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Launching the Urban Retreat 2011

From Triratna News on Fri, 7 Oct, 2011 - 19:04

Launching the Urban Retreat 2011

From Triratna News on Fri, 7 Oct, 2011 - 19:04Many thanks to the over 200 people who have registered interest in the online version of the International Urban Retreat for 2011, in 55 different places from San Francisco to Toowoomba. We’re delighted to say that the retreat is now open for you to join in.

If you’re not sure how an Urban Retreat works, check out our quick guide, or jump in and test the waters (it’s completely free of charge)…

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Kavyasiddhi

Reflections on the importance of stillness

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Fri, 7 Oct, 2011 - 17:30

Reflections on the importance of stillness

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Fri, 7 Oct, 2011 - 17:30

First of a series of short (3 minute) videos from me, here in Cambridge UK at the offices of Windhorse:Evolution where I work - Triratna’s largest and most successful team-based Right Livelihood Buddhist business. Here I reflect on how the importance of stillness fits with the momentum of movement in the worldly winds.

lokabandhu

Welcome to the retreat - and an idea of what’s coming...

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Fri, 7 Oct, 2011 - 15:34

Welcome to the retreat - and an idea of what’s coming...

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Fri, 7 Oct, 2011 - 15:34

Welcome to the 2011 International Urban Retreat, wherever you might be in the world. Here’s an idea of what’s coming during the week and when you can expect to find it on-line. Each day we’ll be exploring different aspects of the overall theme - ‘Sailing the Worldly Winds’ - and posting fresh material.

We’ll aim to make everything for the following day available at around 17.30 UK time, hopefully this will work for you even if your time zone is ahead...

lokabandhu

Metta Wave map of the world!

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Fri, 7 Oct, 2011 - 14:44

Metta Wave map of the world!

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Fri, 7 Oct, 2011 - 14:44

View in iOS. On Saturday the 8th we’ll be sending a wave of metta (loving kindness) around the world to get the retreat started. We have people from five continents and 55 different places taking part, as well as over 200 online! You can view an up-to-date map of where everyone is, with...

LBC Sangha

Subhadramati and Maitreyabandhu introducing the Urban Retreat

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Fri, 7 Oct, 2011 - 14:29

https://vimeo.com/29783049

Subhadramati and Maitreyabandhu introducing the Urban Retreat

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Fri, 7 Oct, 2011 - 14:29

This is a terrific introduction to the retreat and also hilarious as they both lose it completely following their ‘serious’ intro. Laugh along in the sunshine… :)

vajragupta

Sailing the The Worldly Winds by Vajragupta

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Fri, 7 Oct, 2011 - 14:03

Sailing the The Worldly Winds by Vajragupta

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Fri, 7 Oct, 2011 - 14:03

View in iOS. We’ll offer full instruction for the retreat online, but you can also buy Vajragupta’s new book: ‘Sailing the Worldly Winds’.

It’s not essential to read it to be able to take part, but it’s a great guide to the material we’ll be dealing with and will help...

Candradasa

Notes for online retreatants - part 1: taking part online

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Fri, 7 Oct, 2011 - 11:43

Notes for online retreatants - part 1: taking part online

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Fri, 7 Oct, 2011 - 11:43

Hello from Candradasa and the online team here in the U.S.

Some quick basics: posts in the ‘latest’ feed are brief extracts. Click ‘read more’ to view the full post (try it with this one) and ‘respond’ to read and comment. You’ll find everything you need for daily participation in the retreat under the ‘course materials’ feed, and some great blog posts from the rest of the teaching team under ‘team posts’ (these are also brief extracts). Check back each day...

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Heart Sutra 6 - Wisdom

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Fri, 7 Oct, 2011 - 00:00

A talk in which discusses Prajna (or spiritual wisdom), relative and absolute truth, and Avalokitesvara's advice in the Heart Sutra to avoid attachments to concepts.

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Heart Sutra 7 - Mantras and Symbols

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Fri, 7 Oct, 2011 - 00:00

Taranita explores the nature of symbols, and why they may be useful to us. In Buddhism, we make good use of symbols, not least in the form of mantra sound symbols. Taranita discusses the Heart Sutra as dharani, and the Prajnaparamita mantra within the Heart Sutra. The talk concludes with a discussion of the symbols associated with Amitabha.

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Heart Sutra 8 - Summary and Conclusion

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Fri, 7 Oct, 2011 - 00:00

In the final talk of the series, Taranita summaries the materil that has been convered in the talks, and concludes with advice on how we can approach the Heart Sutra.

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