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Day 6: Guided Upekkha Bhavana Meditation (Cultivation of Equanimity)

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Sun, 22 Mar, 2015 - 18:59

Ratnavandana introduces and guides us through the practice of cultivating equanimity. Not a cool, detached state but a deep warm engagement with the practice of love, compassion and joy held in the perspective of the Buddha’s insights into the nature of reality itself…

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New Chair and Deputies for the Triratna Preceptors’ College

From Triratna News on Sun, 22 Mar, 2015 - 15:58

New Chair and Deputies for the Triratna Preceptors’ College

From Triratna News on Sun, 22 Mar, 2015 - 15:58The Preceptors’ College has a new Chair and three new Deputy Chairs.

The College’s main job is overseeing the Triratna ordination process, but it also sees its role within the Community as passing on the spirit of the Triratna Buddhist Order by preserving, sustaining, developing and communicating Bhante’s particular presentation of the Dharma.

After an evening of celebration and rejoicing on March 14, Saddhaloka took over as Chair of the Preceptors’ College from Dhammarati following his...

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Day 6: Guided Meditation - Sitting In The Mandala (With Ratnasambhava Mantra)

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Sun, 22 Mar, 2015 - 15:31

Ratnavandana introducing Day 6 of the urban retreat on the Brahma Viharas - Living In The Mandala. Today we’re sitting with the great golden Buddha of the South, archetypal Buddha of abundance and spiritual richness. A good way to start things off…

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Day 8: meditating, rejoicing, puja to Bhante, and clear up!

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Sat, 21 Mar, 2015 - 20:53

Day 8: meditating, rejoicing, puja to Bhante, and clear up!

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Sat, 21 Mar, 2015 - 20:53

Late post today - it’s been a full last day.

We had our usual silent meditative morning, with more beautiful words from Ratnavandana. The shrine room felt very still as we sat with her open approach to practising with all the brahma viharas again.

After lunch - and much rejoicing in Ratnavandana, the team, and the retreat - we did a puja to Sangharakshita, ending with dismantling the central five Buddha shrine. I...

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Day 5: A Personal Take On Mudita by Sanghaketu

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Sat, 21 Mar, 2015 - 20:43

An infectiously delightful talk by Sanghaketu on the subject of joyful resonance with others (mudita). He really gets into his subject here! And his sense and experience of gladness comes across beautifully through laughter and reflection on the boon of good friends.

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Day 5: A Puja To Amoghasiddhi

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Sat, 21 Mar, 2015 - 18:18

A strong, stirring puja dedicated to Amoghasiddhi, the archetypal, unstoppable green Buddha of the North. This ritual features dedicated sections and readings that call forth Amoghasiddhi’s great qualities of fearlessness as well as the magical realm he inhabits. We are also treated to words enjoining us to practise empathy and sympathetic joy (mudita) in all our relationship. This puja includes some beautiful mantra chanting and lovely verses to Green Tara, Amoghasiddhi’s consort, used to help face and overcome our fears…...

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New Chair & Deputies for the College

From College of Public Preceptors on Sat, 21 Mar, 2015 - 09:25

New Chair & Deputies for the College

From College of Public Preceptors on Sat, 21 Mar, 2015 - 09:25

The College has a new Chair and three new Deputy Chairs.

After an evening of celebration and rejoicing on March 14, Saddhaloka took over as Chair of the Preceptors’ College from Dhammarati following his decade of service to the Order and the Movement. Ratnadharini has taken over from Padmasuri, who had been Deputy for the past 10 years, Paramabandhu has taken over from Saddhaloka as another Deputy...

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A Note For Online Rainy Season Retreatants!

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Fri, 20 Mar, 2015 - 21:56

A Note For Online Rainy Season Retreatants!

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Fri, 20 Mar, 2015 - 21:56

Hi all,

Two reasons for this post. First, a chance to post some rather lovely spring photographs from Bristol now the retreat has come to a close. Secondly, there’s been so much good material from it that we have fallen behind on remastering all the audio for internet use. Over the weekend and through the week we’ll get the remaining days’ worth of material up - plus a few extra treats! So, in a way, the...

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Day 7: All Brahma Viharas & Vairocana

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Fri, 20 Mar, 2015 - 14:55

Day 7: All Brahma Viharas & Vairocana

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Fri, 20 Mar, 2015 - 14:55

Today is the Spring Equinox, and this morning brought the mysterious dim-bright light of a partial solar eclipse, before turning into a glorious sunny day. We’re at that stage of the retreat when the end is in sight and my mind starts turning to other things, yet we still have this special chance to drop deeply into the divine abodes.

This morning Ratnavandana talked about “bhavana” as tending the conditions for growth. Just as with plants...

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Day 5: Guided Mudita Bhavana Meditation (Cultivation of Sympathetic Joy)

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Thu, 19 Mar, 2015 - 23:11

Ratnavandana again with an inspiring take on the third Brahma Vihara - mudita (sympathetic joy), which she renders as a “joyful resonance”. Her central image is of the lark ascending, the music of its song, and the possibilities for joy within us if we choose them…

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