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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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Day 1: Guided Meditation - Just Sitting In the Mandala (With Akshobhya Mantra)

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Sun, 15 Mar, 2015 - 15:44

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. With an introduction and the mantra of Akshobhya, the blue Buddha of the east…

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The Mandala of the Brahma Viharas

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Sat, 14 Mar, 2015 - 22:27Just as a map is a very useful thing to help know where you are, and how to get to where you want to go, so too is the mandala of the Brahma Viharas. It can do the same thing on an internal level. Firstly you need to know where you are, which means you need to be awake to your present experience to know that, and then you can see where it fits in the Mandala. So firstly, once...

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Dedication Ritual - Rainy Season Retreat 2015: Living In The Mandala

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Sat, 14 Mar, 2015 - 12:58

The opening ritual to dedicate the Rainy Season Retreat included meditation, readings (from Dilgo Khyentse Rimpoche and Nyanaponika Thera) and chanting to invoke the mandala of the five archetypal Buddhas and the qualities of kindness, compassion, gladness, and equanimity.

Led by Dharmacharini Ratnavandana

Five Buddha Mandala readings included in this recording

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Preceptors' College Spring Meeting 2015 - Padmasuri

From College of Public Preceptors on Sat, 14 Mar, 2015 - 12:42

Parami has some time with Padmasuri talking about the highlights of the day’s events at the College meeting and looking back at Padmasuri’s decade as one of the Deputies of the College.

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