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Online Dana Bowl

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Sat, 15 Oct, 2011 - 17:36

Online Dana Bowl

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Sat, 15 Oct, 2011 - 17:36

We’ve created an online ‘dana’ bowl for contributions to help support Candradasa’s team at Dharmachakra, who will be hard at work continuing to develop this exciting new space for the whole Triratna Buddhist Community. Thanks to their generous efforts, we were very happy to be able to offer the retreat for free to all who wanted to take part. If you would like to support the work they’ll be doing for us it will help them...

Kavyasiddhi

Lying down together - and body scan meditations

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Sat, 15 Oct, 2011 - 08:16

Lying down together - and body scan meditations

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Sat, 15 Oct, 2011 - 08:16

Why it’s really good to lie down, and do a body scan meditation together in the morning. My last video blog for this retreat, hope you’ve enjoyed them…

vajragupta

Exercises, reflections, and closing ceremony for the last day - and beyond...

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Fri, 14 Oct, 2011 - 22:59

Exercises, reflections, and closing ceremony for the last day - and beyond...

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Fri, 14 Oct, 2011 - 22:59

Well done! You’ve almost completed the urban retreat. On this last day there’s an opportunity for you to review how it went, what we learnt, and what you’d like to carry through into the future.

Hopefully you’ve discovered that although you can’t avoid the worldly winds, you can learn from them, and see them as opportunities rather than obstacles. As William Blake wrote:

Man was made for Joy & Woe;
And when this we rightly know
Thro’...

Yashosagar

Sailing the Worldly Winds in India

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Fri, 14 Oct, 2011 - 17:39

Yashosagar - The Worldly Winds, International Urban Retreat 2011 by thebuddhistcentre

Listen on iOS or get the app. A moving talk from India by Yashosagar describing his own sources of inspiration in working with the Worldly Winds, and a glimpse at how the Dharma can really change people’s whole worlds… On Soundcloud.

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Kavyasiddhi

'The Way It Is', by William Stafford

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Fri, 14 Oct, 2011 - 17:38

'The Way It Is', by William Stafford

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Fri, 14 Oct, 2011 - 17:38

Some reflections from me on ‘The Way It Is’, a poem by William Stafford: holding onto an unseen thread, and not letting go. I end with a rendering of a verse from the Dhammapada, by Thomas Byrom.

Kavyasiddhi

Expectation, experiences and reality (and smiley faces!)

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Fri, 14 Oct, 2011 - 13:04

Expectation, experiences and reality (and smiley faces!)

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Fri, 14 Oct, 2011 - 13:04

Checking whether our expectations and experiences are in line with reality – using smiley faces!

Yashosagar

Sailing the Worldly Winds - in India

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Fri, 14 Oct, 2011 - 11:17

Sailing the Worldly Winds - in India

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Fri, 14 Oct, 2011 - 11:17

Hello, I am Yashosagar from Triratna’s ordination team in Pune (Maharashtra, India). I am speaking about how practising Dhamma has helped me respond more creatively to the worldly winds. I am happy my talk is released today Friday 14th October, the anniversary of Dr Ambedkar’s famous conversion to Buddhism. There is a small fundraising appeal from us at the end. Thank you.

Kavyasiddhi

A very pertinent sailing story...

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Fri, 14 Oct, 2011 - 10:59

A very pertinent sailing story...

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Fri, 14 Oct, 2011 - 10:59

A very pertinent sailing story, on the importance of finding a haven, to take refuge in when the storms come! Check back later today for another from me…

lokabandhu

A death in the Order

From Triratna News on Fri, 14 Oct, 2011 - 05:42

A death in the Order

From Triratna News on Fri, 14 Oct, 2011 - 05:42Aryaketu, one of Triratna’s Indian Order Convenors, writes with the sad news of the death of an Order Member. He says -

“Dear Order Members, I am sad to inform you that Dhammacharini Shraddhaja from Nagpur died on October 3rd, at 3 pm at her home. At the time of death her husband and family members were around with her. Immediately the news spread a lot of people were visiting her death body continually and conducting ritual. The funeral...

lokabandhu

Exercises and reflections for Friday: Voicethread edition

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Thu, 13 Oct, 2011 - 21:30

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