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Wifi Access from January 2024

From Adhisthana on Mon, 11 Dec, 2023 - 11:00

Wifi Access from January 2024

From Adhisthana on Mon, 11 Dec, 2023 - 11:00

Starting from January 2024, we are introducing a slight adjustment to our wifi accessibility during retreats. We want to create a more retreat-like atmosphere for those coming here, and so will be restricting general access to the wifi for retreatants.

Anyone attending a meeting here will still have access, as well as guests who are not here on a specific retreat. If you have a specific need for internet access during a retreat you are attending here, you can discuss it with...

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Centre Team

Dharmabytes: Essentialness of Right View

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 11 Dec, 2023 - 11:00

Vidyamala shares ways to bring an imaginative approach to mindfulness practice. Excerpted from the talk entitled Mindfulness and the Imagination given at Rivendell as part of the series An Exploration of the Satipatthana Sutta, 2018.

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Saddhaloka

Ordination at the Helsinki Buddhist Centre

From Order Connection on Sun, 10 Dec, 2023 - 19:32

Ordination at the Helsinki Buddhist Centre

From Order Connection on Sun, 10 Dec, 2023 - 19:32

Sunday 10th December 2023

Dear Order Members,

The public ordination of Jarkko Lavinen took place this afternoon at the Helsinki Buddhist Centre.

He becomes Lalitachitta, meaning he whose mind is playful
Maharatnapriya was his private preceptor and Saddhaloka was his public preceptor.

With much metta,

Saddhaloka
 

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Ratnavyuha

Welcoming Surangamamati

From Order Connection on Sun, 10 Dec, 2023 - 13:34

Welcoming Surangamamati

From Order Connection on Sun, 10 Dec, 2023 - 13:34

Dear friends,

I am delighted to announce that the former Don Lawson was publicly ordained on 10th December at the Wellington Buddhist Centre.

He becomes Surangamamati, ‘He who has a mind of heroic progress’ .  There is an accent above the ’s’, long ‘u’ and a dot over the ‘n’.

Registered spelling Shurangamamati. 

His private preceptor is Purna and his public preceptor is Ratnavyuha.

With...

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Centre Team

FBA Podcast: Meeting the Buddha Through Imagination

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 9 Dec, 2023 - 11:00

The Buddha lived 2,500 years ago, so how can we meet him and open ourselves to the inspiration and resources that come from him?  Through imagination we can cultivate the capacity to meet the Buddha on an archetypal level.  This can have a powerful effect, karmically speaking.  We all have - and use - our imagination all the time, even if we don’t realise it!  We just need to learn how to ‘use it’ rather than having it ‘use us’...

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Paramabandhu

New Order member for London

From Order Connection on Thu, 7 Dec, 2023 - 12:40

New Order member for London

From Order Connection on Thu, 7 Dec, 2023 - 12:40

Dear Order Members,

I am delighted to let you know that Benjy Kirk from the London Buddhist Centre will soon be ordained. 

His private ordination will be conducted by Maitreyabandhu during a retreat at Vajrasana Retreat Centre. 

His public ordination will take place at the London Buddhist Centre on Friday 15th December starting at 6pm (UK time). 

With metta,

Paramabandhu
(Public Preceptor)

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Dharmabytes: The Whole Person Growing in All Directions

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 7 Dec, 2023 - 11:00

Maitreyabandhu shares his reflections on the role of the imagination in the spiritual life. Drawing on his experience as an artist, poet and Buddhist practitioner. Excerpted from the talk A Further Reach - Imagination and the Radical given at Croydon Buddhist Centre, 2011.

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Paramajyoti

Area Order Weekend for Dharmacharis

From Order Connection on Tue, 5 Dec, 2023 - 19:26

Area Order Weekend for Dharmacharis

From Order Connection on Tue, 5 Dec, 2023 - 19:26

‘The Myth and Magic of Order Chapters’

At Adhisthana

The purpose of meeting in order chapters is to help us to get to know and trust our spiritual friends and to go for refuge more deeply.  They are usually regarded as a spiritual workshop with an emphasis on confession.

If we are in a chapter, how well is it working?

If we are not in a chapter, why have we made that choice?

How effective is it to meet on-line?

And is reporting-in the...

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Dharmabytes: A Sense of Values to Transform Our Lives

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 4 Dec, 2023 - 11:00

“Art is the organisation of sensuous impressions that express the artist’s sensibility and communicate to his audience a sense of values that can transform their lives.” Using his own definition, Sangharakshita investigates the relevance of art and the artist to higher evolution.

Excerpted from the talk entitled Art and the Spiritual Life given in 1969 as part of the series The Higher Evolution.

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Sudaka

Yoga retreats with Bodhiyoga in Suryavana 2024

From Suryavana Retreat Centre on Sun, 3 Dec, 2023 - 17:52

Yoga retreats with Bodhiyoga in Suryavana 2024

From Suryavana Retreat Centre on Sun, 3 Dec, 2023 - 17:52

Bodhiyoga 2024. This year two retreats in the warmer months. Late May and Early July. The first retreat, the “Call of the Forest” (25 - 31 May 2024) is a showcase of Bodhiyoga best practices and we present yoga through various modalities. Classical Hatha/Vinyasa, Remedial Yoga and Yin Yoga seemlessly exploring meditation and mindfulness throughout the day. 
In the second retreat, “The Enchanted Forest” - is a Yoga Journey through the Five Buddha Mandala, (1 - 7 July 2024)...

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