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Loving Kindness Meditation

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Mon, 1 Feb, 2016 - 03:32

Loving Kindness Meditation

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Mon, 1 Feb, 2016 - 03:32

Meditation is really very simple, and it can prove a greatly helpful tool in anyone’s life if they choose to make it a part of what they do. The ‘Metta Bhavana/Cultivation of Loving Kindness’ meditation is a traditional Buddhist meditation aimed at calming the mind and improving one’s capacity for kindness for oneself and all living beings. 

Are you ready to focus, choose wisely, and be creative in your conditions? You do not need to be a Buddhist to practice this - this...
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Mindfulness with Breathing... March 19th

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Mon, 1 Feb, 2016 - 03:21

Mindfulness with Breathing... March 19th

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Mon, 1 Feb, 2016 - 03:21

Mindfulness with Breathing, a traditional Buddhist meditation practice, will be taught in our next introductory workshop on March 19, 10-1 pm.

Offered by donation, $40-20. All are welcome!

portsmouth [at] thebuddhistcenter.com (subject: Mindfulness%20with%20Breathing) (Contact us for more information) | Register here

Learning this meditation may lead to:
~ a calmer, more focused mind
~ deeper levels of relaxation
~ greater discipline in concentrating the mind
~ decreasing muscular tension
~ building self-confidence
...
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Introduction to Meditation: 4-week course March 2016

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Mon, 1 Feb, 2016 - 03:08

Introduction to Meditation: 4-week course March 2016

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Mon, 1 Feb, 2016 - 03:08

Meditation is really very simple, and it can prove a greatly helpful tool in anyone’s life if they choose to make it a part of what they do. In this 4-week course, participants will learn the ‘Mindfulness with Breathing’ and ‘Metta Bhavana/Cultivation of Loving Kindness’ meditations. These are traditional Buddhist meditations aimed at calming the mind and improving one’s capacity for kindness for oneself and all living beings. Are you ready to focus, choose wisely, and be creative in your conditions? You do not need to...
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Sunday Gatherings - February

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Mon, 1 Feb, 2016 - 02:42

Sunday Gatherings - February

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Mon, 1 Feb, 2016 - 02:42

All are welcome to our weekly Sunday gathering! Meditation starts at 10 am - simple instruction is given for beginners. After the sit, there is a tea break followed by an activity as listed below. Feel free to just come for the meditation, or the whole program. Offered by donation.

Feb 7th: no program
Feb 14th: sutra discussion: the last days of the Buddha
Feb 21st: meditation discussion
Feb 28th: social tea and hang out

Sutra...
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Share - Glasgow Young Buddhists 7th Feb

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Fri, 29 Jan, 2016 - 15:11

Share - Glasgow Young Buddhists 7th Feb

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Fri, 29 Jan, 2016 - 15:11

We’d like to invite you to our “Share” day on Sunday 7th Feb 12-3pm. With a FREE swap-shap, chai cafe and drop-in meditation.

It’s a drop in event and all are welcome, so bring friends and family to have a look round the centre and join in the fun. The day is a celebration of community with the option to come together and share resources. Organised by our Young Buddhists group, activities on offer (all for...
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Sheffield Younger Sangha 6th of Feb

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Fri, 29 Jan, 2016 - 15:08

Sheffield Younger Sangha 6th of Feb

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Fri, 29 Jan, 2016 - 15:08

‘In the seen only the seen’ - a look at the Bahiya Sutta led by Francis

6pm optional bring ‘n’ share meal

7.30 start
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Subhuti in India: a documentary video from Mokshapriya

From Community Highlights on Thu, 28 Jan, 2016 - 11:52

Subhuti in India: a documentary video from Mokshapriya

From Community Highlights on Thu, 28 Jan, 2016 - 11:52

Mokshapriya writes from India to announce the release of his documentary film, ‘Subhuti in India’, aimed particularly a Triratna audience outside India.

“Twice a year Subhuti leaves north Wales, UK, for India. His winter 2014/15 visit lasted 85 days, included 12 retreats and covered over 3,000 miles, from Bhaja in Maharashtra to Bodh Gaya, the place of the Buddha’s Enlightenment.

I asked Subhuti if I could follow him on one of his India tours to record, for the interest of our Order and Movement, how he spends half of each year. 

He...
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Young Women's Retreat: Going for Refuge and the Thunderous Silence

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Thu, 28 Jan, 2016 - 10:21

Young Women's Retreat: Going for Refuge and the Thunderous Silence

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Thu, 28 Jan, 2016 - 10:21

Going for Refuge and the Thunderous Silence: a young women’s weekend mitra retreat

“Going for Refuge is an experience - a spiritual experience - that is deepening and growing more multi-dimensional all the time.”
- Sangharakshita.

On this retreat we aim to explore going for refuge, and how it can lead us into a more direct, unmediated experience of the truth.

Led by Kusalasara, Shraddhasiddhi, Sraddhasara, Sujayini and
Sukhasiddhi....
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Birmingham Museum's new Buddhist display

From Triratna News on Wed, 27 Jan, 2016 - 09:41
  • The Sultanganj Buddha
  • Examining the manuscripts

Birmingham Museum's new Buddhist display

From Triratna News on Wed, 27 Jan, 2016 - 09:41

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (BMAG), UK, launches its new Faith in Birmingham Gallery with a VIP event on 4th February. 

The centrepiece will be the museum’s longstanding star, the Sultanganj Buddha, discovered by workers building a railway in India in 1862, but as Samacitta found, the museum’s collection features one or two more Buddhist surprises. She’s Chair of Triratna’s Birmingham Buddhist Centre. 

“For the past year BMAG’s development of...
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How to Approach Meditation

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 26 Jan, 2016 - 05:19

How to Approach Meditation

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 26 Jan, 2016 - 05:19

Meditation is so in the Zeitgeist 


I was talking to one of our senior English order members yesterday. He’s been teaching mindfulness as part of his livelihood for some time now and was telling me that it’s become so big in the UK now that one of the universities is now accrediting mindfulness teachers. It is being used by a raft of practitioners including corporate trainers, health care workers, psychologists and anyone who cares to hang out a shingle...

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