The metta bhavana is a meditation that can profoundly change lives. This short four-week course goes beyond the stock phrases back to ancient source material to unravel the secrets of the ‘metta code’.
Sunday, 9.30am-12pm We’re deep into our new series for January and February: Embracing the Winter of Things. The depths of winter create a context for us just to be more fully with our experience, accepting endings and considering new beginnings, allowing new light and color to arise. This week, on Sunday February 18, we’ll start our last two-week topic of contemplation by exploring how we respond to unpleasantness in the conditions shaping our lives. And we will learn to sit with awareness that both ugliness and beauty...
Although the Buddha lived in India more than 2,500 years ago, his teachings on ethics, meditation and wisdom can seem as relevant and powerful as ever in our 21st-century global society. But don’t take our word for it. Come and try it out for yourself. Join Dh. Narottama and other members of the Portsmouth Buddhist Center community and explore some age-old practices for calming the mind and developing a kinder, more generous attitude toward yourself...
The theme for BAM 2018 is Transforming Self, Transforming World.
As always, the theme for BAM is inspired by contemporary issues, and this year’s emphasis invites us to stop and look at the big picture:
It is becoming evident that our society urgently needs a new story, a new myth to live by. As an example. George Monbiot puts it very well in this recent short interview * where he outlines the need for a psycho-spiritual approach that is thoroughly meaningful and that may...
This article is a critical response to a piece Satyadhana posted here some weeks ago: Understanding Paticca Samuppada. Sagaramati and I both have a keen eye for the truth and I think he’d agree we have contributed equally to this article, from our very different skills and experience. Those who know us will easily guess who did which bits! Jotika, and particularly Yashobodhi made useful suggestions on the final draft.
Recorded at the 2018 Triratna Buddhist Order International Convention at Bodhgaya, Bihar, here ‘s the great and renowned Indian classical violinist Surmani Prabhakar Dhakade, playing a full program of music for a very appreciative audience.
An evening at the Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Centre in Bhaja, India, to greet people from all around the world, gathering to look at how to take forward in unity an international, multi-lingual, cross-cultural spiritual community...
