From London Buddhist Centre on Wed, 16 Apr, 2014 - 13:19We just found some old footage of the LBC from 2002 made by the BBC’s ‘Heaven and Earth’ programme. It’s great to see how much has changed and how the core values and principles remain in place.
From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Tue, 15 Apr, 2014 - 16:41This is a group for us to share arrangements, resources, and responses to our Monday Night Dharma explorations. Click + join above to request access and take part. You can make different kinds of posts and comment on other people’s.
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Well all comes to an end. On the ceasing of this, that ceases. We’ve been using a round chant before some of the reflections and during some evenings. The evening events have been fairly simple. We have been chanting the Pali imasmim mantra, followed by a sutta that Dhivan had mentioned in the teaching session and then a period of meditation. After that we alternately did the Threefold puja and the Dhammapada puja, with some readings and a Shakyamuni mantra...
In the last session of the This Being retreat, Dhivan moves from the three marks of existence to the Middle Way and ends with Nibbana. The latter he beautifully translates as blowing out the flame of compulsion, hostility and confusion. He also addresses the issue of not-self. This is the last full day of the retreat and nearly the end of the uploads here from this retreat. I will hopefully post the This Being That Becomes round chant we have...
Yesterday afternoon Nayaka led a meditation on the spiral path. Most important fact is that it unfolds naturally. ie without wilfulness. In this recording Nayaka gently shows where there could be an opening to the spiral path in our experience.
Talk given at the LBCs Dharma Night Class Monday April 14th 2014
