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A Personal Take On Upekkha

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Mon, 23 Mar, 2015 - 00:00

Continuing the series of personal talks on each of the Brahma Viharas from the 2015 Rainy Season Retreat, Ratnavandana shares an intensely honest, psychologically intimate, beautifully forensic history of her personal relationship to the practice of upekkha (equanimity) throughout her spiritual life. We hear about ways to assess what is going on in the subtler realms of our experience - and how to look to move beyond them so we too can live like a river...

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A Personal Take On Mudita

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Sat, 21 Mar, 2015 - 00:00

An infectiously delightful talk by Sanghaketu on the subject of joyful resonance with others (mudita) as part of the 2015 Rainy Season Retreat on the Brahma Viharas, Living In The Mandala. He really gets into his subject here! And his sense and experience of gladness comes across beautifully through laughter and reflection on the boon of good friends. Talk given in March 2015.

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Connections between the Brahma Viharas and Jinas

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Thu, 19 Mar, 2015 - 15:34

Connections between the Brahma Viharas and Jinas

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Thu, 19 Mar, 2015 - 15:34We can restore our innate mirror-like wisdom, transform our hatred, by developing Love-Metta. In this way we become like the blue Buddha Akshobhya.

We can restore our innate all-distinguishing wisdom, transform our greed and attachment, by developing Compassion-Karuna. In this way we become like the red Buddha Amitabha.

We can restore our innate all-performing wisdom, transform our envy and jealousy, by developing Sympathetic Joy-Mudita. In this way we become like the green Buddha Amoghasiddhi.

We can restore...

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Day 5: Mudita & Amoghasiddhi

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Wed, 18 Mar, 2015 - 18:58

Day 5: Mudita & Amoghasiddhi

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Wed, 18 Mar, 2015 - 18:58We’ve had a wonderful sunny spring day today in Bristol, perfect for us to dwell in what Sangharakshita has described as the bright dancing colours of mudita.

Ratnavandana talked about mudita as a natural response that happens often, but which we don’t always recognise. She suggested consciously appreciating moments of gladness in our lives, particularly when it connects us to others - for example she enjoyed seeing three small girls with mother’s day bouquets in the street at the...

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The Suffusion of the Divine Abidings (Brahma Viharas)

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Tue, 17 Mar, 2015 - 18:40Some reflection verses from the retreat to help dedicate your intention…

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Day 4: Karuna & Amitabha

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Tue, 17 Mar, 2015 - 14:57

Day 4: Karuna & Amitabha

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Tue, 17 Mar, 2015 - 14:57After days of gloom outside it’s wonderful to have spring sunshine today as we move into contemplating karuna - which Sangharakshita has described as like metta with a shadow over it.

Ratnavandana says:
It is good to reflect on our attitudes to suffering, whether it’s physical or emotional. I know for a long time I had this a sense that somehow suffering was wrong, that I shouldn’t be suffering, so there was a feeling of failure there which was...

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Preceptors' College Spring Meeting 2015 - Dhammadinna & Nagabodhi

From College of Public Preceptors on Tue, 17 Mar, 2015 - 12:40

Vidyatara talks to long time friends and College comrades Dhammadinna & Nagabodhi about leadership, generational change, the role of elders, social change and right livelihood and the joys of rejoicing!

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A Personal Take On Metta Practice

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Tue, 17 Mar, 2015 - 00:00

Jvalamalini, as part of the 2015 Rainy Season Retreat on the Brahma Viharas, gives a very personal and helpful take on the metta bhavana (loving kindness) practice, recounting her history with it and the kinds of areas she has worked with over the years in order to learn to love herself and others as deeply as she can. That work is both extraordinary and everyday, and the fruits of it is named beautifully as simply the ability to go deeper with the practice itself.

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