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London Launch of Practical Buddhism!

From Practical Buddhism: Mindfulness and Skilful Living in the Modern Era on Wed, 1 May, 2013 - 18:22

Maitreyabandhu interviews Paramabandhu on the launch of his book at the London Buddhist Centre on April 24th, 2013.

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Practical Buddhism - Meditations To Help You Live Better

From Practical Buddhism: Mindfulness and Skilful Living in the Modern Era on Wed, 1 May, 2013 - 18:11

Here’s a Soundcloud set of recordings to accompany the book, Practical Buddhism: Mindfulness and Skilful Living in the Modern Era by Dr. Paramabandhu Groves. These meditations are designed to help you live more mindfully and more skilfully…

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The Heart Sutra - Retreat for Women

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Tue, 30 Apr, 2013 - 18:35

The Heart Sutra - Retreat for Women

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Tue, 30 Apr, 2013 - 18:35Every few months we invite women in the sangha, as well as those new to exploring Buddhism, to come together for a retreat-like practice morning. This is an opportunity to explore a Buddhist text or practice together, ask questions, and share of ourselve.

All women are welcome to join Viriyalila on Saturday May 11th, 9 am - 12:30 pm. On this practice morning we will be meditating together and then exploring the Heart Sutra as chanted in the Triratna...

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Introduction to Meditation - May 18th

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Tue, 30 Apr, 2013 - 17:49

Introduction to Meditation - May 18th

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Tue, 30 Apr, 2013 - 17:49Our next Introductory Meditation workshop will be held on Saturday, May 18th, led by Narottama. In our introductory workshops we teach two traditional Buddhist meditations - the Mindfulness of Breathing and the Metta Bhavana, or Cultivation of Loving Kindness. Both practices provide a foundation in how to work effectively with your mind, teaching you how to concentrate, become less distracted, calmer and more emotionally positive. Suitable for everyone, you do not need to be a Buddhist to benefit greatly from...

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Sample Chapter - Online Reading Version!

From Practical Buddhism: Mindfulness and Skilful Living in the Modern Era on Tue, 30 Apr, 2013 - 17:38Here’s an easy online reading version of Chapter 2, which is an introduction to mindfulness. As well as explaining what mindfulness is, the chapter discussed common patterns of the mind that we meet in meditation and some misconceptions about meditation…

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Level II material - introducing Triratna's System of Practice

From Triratna Anywhere on Mon, 29 Apr, 2013 - 16:43

Here’s some ‘level II’ material for the ‘Triratna Anywhere’ project. They are a series of eight talks by Maitreyabandhu, an experienced teacher from the London Budhdist Centre, in which he introduces Triratna’s System of Practice to a packed audience. The talks are very ‘live’, personal, slightly off-the-cuff - and brilliant…!

Taken together they cover the five stages in Triratna’s system of practice - integration, positive emotion, spiritual death, ...

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Work, Work, Work! But is that all it is?

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Mon, 29 Apr, 2013 - 16:20

Work, Work, Work! But is that all it is?

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Mon, 29 Apr, 2013 - 16:20For our Sangha Night this Wednesday we will be looking through the lens of the Buddha’s teaching concerning right livelihood.

We will explore our potential to shape society through our work and through those other volunteer, social and political activities in which we participate.

Correspondingly, we will look how our engagement with our work and other activities within the greater community support, or not, our efforts to develop positive mental states and mature our spiritual practice.

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Excerpt from Practical Buddhism

From Practical Buddhism: Mindfulness and Skilful Living in the Modern Era on Fri, 26 Apr, 2013 - 19:12

Here is a sample chapter of Practical Buddhism. It’s chapter two, which is an introduction to mindfulness. As well as explaining what mindfulness is, the chapter discussed common patterns of the mind that we meet in meditation and some misconceptions about meditation.

File Name	Size
Chapter 2 - Starting with Mindfulness	143.03 KB

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Sheffield Buddhist Centre Panto 2012

From Sheffield Buddhist Centre on Fri, 26 Apr, 2013 - 17:49

Sheffield Buddhist Centre Panto 2012

From Sheffield Buddhist Centre on Fri, 26 Apr, 2013 - 17:49Here is the first ever Sheffield Buddhist Centre Pantomime, Amaladin. Can our hero, Amaladin find true happiness? Our will he spend his life trapped in delusion, with the ugly sisters and his evil uncle mara.

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Float by Boat - Tor launches a 'new venture'

From New Ventures on Fri, 26 Apr, 2013 - 10:27

Float by Boat - Tor launches a 'new venture'

From New Ventures on Fri, 26 Apr, 2013 - 10:27Float by Boat may be Triratna’s newest venture - it’s certainly Tor Johnson’s, whose brainchild it is.

She operates from her boat Spirited Away and says - “Join one of our upcoming Float by Boat dates to enjoy a tranquil meditative canal break. We pick you up from the train, bus or your car and take you to the boat, where you’ll dine on wholesome vegetarian food, travelling around the rural canals of the UK’s...

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