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Taking the Buddha to the beach

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Mon, 10 Oct, 2011 - 05:44

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Taking the Buddha to the beach

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Mon, 10 Oct, 2011 - 05:44

Hi from Auckland New Zealand.

I forgot to take a picture of our Urban retreatants here. Not a large crowd, but we also have a few people doing the retreat online. Here is a picture of our beach meditation on Sunday. It was lovely but a little chilly. Great to spend time together meditating, surrounded by nature. Natural beauty makes a rich shrine cloth.

lokabandhu

Exercises and reflections for Monday: Voicethread edition

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Sun, 9 Oct, 2011 - 22:30

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Vishvapani

Worldly Winds in the News

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Sun, 9 Oct, 2011 - 19:41

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Worldly Winds in the News

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Sun, 9 Oct, 2011 - 19:41

This Thought for the Day reflects on the worldly winds as the news shows them blowing through the lives of those caught up in a maelstrom they never expected

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Step back from the details of several stories that have dominated the headlines recently and they seem to retell one of the oldest of all narratives. A man has risen to fame, riches and power, but things turn against him and he is facing disgrace. We must wait till...

vajragupta

Exercises and reflections for Monday: working with reminders - remembering to remember!

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Sun, 9 Oct, 2011 - 19:04

Exercises and reflections for Monday: working with reminders - remembering to remember!

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Sun, 9 Oct, 2011 - 19:04

In the first two days we’ve tried to become more aware of when the worldly winds blow in our lives, and also look for ways we can respond more creatively and skilfully to them. Yesterday we made use of the “resolve” section of the urban retreat practice diary to help us with this. Today we are going to look at the “remind” section of that diary.

“resolve” and “remind” are the first two parts of a simple, really practical, nuts-and-bolts toolbox which...

Vidyamala

The Buddha’s teaching of pleasure and pain

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Sun, 9 Oct, 2011 - 17:30

The Buddha’s teaching of pleasure and pain

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Sun, 9 Oct, 2011 - 17:30

In this 13-minute video Vidyabhadri interviews me on the Buddha’s teaching of pleasure and pain (two of the worldly winds) and ways we can respond more skilfully to them. I’m in Manchester UK, a member of the Triratna Buddhist Order and co-founder of Breathworks (breathworks-mindfulness.org.uk), which offers people living with chronic pain the potential to improve and transform their quality of life.

lokabandhu

Urban Retreat in Glastonbury UK

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Sun, 9 Oct, 2011 - 00:01

Glastonbury Buddhist...

Urban Retreat in Glastonbury UK

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Sun, 9 Oct, 2011 - 00:01

Just coming to the end of a long and fruitful day on retreat here in Glastonbury, UK. 15 of us for the main part of the day, and a lot of interest/enthusiasm/energy/ engagement with the theme. We ended with a magical bonfire under the night sky on the slopes of Glastonbury Tor…

An interesting (and lively) discussion emerged around the theme of ‘going with the flow’ - is that a good thing to do? I argued that it’s...

vajragupta

Vajragupta - Working with the Worldly Winds, Talk 2 (Sunday audio teaching)

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Sat, 8 Oct, 2011 - 21:03

Working with the Worldly Winds, International Urban Retreat 2011, Talk 2 by thebuddhistcentre

Listen on iOS or get the app. Here’s Vajragupta’s first main talk for the retreat as a Soundcloud.

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For more information about using Soundcloud see our notes on experimental Dharma discussion.

vajragupta

Vajragupta - Introducing the Worldly Winds, Talk 1 (Saturday audio teaching)

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Sat, 8 Oct, 2011 - 20:59

Introducing the Worldly Winds, International Urban Retreat 2011, Talk 1 by thebuddhistcentre

Listen on iOS or get the app. Here’s Vajragupta’s first main talk for the retreat as a Soundcloud.

Download this track

For more information about using Soundcloud see our notes on experimental Dharma discussion.

lokabandhu

Exercises and reflections for Sunday: Voicethread Edition

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Sat, 8 Oct, 2011 - 19:47

Full screen version

For more about VoiceThread, read our notes on going deeper with online Dharma discussion: ▼

Candradasa

Urban Retreat Practice Diary

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Sat, 8 Oct, 2011 - 19:19

Urban Retreat Practice Diary

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Sat, 8 Oct, 2011 - 19:19

Just a quick reminder that on or before tomorrow, Sunday, you’ll want to print out six copies of the urban retreat practice diary to use for keeping track of your process through the week. A great way to mark your resolutions and reminders while you steer your own little ship…

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