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Prajnahridaya's Reflections on the slogan “All Dharma agrees at one point” - Turning Arrows into Flowers: Day 5

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Tue, 19 May, 2020 - 11:28

Prajnahridaya's Reflections on the slogan “All Dharma agrees at one point” - Turning Arrows into Flowers: Day 5

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Tue, 19 May, 2020 - 11:28

Prajnahridaya, living at Padmaloka retreat centre in Norfolk, UK, shares his reflections around this slogan, reflecting on the essence of the Mind Training teachings - a release from Ego Clinging.

⁣⁣⁣He reflects on the dangers of trying to get rid of something and focuses instead on the freedom, inspiration and beauty that can arise when we let go of clinging.

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How do we know this is working? Turning Arrows into Flowers: Day 5

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Tue, 19 May, 2020 - 08:20

How do we know this is working? Turning Arrows into Flowers: Day 5

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Tue, 19 May, 2020 - 08:20

Day 5 revolves around evaluating the mind-training practice we’ve been engaged in all week. This is essential on any spiritual path, with any kind of method or doctrine, and Yashobodhi provides a clear set of questions to ask ourselves in checking out that the things we’re doing are actually helping! The sense of agency and confidence we can gain from owning the practice in this way is a strong alternative for the routine, everyday kind of ego-clinging that can so...

Mahabodhi

Compassionate response to Covid-19 with Mahabodhi

From Shabda Articles on Mon, 18 May, 2020 - 21:29

Compassionate response to Covid-19 with Mahabodhi

From Shabda Articles on Mon, 18 May, 2020 - 21:29

Over the last two plus months I have taught over 60 hours of classes on Facebook Live, in morning sessions commencing at 7.30 UK time. In these sessions I have managed to communicate the vast proportion of my thinking on the Dharma developed over sixteen years of working on my book ‘Mindfulness: the undiscovered foundations,’ including topics such as ‘Buddhism and Science’ and ‘Secular Mindfulness.’ With help from Sangharadhara this work is now uploaded to YouTube in seven series....

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Sadayasihi

Refuges and Precepts - Turning Arrows into Flowers: Day 4

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Mon, 18 May, 2020 - 17:01

Refuges and Precepts - Turning Arrows into Flowers: Day 4

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Mon, 18 May, 2020 - 17:01

Today you could try and do more meditation – perhaps an extra sit (even if for a few minutes) – but also focus on bringing your practice off the cushions. This could involve chanting the Refuges and Precepts at the beginning of your day and being more conscious to behave ethically throughout your day, introducing a mindfulness bell (a random bell you set on your phone that you use to remind yourself to come back to your intention for the week), be more...

Sadayasihi

Dharmabyte: An Intuition In Us

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 18 May, 2020 - 14:00

Vajradevi explores aspects of faith, including faith and receptivity, the relationship of confidence and doubt in our own practice. She goes on to look at how faith and wisdom relate, including right view and how ‘faith is wisdom, but not fully realised.’

From the talk Recap On Sati (mindfulness) & Exploring the Faculty of Faith as part of the series Pathways to the Beautiful Mind: Bristol Rains Retreat.

Bristol Buddhist Centre, 2019.

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Sadayasihi

Dhammakumara in conversation with Prajnaketu - Turning Arrows into Flowers: Day 4

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Mon, 18 May, 2020 - 11:11

Dhammakumara in conversation with Prajnaketu - Turning Arrows into Flowers: Day 4

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Mon, 18 May, 2020 - 11:11

Dhammakumara, from the UK, but currently based in Sydney, Australia, in conversation with Prajnaketu, talks about how he’s been making his life a life of practice during the lockdown. Touching on responding to fear and overwhelm and coming back to the practice of just being with his current experience, whether that’s drinking coffee or reading the news…

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Making Our Whole Life a Life of Practice - Turning Arrows into Flowers: Day 4

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Mon, 18 May, 2020 - 08:02

Making Our Whole Life a Life of Practice - Turning Arrows into Flowers: Day 4

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Mon, 18 May, 2020 - 08:02

Day 4, point 4 of our home retreat looks at what it means to integrate this kind of mind training work into every area of our lives using reflection on 5 forces (or “powers”). Yashobodhi also movingly evokes the relevance of such deep Dharma activity to the process of our own (and other people’s) death…

“You might think about like, the strength of or the power of a hammer hitting a nail…But you could also think about power,...

Samachitta

New Chair wanted for Sydney OM

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Sun, 17 May, 2020 - 21:11

New Chair wanted for Sydney OM

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Sun, 17 May, 2020 - 21:11

Samacitta will be stepping down as Chair by September 2020. Sydney has weathered the effects of the pandemic remarkably well. We have made a smooth transition to online activities and there has been generous financial support from the sangha in response to our fundraising appeal. The Centre has a solid base from which to launch new initiatives. There is an effective Management Committee and strong Order engagement with classes. There is a friendly team of 2 part-time Centre Managers. The...

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Threefold puja - Turning Arrows into Flowers: Day 3

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Sun, 17 May, 2020 - 14:18

Threefold puja - Turning Arrows into Flowers: Day 3

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Sun, 17 May, 2020 - 14:18

The third day on any retreat is often when difficulties or distractions start to arise! This is a good point to tune in again with the resolution you made at the beginning of the week and recommit yourself to the vision you have for the week. You may wish to mark your resolve by doing a puja (devotional ritual). One of the practices in our Community is the Threefold puja.

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Garavavati's Reflections on the slogan “Drive all Blame into one” - Turning Arrows into Flowers: Day 3

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Sun, 17 May, 2020 - 10:54

Garavavati's Reflections on the slogan “Drive all Blame into one” - Turning Arrows into Flowers: Day 3

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Sun, 17 May, 2020 - 10:54

Garavavati, living in a women’s residential Buddhist community in London, UK, shares her reflections around this slogan, particularly the choice we have between the limiting restrictions of experiencing blame and the freedom in choosing to take responsibility for our own minds.

⁣⁣⁣Reflecting that our actions have consequences, Garavavati concludes that the potential of reflecting on this slogan could lead to the ultimate freedom and protection of Awakening.

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