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Dharmabyte: Altruistic Activity as Insight Practice

From Free Buddhist Audio on Tue, 30 Dec, 2014 - 14:51

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Today’s FBA Dharmabyte entitled “Altruistic Activity as Insight Practice” draws from an evening of discussion with Sangharakshita in which he was asked to discuss whether one could see altruistic activity as a support for insight in light of the illness of the world.

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FBA Podcast: Ethics as Insight Practice

From Free Buddhist Audio on Tue, 30 Dec, 2014 - 14:48

FBA Podcast: Ethics as Insight Practice

From Free Buddhist Audio on Tue, 30 Dec, 2014 - 14:48Subscribe to the FBA Podcast

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In this week’s FBA Podcast Guhyavajra explores “Ethics as Insight Practice”. Ethics is as an important stage in the path leading to wisdom, but how are ethics and insight interrelated?

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Contemporary Challenges to the Contemplative Life

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Sun, 28 Dec, 2014 - 18:40

Contemporary Challenges to the Contemplative Life

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Sun, 28 Dec, 2014 - 18:40Utilizing a teaching that the Buddha passed on to his foster mother and aunt, Mahaprajapati, we will explore the particular challenges presented by the modern world to a life of Dharma practice. Participants will create personal precepts to help engage creatively with these challenges.

Sunday February 22, 10 - 1 pm

Regular meditation session from 10-11am is open to all. Those who wish to stay on for further Dharma study may do so.

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Parinirvana Day

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Sun, 28 Dec, 2014 - 18:20

Parinirvana Day

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Sun, 28 Dec, 2014 - 18:20Parinirvana Day will be held on Sunday, February 15, 10 - 1 pm at the Portsmouth Buddhist Center. This day, held on the full moon of February, marks the death of the Buddha.

Strange as it may seem, Buddhists celebrate the death of the Buddha. His death came when he was eighty years old and had spent some forty years teaching after his Enlightenment. What is more, the notion that all things are impermanent is central to Buddhist teaching...

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Sutra Sundays

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Sun, 28 Dec, 2014 - 17:53

Sutra Sundays

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Sun, 28 Dec, 2014 - 17:53Each of these micro-retreats will focus on a particular sutta or sutra. Participants will have the opportunity to engage with teachings from the Buddha and his disciples throughout history. A great way to explore the richness of the Buddhist tradition and come away with practical advice to vitalize one’s own practice.

Sunday January 25, 10-1 pm
Sunday March 1, 10-1 pm
Sunday March 29, 10-1 pm

Our usual meditation session from 10-11 am will still be open...

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Going Deeper - Level II Meditation Day

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Sun, 28 Dec, 2014 - 17:25

Going Deeper - Level II Meditation Day

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Sun, 28 Dec, 2014 - 17:25Suddhayu will lead a Level II Meditation Practice Day on Sunday, January 18, 10 - 1 pm. This workshop presents a great opportunity to take your practice deeper. We will have ample time to meditate and to discuss meditation practice. The workshop will be tuned towards the participants’ particular challenges and interests.

Open meditation will still happen from 10-11 am. Those wishing to stay for the intensive workshop may do so.

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Introduction to Meditation: Two January Workshops

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Sun, 28 Dec, 2014 - 15:37

Introduction to Meditation: Two January Workshops

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Sun, 28 Dec, 2014 - 15:37We have two opportunities to learn traditional Buddhist meditations this month. These meditations lead to greater calmness and sensitivity, deeper levels of relaxation, transform negative emotions into positive ones, and help keep all things in perspective. These meditations are suitable for all levels of experience and one does not need to be a Buddhist to practice these.

Thursdays, January 8-29, 7-9 pm - Four Week Meditation Course
In this four-week course you will be introduced to the practice of...

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Roads, Boats and Buses: recent writing by Triratna Order members

From Western Buddhist Review on Sun, 28 Dec, 2014 - 10:28

Roads, Boats and Buses: recent writing by Triratna Order members

From Western Buddhist Review on Sun, 28 Dec, 2014 - 10:28Maitreyabandhu, The Crumb Road, Bloodaxe: Tarset, 2013, £9.95 pback
Rijumati Wallis, Pilgrimage to Anywhere, O-Books: Winchester, 2011, £11.99 pback
Simon Okotie, Whatever Happened to Harold Absalon?, Salt: Cromer, 2012, £8.99 pback

Reviewed by Dhivan Thomas Jones

There is a rich variety of talent in the Triratna Buddhist Order, nicely illustrated by these three very different kinds of books by Order members, all published over the last few years – one a volume of poems, one a travel memoir,...

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Dharmabyte: Supports to Insight

From Free Buddhist Audio on Fri, 26 Dec, 2014 - 22:25

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Karunagita gives today’s FBA Dharmabyte entitled “Supports to Insight”. Given at the European Women’s Convention at Adhisthana, one of a series of talks on the topic “The Bodhisattva’s Reply: Triratna Paths to Insight”.

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Don't collude with the lie

From Eight Step Recovery - Using the Buddha's Teachings To Overcome Addiction on Thu, 25 Dec, 2014 - 16:50

Don't collude with the lie

From Eight Step Recovery - Using the Buddha's Teachings To Overcome Addiction on Thu, 25 Dec, 2014 - 16:50The biggest consumer lie - is Christmas. Yes of course I believe there was a man called Jesus who did wonderful things. But Christmas is a marketing ploy that has destroyed many lives for many years. Remember when you discovered Santa was not real? Don’t use the lies to be the cause of your relapse during this time. There is always a reason for an addict to relapse, and Christmas is just another day. Let go of the story, see...

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