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Review: Blue Sky, White Cloud by Aloka David Smith

From Western Buddhist Review on Fri, 11 Jan, 2013 - 17:27

Review: Blue Sky, White Cloud by Aloka David Smith

From Western Buddhist Review on Fri, 11 Jan, 2013 - 17:27Blue Sky, White Cloud by Āloka David Smith, DharmaMind Books, 2012, 204 pages, ISBN 978-095424753-9, UK £9.98 pb, also in e-book formats.

Review by Tejananda

An abiding challenge in attempting to communicate ‘the way things are’ – the dharma – is the very nature of language. This is no small matter. In a profound sense, the very nature of the dualistic concept-generating mind itself is what’s getting in the way of direct seeing-knowing of how things...
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From European Chairs' Assembly on Fri, 11 Jan, 2013 - 15:52

Error message!

From European Chairs' Assembly on Fri, 11 Jan, 2013 - 15:52Sorry everyone for the confusing email yesterday offering a link to a phantom post by Dhammarati of his rather wonderful picture from the grounds at Taraloka! We posted it and then realised that our image gallery system isn’t configured to deal with extra wide panorama pictures like the one in question, so it got all squished! We removed it for now and are tweaking things to accommodate these kinds of extra wide images, but we’ve heard that a...
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Salutation to the Three Jewels

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Wed, 9 Jan, 2013 - 18:09
Our Sangha Night theme this month is Going for Refuge and Faith in Buddhist Practice. In a few weeks we’ll be chanting the ‘Tiratana Vandana’ - a classic Buddhist salute to the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha.

Here’s is a recording of this well-loved chant from Free Buddhist Audio, just to give you a little taste of what’s to come.

Sangha Nights - January 2013

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Try Another Way... Taster Day

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Tue, 8 Jan, 2013 - 21:35

Try Another Way... Taster Day

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Tue, 8 Jan, 2013 - 21:35Whether you’re looking to find a little peace, to make better choices, to enrich your life or to create a meaningful spiritual path, we have tools to help you in your everyday life - busy and complex as it probably is, here in the 21st century.

Come along on 12 Jan and try out some of those tools on our free taster day.

We’ll have taster sessions of meditation, trailers of our new ‘tools for living your life’...
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First Light in the Garden

From Buddhafield on Tue, 8 Jan, 2013 - 15:37

First Light in the Garden

From Buddhafield on Tue, 8 Jan, 2013 - 15:37
Buddhafield was awarded £10,000 by the Big Lottery Fund in January 2011 to plant and develop a forest garden at Broadhembury as described in our permaculture plan. The project took place 27 January—3 February 2012. Over 7 days we planted trees and other tasks to create...
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Buddhafield Festival 2012

From Projet de Page d'accueil on Tue, 8 Jan, 2013 - 14:56
  • Serving crew food*
  • Serving crew food*
  • Meditation*
  • Meditation*
  • Healing Garden arch*
  • Pachamamas Cafe*
  • Music, Small World*
  • Workshop with the Fluid Druid+
  • Lunch with drums+
  • Mud has a peculiar affect on people+
  • Facepaint+
  • Fire poi spinning+
  • Security with wit and charm+
  • Beautiful people+

Buddhafield Festival 2012

From Projet de Page d'accueil on Tue, 8 Jan, 2013 - 14:56
A set of Highlights from the 2012 Buddhafield Festival, which, despite suffering from poor weather was a very positive experience for those folk that attended. We had two official photographers this year: photographs marked * are by Charlotte Baxter and those marked + by Mim Saxl.
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oktober – december 2012 på Dharmagiri

From Dharmagiri Retreatcenter on Mon, 7 Jan, 2013 - 15:44
  • bild på deltagare på The art of reflection retreaten

oktober – december 2012 på Dharmagiri

From Dharmagiri Retreatcenter on Mon, 7 Jan, 2013 - 15:44Sammandrag av Maya

Oktober månad inleddes med en fullbokad reflektionsretreat torsdag-söndag, med temat ”The Art of Reflection” som leddes av Ratnaguna (författare av boken med samma titel), från England.

En rehabiliteringsgrupp från Sala kom hit för att under ett par timmar få information om buddhism, vad retreater är samt prova på att sitta lite själva.

Under november månad hölls inte mindre än tre retreater. En mansretreat ledd av Vaddhaka och Viryabodhi från torsdag-söndag med 11 deltagare, med...
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Immerse Yourself in Meditation

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Mon, 7 Jan, 2013 - 03:04

Immerse Yourself in Meditation

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Mon, 7 Jan, 2013 - 03:04Have you ever wondered what would happen if you meditated for a longer period than what you’re accustomed to? This is a great opportunity to find out! Meditation practice deepens and becomes more pleasurable when given the time and space to do so. We will have three meditation sessions with breaks in between, as well as a discussion session to explore issues in meditation.

Saturday, February 16th, 9 - 1 pm
Led by Dharmachari Suddhayu
Offered by donation, $25-40...
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Women Elders of the Triratna Buddhist Community - Vajragita

From London Buddhist Centre on Mon, 7 Jan, 2013 - 00:00
Vajragita gives a talk on November 22nd 2012 about her spiritual life. Part of the "Women Elders of the Triratna Buddhist Community" series at the LBC women's class.

Given at the LBC's Women's Class in November 2012.
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