money to support the Indian Ordination teams for their vital work all over India - bringing the dignity, strength and love of the Dhamma to transform people’s lives in communities blighted by discrimination and poverty.

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Playfulness in the Shrine Room

From Leeds Buddhist Centre on Mon, 23 Nov, 2015 - 04:58

Playfulness in the Shrine Room

From Leeds Buddhist Centre on Mon, 23 Nov, 2015 - 04:58

Mandy Sutter reflects on yesterday’s playful Day Retreat

It was great to see everyone who made it along to the first event of our Urban Retreat yesterday.

For those who didn’t make it, we all agreed we’d take a little time out this week to be more playful. We thought it was a good way of dodging the pressure from self and others to be ‘useful’ members of society.
Samanartha read us some poems...

Shakyapada

Living in the Greater Mandala

From Leeds Buddhist Centre on Mon, 23 Nov, 2015 - 04:55

Living in the Greater Mandala

From Leeds Buddhist Centre on Mon, 23 Nov, 2015 - 04:55

Yesterday Uddyotani talked about the ‘playfulness’ of the Bodhisattva and referred to a chapter from Wisdom Beyond Words by Sangharakshita. If you would like to read the whole chapter for yourself, you can download it here. Don’t let the long title put you off! It is a fascinating piece, exploring how we can live our lives with more appreciation, more spaciousness and engagement, a greater eye for beauty and being less utilitarian in our attitude to the places and people around us.

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The Greater Mandala of Aesthetic Appreciation

From Cambridge Buddhist Centre on Mon, 23 Nov, 2015 - 00:00

Maitreyabandhu launches the International Urban Retreat at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre with a talk on the theme of the retreat which is the teaching from on the Greater Mandala.

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The Journey and the Guide

From Croydon Buddhist Centre on Sun, 22 Nov, 2015 - 00:00

A wonderful discussion between Maitreyabandhu and Aryashila introducing The Journey and the Guide. They explore different sections of the book and then include a brief extract from Yarn with Maitreyabandhu talking about poetry and reading two of the poems. This talk was given at Croydon Buddhist Centre in November 2015 as part of the regular Sangha morning class.

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Vivre dans le plus grand mandala

From Centre bouddhiste Triratna de Paris on Sat, 21 Nov, 2015 - 17:37

Dans cette conférence pour lancer la retraite en ville, Vassika présente le thème du mandala comme modèle pour notre vie, l’importance de l’aspect ésthetique de la sagesse et le lien entre metta et l’appréciation ésthetique. Elle nous invite à créer de l’espace dans notre vie pour ne rien faire et pour apprendre à regarder et apprécier des choses et des gens sans toujours nous demander ce qu’ils peuvent nous apporter…

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conférence de Vassika	42.4 MB

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Parami's opening talk for the 2015 Urban Retreat

From Leeds Buddhist Centre on Sat, 21 Nov, 2015 - 17:04

Parami's opening talk for the 2015 Urban Retreat

From Leeds Buddhist Centre on Sat, 21 Nov, 2015 - 17:04

Parami gives the introductory talk for the 2015 Triratna International Urban Retreat live in Adelaide, Australia. Her theme - and the theme of the whole retreat - is ‘Living in the Greater Mandala’, and she brings this alive in the most human, poetic, and inspired of ways.

Her range is broad as she evokes the mandala itself, and the profound, playful path of the Bodhisattva. Calling forth Rumi and Hafiz, the great Buddhist Perfection of Wisdom texts, Keats, Yeats, Robert Hass, and Kenneth White, she...

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