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Empty Cave

From Birmingham Buddhist Centre on Wed, 17 Oct, 2012 - 01:00
Reflections on Life, Practice and Enlightenment.

Inspired by Sangharakshita's material on 'Re-Imagining the Buddha' Saraha takes us on a journey into the snowy mountains of the Pyrenees where he engaged in a solitary meditation retreat.

He found 'nothing but the sound of a man breathing' and hope and direction through emptiness, beauty and the Buddha's assertion that mindfulness is the way to freedom.

Talk given at Birmingham Buddhist Centre, October 2012.
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Spiritual Receptivity and Just Sitting

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Tue, 16 Oct, 2012 - 13:40
We’ve been touching throughout the ‘Religion Without God’ series on the idea of working in meditation to get a feel for a ‘space’ or ‘gap’ between the arising of a feeling (in response to what we take in via the senses) and our emotional/volitional response (liking, not liking, etc.). Vessantara is pretty wonderful on this kind of ‘spiritual receptivity’ work, looking to see what is present in our experience and learning how to attend to it...
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New resources posted...

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Mon, 15 Oct, 2012 - 18:48
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New resources posted...

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Mon, 15 Oct, 2012 - 18:48Hi all, a brief note to say I’ve posted to our sangha space some new resources (on the nidanas and skandhas, the Buddha’s unanswered questions, and St. Augustine!) that should help tie up any loose ends from the first two talks in our ‘Religion Without God’ series… Remember, you’ll have to log in and + join this Group to access the extra materials from the series and contribute responses and posts of your own...
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Our Place of Practice: A Circuit of Generosity

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Mon, 15 Oct, 2012 - 16:01

Our Place of Practice: A Circuit of Generosity

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Mon, 15 Oct, 2012 - 16:01

Coming together for meditation, Buddhist ritual and Dharma study are important conditions for deepening one’s practice. We meet together every Wednesday evening for our Sangha (Community) Night where we meditate and explore an aspect of the Buddha’s teaching through a talk and discussion. If you are new to meditation, we are happy to provide support and guidance for you. Everyone is welcome to join us.

With our program we aim to provide varied opportunities with Introductory courses...
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Great chanting from the Young Buddhists weekend!

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Mon, 15 Oct, 2012 - 14:16
Great chanting from the Young Buddhists weekend! An amazing multi-part Padmasambhava Mantra; plus two Shakyamuni mantras - one by Mahasukha and one created by Bhante for use in India.

Thanks Arthasiddhi, for leading us in them so skilfully…
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Women Elders of the Triratna Buddhist Community - Ashokashri

From London Buddhist Centre on Mon, 15 Oct, 2012 - 01:00
Another talk in this occasional series, "Women Elders of the Triratna Buddhist Community" at the LBC women's class.

Given at the LBC's Women's Class in October 2012.
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Ambedkar Day celebrated across Triratna Buddhist Community

From Triratna News on Sat, 13 Oct, 2012 - 06:05

Ambedkar Day celebrated across Triratna Buddhist Community

From Triratna News on Sat, 13 Oct, 2012 - 06:05We bring this week’s stories of India to a close with news of some of the celebrations planned, past and present, around the Triratna Buddhist Community in honour of tomorrow’s ‘Ambedkar Day’ - anniversary of the October 14th 1956 conversion of Dr. Ambedkar to Buddhism.

In Sheffield they’re planning an Ambedkar Day on Saturday 27 October featuring talks, practice, food and a film; in London Priyadaka and Manjusiha are co-leading a day retreat at the...
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Religion Without God, Part 2: Sex and Morality - Going Beyond Puritanism

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Fri, 12 Oct, 2012 - 22:09
In the second talk in his ‘Religion Without God’ series, Candradasa considers the origins of negative views of the body and its desires in relation to spiritual life, as seen through the prism of Puritanism and its influences.

Tracking the Platonic ideal through St. Augustine we get a sense of the conditioning we seek to move away from as Buddhists while still wrestling with the key questions posed by our own experience of the connection between desire and suffering.
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september på Dharmagiri

From Dharmagiri Retreatcenter on Fri, 12 Oct, 2012 - 20:37
  • gröngöling
  • Viktoria i snåren
  • Anita, Johan och Peter
  • vad gör Pär?
  • deltagare Sanghahelgen

september på Dharmagiri

From Dharmagiri Retreatcenter on Fri, 12 Oct, 2012 - 20:37För att fortsätta berätta om Gröngölingarna…

I den förra månadens brev skrev jag om dessa två fåglars sista färd och krasch mot glasverandefönstret. För några veckor sedan såg jag en halvvuxen unge spatsera på gårdsplan! Den såg frisk och välmående ut och man kan anta att det var en unge som överlevt och klarat sig bra på egen hand.

Ett flertal retreater har passerat denna månad. Satyaprabha, Fredrik Busk och Viktor Bäckström ledde en Ung Buddhist retreat. Dikterna...

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