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Solitude and Loneliness: A modern Buddhist view

From Windhorse Publications on Tue, 31 Jul, 2012 - 13:01

Solitude and Loneliness: A modern Buddhist view

From Windhorse Publications on Tue, 31 Jul, 2012 - 13:01Human societies throughout history and all over the world have organized themselves around living with others. Yet in the last 15 years, there has been an 80% global increase in people living alone. We’re wealthier than our ancestors and the cultures we live in value individualism and independence – we have the freedom to house ourselves in smaller family units or without a family at all. 34% of UK households now have just one person living in them. So...
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Latest photos from the Buddhafield Festival - and news of upcoming Living Arts Gathering

From Triratna News on Tue, 31 Jul, 2012 - 06:34

Latest photos from the Buddhafield Festival - and news of upcoming Living Arts Gathering

From Triratna News on Tue, 31 Jul, 2012 - 06:34We’ve continued to scour the internet for memories of the recent and wonderful Buddhafield Festival: here’s some highlights. You can see a home-movie video of the Closing Ceremony Parade; an extended interview with Paul Crosland aka the Freelender introducing his concept of ‘Gift Economics’ (much appreciated when applied to giving away multiple pairs of Wellington boots on site!); plus the first of several video talks from the Dharma Parlour - Jayaraja on ‘Love, Sex...
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Opening of our current premises, 1997

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Mon, 30 Jul, 2012 - 22:29

Opening of our current premises, 1997

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Mon, 30 Jul, 2012 - 22:29A little bit of our history - and idealistic vision… Could we think a bit bigger than we do today?

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