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Sadhana Convention OM

From Adhisthana on Mon, 21 Oct, 2024 - 17:50

Sadhana Convention OM

From Adhisthana on Mon, 21 Oct, 2024 - 17:50

Sharpen the cutting edge of your practice. Find your deepest sources of guidance for life.

If you practise sadhana, or would like to revive your practice, come to this gathering of the sadhana clans running 22–29 November led by Prakasha and team.

A not-to-be-missed retreat to refresh and deepen your inspiration for sadhana and yidam practice. Learn more.
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Weekend retreat at Vajrasana

From West London Buddhist Centre on Tue, 15 Oct, 2024 - 12:53

Weekend retreat at Vajrasana

From West London Buddhist Centre on Tue, 15 Oct, 2024 - 12:53

1-3 November

A retreat is a great opportunity to explore the Buddhist practice of mindfulness. To take a break from our regular routine and create more space in both our inner and outer lives. Spending time in the countryside, we can connect with nature and enjoy the positive conditions that arise as we come together as a community, practising together, sharing meals, sharing talks and sharing walks with others on the retreat.

The programme will include talks, meditation, reflection and discussion as well as...
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Meditation with Paramananda

From West London Buddhist Centre on Tue, 15 Oct, 2024 - 12:45

Meditation with Paramananda

From West London Buddhist Centre on Tue, 15 Oct, 2024 - 12:45

2nd November 10.30am-1.30pm
West London Buddhist Centre

A precious opportunity to spend meditating with others and exploring what comes up. Paramananda is a practitioner of great depth, breadth and a sense of humour and down-to-earthness that helps us to have the courage to just be. You never now what path he will invite you to journey on!

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Day of the Dead Celebration and Overnight Bardo Immersion

From West London Buddhist Centre on Tue, 15 Oct, 2024 - 12:38

Day of the Dead Celebration and Overnight Bardo Immersion

From West London Buddhist Centre on Tue, 15 Oct, 2024 - 12:38

A fundraiser for the West London Buddhist Centre

7-11pm 1 November
11pm - 7am 1/2 November

Perhaps the most challenging aspect of human consciousness is awareness and acceptance of death: our own, of those close to us and those further away. Thousands of deaths are occurring in the collective in different parts of the globe in this very moment that you are reading this. And yet it is precisely this sense of preservation that separates us from the fullness of life experience, the...
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Amalavajra becomes chair of WLBC

From West London Buddhist Centre on Tue, 15 Oct, 2024 - 11:46
  • Amalavajra

Amalavajra becomes chair of WLBC

From West London Buddhist Centre on Tue, 15 Oct, 2024 - 11:46

We are delighted to announce that Amalavajra has become the new chair of the West London Buddhist Centre. This followed consultation with our former chair Bodhilila, our President Subhadassi, the Leadership Team, sangha and the WLBC Trustees.

Amalavajra was introduced to Buddhism and meditation by Triratna Order members in 1995 in Kathmandu, Nepal, just before beginning work as a bond dealer. Three years later, he joined Karuna Trust, Triratna’s charity focusing on caste based poverty in South Asia, and trained as...
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Stories of Sangharakshita

From Sangharakshita 100: A Celebration on Mon, 14 Oct, 2024 - 16:40

Stories of Sangharakshita

From Sangharakshita 100: A Celebration on Mon, 14 Oct, 2024 - 16:40

Dayanandi talks about three encounters with Bhante Sangharakshita and the deeper meaning of these experiences in her life as a Buddhist.
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Buddhist Teachers in Europe

From Triratna in the Buddhist World on Thu, 10 Oct, 2024 - 13:09
  • Buddhist Teachers in Europe 2024
  • Chan Center, near Zagreb
  • Teachers in the meditation hall

Buddhist Teachers in Europe

From Triratna in the Buddhist World on Thu, 10 Oct, 2024 - 13:09

Every year, as Triratna’s Liaison officer, I attend the residential meeting of Buddhist Teachers in Europe, a very informal gathering of people who teach in various Buddhist traditions.

Our latest meeting took place 24th-29th September in a newly built Ch’an retreat centre in the hills west of Zagreb, Croatia, hosted by the country’s oldest Buddhist group, started decades ago in what was then Yugoslavia.

We were about 20 participants, from Theravada, Tibetan, Ch’an, SGI,...
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September at Adhisthana

From Adhisthana on Thu, 3 Oct, 2024 - 10:12
  • Planting daffodils
  • Birthday celebrations
  • New cut-flower beds
  • Operations Team Tea Break
  • The Moon over the Malvers
  • Picking and de-stoning the Adhisthana Plums

September at Adhisthana

From Adhisthana on Thu, 3 Oct, 2024 - 10:12

The Maltese sangha, who joined us for the combined sanghas retreat on Living with Kindness, have made a beautiful new contribution to the alcoves in the main shrine. The atmosphere on-site was as warm as you’d expect from an international gathering of sanghas practicing metta bhavana.

We were also delighted to welcome Shubhavyuha back after her six-month sabbatical in Australia, where among other things, she helped run an ordination retreat. The women’s community is enjoying her positivity and kalyana mitrata, and celebrated...
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Exploring Mindfulness and Meditation

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Wed, 2 Oct, 2024 - 17:36

Exploring Mindfulness and Meditation

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Wed, 2 Oct, 2024 - 17:36

Meditation helps us to develop contentment, clarity, integration, concentration, and a sense of peace. Practicing Mindfulness as we go about the activities of our lives helps to keep us centered, creative and in touch with our own vitality. 

We will explore Buddhist teachings of mindfulness and how we can practice them in contemporary life. Participants will learn the mindfulness of breathing, a meditation that has been practiced for thousands of years.

Participants will learn everything they need to begin a regular and effective meditation...
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Shabda October 2024

From Order Messenger on Tue, 1 Oct, 2024 - 14:20

Here is the latest edition of Shabda in five digital formats:

  • eBook Shabda .EPUB – read on most other eBook readers (eg Nook or Kobo, etc) and most eReader apps on tablets, smartphones etc.
  • eBook Shabda .MOBI – This format is now deprecated, but this can still be used on older Kindle devices, and some older eReader apps on tablets, smartphones, etc.
  • PDF Shabda – read with any PDF reader
  • HTML Shabda (zip file) – unzip, and then read with any web browser
  • Print Shabda:
    • ...
File NameSize
PDF for digital (Computers and eReaders)1.85 MB
ePub (for eBook readers, Smartphones, and Tablets1.78 MB
mobi (for older Kindle devices only) 1.66 MB
HTML (web browsers)209.26 KB
PDF for printing1020.67 KB

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