The Kalyana Mitra Yoga led in English by Karunadevi (con traducción en Español por Saddhajoti).
Today we were in silence, and mainly in meditation. In the afternoon a huge thunderstorm began to brew in the hills around Chintamani. By the time we sat together to perform the Kalyana Mitra Yoga the rain was in full flood. Perhaps Viriyakirti’s talk from yesterday on the ‘Rain of the Dharma’ called it forth…
A commentary on two poems: Singapore by Mary Oliver and Kindness by Naomi Shihab Nye. Talk given by Ratnaguna on Sangha Night at Stockholm Buddhist Center the 26th of October 2015.
A commentary on two poems: Singapore by Mary Oliver and Kindness by Naomi Shihab Nye. Talk given by Ratnaguna on Sangha Night at Stockholm Buddhist Center the 26th of October 2015.
Introducing the theme of kalyana mitrata - the Buddhist idea of beautiful friendship as a full spiritual path - Viriyakirti, the newest and youngest Order member in Latin America, revisits Urgyen Sangharakshita’s celebrated talk The Rain of the Dharma as a basis for looking at what makes friendship a practice in itself…
You’ll see above, under the image, there are seven sub-menu tabs:
about: This is the page you should land on the first time you come to the Urban Retreat space. It contains links to useful pages that you may want to read initially - How to take part in the Urban Retreat; More on the Theme; the Urban Retreat Programme; the Metta Wave; and so on.
retreat materials: Here you can find the daily short talks, the guided meditations, and the mantras...
