Going Deeper - Level II Meditation Day

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Sun, 28 Dec, 2014 - 17:25Suddhayu will lead a Level II Meditation Practice Day on Sunday, January 18, 10 - 1 pm. This workshop presents a great opportunity to take your practice deeper. We will have ample time to meditate and to discuss meditation practice. The workshop will be tuned towards the participants’ particular challenges and interests.

Open meditation will still happen from 10-11 am. Those wishing to stay for the intensive workshop may do so.

Roads, Boats and Buses: recent writing by Triratna Order members

From Western Buddhist Review on Sun, 28 Dec, 2014 - 10:28Maitreyabandhu, The Crumb Road, Bloodaxe: Tarset, 2013, £9.95 pback
Rijumati Wallis, Pilgrimage to Anywhere, O-Books: Winchester, 2011, £11.99 pback
Simon Okotie, Whatever Happened to Harold Absalon?, Salt: Cromer, 2012, £8.99 pback

Reviewed by Dhivan Thomas Jones

There is a rich variety of talent in the Triratna Buddhist Order, nicely illustrated by these three very different kinds of books by Order members, all published over the last few years – one a volume of poems, one a travel memoir,...

Don't collude with the lie

From Eight Step Recovery - Using the Buddha's Teachings To Overcome Addiction on Thu, 25 Dec, 2014 - 16:50The biggest consumer lie - is Christmas. Yes of course I believe there was a man called Jesus who did wonderful things. But Christmas is a marketing ploy that has destroyed many lives for many years. Remember when you discovered Santa was not real? Don’t use the lies to be the cause of your relapse during this time. There is always a reason for an addict to relapse, and Christmas is just another day. Let go of the story, see...

Young Buddhists go offline for bigfuturebuddhanow

From Triratna News on Tue, 23 Dec, 2014 - 14:10Triratna Young Buddhists go from strength to strength with over 20 groups worldwide, as well as India’s National Network of Buddhist Youth. Next year sees the start of events for those “Sub25”. European Triratna’s seventh annual Young Buddhist retreat – over six times the size of the first – took place in November, entitled “bigfuturebuddhanow”.

Watch Dharmashalin’s keynote talk, “Less of me; more of we” (54 minutes).

Andrea Campbell, from Norwich, UK, writes:...

What will your Christmas be?

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 23 Dec, 2014 - 11:31t’s a big deal for us in our culture don’t your reckon? Family, Christmas dinner, partying, gift giving and for some an important event in the Christian calendar.

Whilst it doesn’t have any special significance for Buddhists one can still view it as an important cultural celebration; a time when we can open our hearts to others and practice kindness and generosity……

As a meditator I’m interested in staying steady and creative through this period and plotting...