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Day 3: Notes on Love - Approaching the Metta Bhavana

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Tue, 17 Mar, 2015 - 17:29
Some lovely, personal notes on the core practice in the Brahma Viharas sequence - the cultivation of loving kindness (metta), which is said to glow, shine and blaze forth like the sun… From Rumi and Subhuti to the Itivuttaka, we hear about how love transforms both self and world in ways extraordinary and everyday.

The short guided meditation and initial notes are by Ratnavandana. The main talk is by Jvalamalini.

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An Invitation

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 17 Mar, 2015 - 02:17

An Invitation

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 17 Mar, 2015 - 02:17Celebrate Earth Hour Together

Care for ourselves and each other definitely encompasses care for our planet.

To meditate on breath brings mindfulness. To meditate on kindness opens the heart and closes the illusory space between self and other.

So ………… I’m excited to announce that our second Coogee Meditation Group dinner and observance of Earth Hour will take place at the Croquet Club on Saturday March 28th

It’s going to be a BYO...
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Day 2: Living in the Mandala (With Guided Meditation)

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Mon, 16 Mar, 2015 - 23:13
In her second talk of the 2015 Rainy Season Retreat, Ratnavandana embarks on a personal sharing of how her life has been transformed by deciding to go and live in the mandala of the Brahma Viharas and the Jinas themselves. Her deep love of the practices represents both an inspired and eminently practical vision of how to orientate yourself on the great map of the way…

Includes a guided meditation practice to help you find your feet wherever you...
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Tuesday Meditation - March 17th 2015

From Online Meditators on Mon, 16 Mar, 2015 - 22:50

Tuesday Meditation - March 17th 2015

From Online Meditators on Mon, 16 Mar, 2015 - 22:50All this week we’re providing ‘live’ coverage of an Urban Retreat led by Ratnavandana on the Brahma Viharas, a profound set of root practices for our community that are designed to get at the core of suffering and transform it and us.

As part of the online dimension, our meditations here are following this theme. Come and join us for the practice of love that helps restore the heart to its natural state…

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Day 2: Guided Meditation - Just Sitting (With Amitabha Mantra)

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Mon, 16 Mar, 2015 - 13:24
Ratnavandana lead us through a meditation where we just try to be present with our experience in the context of the mandala of the Five archetypal Buddhas. Today we are invited to sit in the “heart’s natural state” of metta (loving kindness) and to visualise the great tree of the Brahma Viharas.

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Preceptors' College Spring Meeting 2015 - Megha & Yashosagar

From College of Public Preceptors on Mon, 16 Mar, 2015 - 11:37
Parami draws out the international aspect of the College talking with Megha, one of the four Public Preceptors from Australia/New Zealand, and Yashosagar, one of the six Public Preceptors who oversee the ordination process in India.
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Day 1: Sevenfold Puja (With Readings)

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Mon, 16 Mar, 2015 - 11:02
A full puja with some great readings to close the first full day of the retreat. Complete with Ratnavandana’s introduction to ritual as an important element of sitting with the archetypal Buddhas, and a short guided meditation.

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Day 1: Introduction to the Brahma Viharas (With Guided Meditation)

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Mon, 16 Mar, 2015 - 10:44
A beautiful introduction by Ratnavandana to the Brahma Viharas as an integrated set of practices flowing from metta - loving kindness. Her central image is that of a tree, deep rooted and spreading its canopy wide as she evokes a profound, personal connection to the cultivation of the ‘sublime abodes’: loving kindness, compassion, joy with others, and equanimity.

Ratnavandana also leads a guided meditation on cultivating a connection to the Brahma Viharas.

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Dharmabyte: Going Forth as Skilled Action

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 16 Mar, 2015 - 10:00
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In today’s FBA Dharmabyte, Going Forth as Skilled Action, Maitreyabandhu adds a liveliness and concreteness to the theme of going forth. From the talk “Positive Emotion – Skilled Action” given during a 4-day retreat in May 2013, at Dharmagiri retreatcenter, Sweden. Maitreyabandhu gave four seminars on ‘The five great stages of spiritual life’, as...
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Preceptors' College Spring Meeting 2015 - Punyamala

From College of Public Preceptors on Sun, 15 Mar, 2015 - 16:21
Parami is joined by Punyamala, the newest member of the College, who talks about the experience of her first College meeting and how moving it was to witness the College rejoicing in Dhammarati as he officially finished his 10 year term as Chair.

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