Loving Kindness - A day long Meditation Retreat

From Eight Step Recovery - Using the Buddha's Teachings To Overcome Addiction on Wed, 16 Oct, 2013 - 05:29Vancouver Saturday November 16th 2013
Lovingkindness or Metta Bahvuna, is a powerful form of Buddhist meditation that reconnects us with our natural capcity to be open-hearted with ourselves and with others. One of four Brahma Viharas, or Sublime Attitudes, Lovingkindness uses phrases and visualizations to cultivate a sense of friendliness, kindness, and love, which is our birthright.

This daylong retreat might be a fit for both novice and relative newcomers to meditation and Buddhist practice. We intend to practice...

Sangha Night in San Francisco

From San Francisco Buddhist Center on Mon, 14 Oct, 2013 - 17:40This week at Sangha night, the third talk in a three-part series on “The True Individual: The Creative Tension between Autonomy and the Collective”. Wednesday, October 16, 7 PM.

Triratna archive footage now available online

From Triratna News on Sat, 12 Oct, 2013 - 06:03Vajragupta writes with news of a new website making available a whole series of films about Triratna’s history, saying -

“A few years back I wrote a book called The Triratna Story, chronicling the history of this particular Buddhist movement. One of the best things I did when researching that book, was re-watch some of the films made by Suryaprabha back in the 90’s, a series of films about the early days of the Movement. I’d...