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Two merchants go for refuge to the Buddha and the Dhamma beneath the Rajayatana Tree

From Community Highlights on Tue, 28 May, 2013 - 21:30

Two merchants go for refuge to the Buddha and the Dhamma beneath the Rajayatana Tree

From Community Highlights on Tue, 28 May, 2013 - 21:30The Croydon Buddhist Sangha celebrate Buddha Day 2013 in a field under their very own Bodhi Tree…

Here’s another re-enactment from the Pali Canon!
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Mucalinda!

From Community Highlights on Tue, 28 May, 2013 - 21:25

Mucalinda!

From Community Highlights on Tue, 28 May, 2013 - 21:25The Croydon Buddhist Sangha celebrate Buddha Day 2013 in a field under their very own Bodhi Tree

Here’s a delightful wee clip of them telling the tale of Mucalinda, the great Naga King who protected the Buddha during a rain storm…
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Buddha Day - Croydon Sangha Find Their Own 'Bodhi Tree'

From Community Highlights on Tue, 28 May, 2013 - 21:16

Buddha Day - Croydon Sangha Find Their Own 'Bodhi Tree'

From Community Highlights on Tue, 28 May, 2013 - 21:16
The sangha met in a summer field under our very own Bodhi Tree…
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Green Earth Awakening - Buddhafield's New Event (First Field Report!)

From Community Highlights on Tue, 28 May, 2013 - 18:51
Rosie reflects on the success of Green Earth Awakening - a new Buddhafield event first held in May 2013, bringing together Buddhists, social change activists, craftspeople, families, children and more, in a beautiful, safe field for days of spacious quality meetings with like-minded people… More details at http://www.buddhafield.com

View last week’s posts from Buddhafield Week on The Buddhist Centre Online

N.B. Bit of a windy recording!
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Buddha Day in Toowoomba

From Community Highlights on Tue, 28 May, 2013 - 15:32

Buddha Day in Toowoomba

From Community Highlights on Tue, 28 May, 2013 - 15:32We at the Toowoomba Buddhist Centre in Australia celebrated Buddha Day not at the Centre but at the country property of one of our Mitras, Dale. Eleven of us, Order Members, Mitras and friends included 2 grandchildren, who enthusiastically participated in the story telling, chanting, puja and sheer wonder of it all. We watched the sun go down in the west over the plain and the moon come up over...
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Metta Bhavana and Mindfulness of Breathing Instructions

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Mon, 27 May, 2013 - 23:49
These two documents will provide you with simple instructions for our two regular meditation practices:

The Metta Bhavanan (cultivation of Loving Kindness)

The Mindfulness of Breathing (using breath to still and calm the mind)
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Regularity and Congruence

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Mon, 27 May, 2013 - 23:40

Regularity and Congruence

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Mon, 27 May, 2013 - 23:40‘Whether he stands, walks, sits or lies down, as long as he is awake, one should develop this mindfulness. This they say is the noblest living here.’

Karaniya Metta Sutta

Running these meditation evenings is excellent practice for me; it makes me reflect on meditation more and it also directs me toward a more steady and authentic practice. I’ve always thought that there’s something fundamentally wrong if someone is trying to lead others in meditation and their own...
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Buddhism and the American Dream

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Mon, 27 May, 2013 - 13:11

Buddhism and the American Dream

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Mon, 27 May, 2013 - 13:11This summer the Portsmouth Buddhist Center presents: Buddhism and the American Dream. Join Candradasa and Eric for this thought-provoking series exploring conditionality and identity in the light of what the Buddha says about different aspects of the American Dream itself including preferences and choice; gender; nationality; personal philosophy, family, and freedom.

Buddhism and the American Dream
Sangha Nights: Wednesdays, 7 - 9 pm
June and July (no class on July 3rd).

Our Sangha Nights open with meditation with...
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Summer Sangha Picnic

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Sat, 25 May, 2013 - 17:07

Summer Sangha Picnic

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Sat, 25 May, 2013 - 17:07Come join us for an afternoon in the sun followed by a spectacular sunset. Every year our sangha comes together for a picnic, and this year (as last) we will be gathering for a POTLUCK at Great Island Commons in Newcastle on Sunday, July 14th. We will be joined by sangha members from Aryaloka, Portland, Boston, and New York.

Great Island Commons has several picnic areas, a large field for games, walks along the sea shore, a beach,...

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