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Step Into the Unknown: Day Retreat Exploring Metaphor, Meditation & Writing

From Buddhist Centre Features on Thu, 5 Aug, 2021 - 12:35

Step Into the Unknown: Day Retreat Exploring Metaphor, Meditation & Writing

From Buddhist Centre Features on Thu, 5 Aug, 2021 - 12:35

Day Retreat with Yashobodhi, Sunday September 19

Come to the full day—or just the first or second session.

First session (3.5 hrs):
IE & UK 09:00 | Europe CET 10:00 | India 13:30 | Australia AEST 18:00 | New Zealand 20:00

Centre Team

Step Into the Unknown: Day Retreat Exploring Metaphor, Meditation & Writing

From Buddhist Centre Features on Thu, 5 Aug, 2021 - 12:35

Step Into the Unknown: Day Retreat Exploring Metaphor, Meditation & Writing

From Buddhist Centre Features on Thu, 5 Aug, 2021 - 12:35

Day Retreat with Yashobodhi, Sunday September 19

Come to the full day—or just the first or second session.

First session (3.5 hrs):
IE & UK 09:00 | Europe CET 10:00 | India 13:30 | Australia AEST 18:00 | New Zealand 20:00

Sadayasihi

Dharmabyte: Looking for the Detail

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 5 Aug, 2021 - 06:00

In a clear talk based on her experiences of work in the civil service, as a mindfulness teacher and in the Buddhist world, Taramani introduces tips on working ethically, meaningfully and in a way that supports spiritual practice. She explains livelihood as a limb of the Eightfold Path, using ideas from Sangharakshita, Steve Jobs, and others.

From the talk entitled Work, Inner Work, and the Search For Meaning given at West London Buddhist Centre, 2017.

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Suddhayu

Find Your Depth with Meditation

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Wed, 4 Aug, 2021 - 16:19

Find Your Depth with Meditation

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Wed, 4 Aug, 2021 - 16:19

A 4-week online course on Monday evenings, 10/04-10/25, 6:30-8:00pm ET

Meditation practice helps us to develop contentment, clarity, integration, concentration, and a sense of peace. Whether you’re just looking to find some stillness in your life, or to directly explore the nature of consciousness, this class is a great way to begin!

In this introductory meditation workshop we will explore the Buddha’s teaching of mindfulness, generally as a living principle, and more specifically as a meditation practice. Participants will learn the Mindfulness...

Lokeshvara

Appointment process for international Order convenor

From Order Connection on Mon, 2 Aug, 2021 - 12:50

Appointment process for international Order convenor

From Order Connection on Mon, 2 Aug, 2021 - 12:50

Overview

Aryajaya and Lokeshvara are currently the joint International Order Convenors (IOCs) for the Order. Lokeshvara has held this responsibility since April 2014 and now seeks to hand it on to another Dharmacari.

We are now inviting Order members to participate in the process of finding a new joint international convenor to work with Aryajaya. When you read the proposed requirements below please let us know (a) if you’re interested yourself or (b) if you would like to nominate someone you could...

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Sadayasihi

Dharmabyte: Eyes Wide Open

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 2 Aug, 2021 - 12:20

How can our livelihood and our networks be a doorway to leading our lives in a way in which our eyes can be wide open rather than our eyes being wide shut? Pasannamati points out that there is more to Perfect Livelihood than the work we do. Outside of our work we have a whole load of choices on how we spend our time and money which impacts other people’s livelihood.

From the talk entitled Tinker,...

Sadayasihi

FBA Podcast: The Importance of Mindfulness

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 31 Jul, 2021 - 06:23

Kamalashila explores the centrality of mindfulness to the Buddhist path. He discusses the concept of intoxication, with reference to the 5th Precept and the Sutra of Golden Light. Kamalashila then considers the four foundations of mindfulness from the Satipatthana Sutta and concludes that mindfulness is the basis of metta and allows us to embrace the realm of truth and beauty.

This talk was given at Croydon Buddhist Centre, 1996. This talk was made available by the...

Prajnagita

A collection of Ritual and Devotional texts in Irish

From Irish on Fri, 30 Jul, 2021 - 11:40

A collection of Ritual and Devotional texts in Irish translation, including:

The Threefold Puja (translated into Irish by Pádhraic Ó Ciardha, from the English version by Sangharakshita)

The Dedication Ceremony (translated into Irish by Pádhraic Ó Ciardha, from the English version by Sangharakshita)

The Refuges and Precepts (with the 5 and 10 Positive Precepts) (translated into Irish by Pádhraic Ó Ciardha, from the English version by Sangharakshita)

The Heart Sutra (taken from the Dublin Buddhist Centre’s Celtic Puja)

For those with little Irish who would still like to participate, please feel free to follow the set...

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“If Any Passengers Have a Pilot's Licence, Please Make Your Way to the Flight Deck. Thank You.”

From Birmingham Buddhist Centre on Fri, 30 Jul, 2021 - 00:00

Sangharuchi gives a Sangha night talk investigating the various components of mindfulness, why would you want to be mindful and some practical tools for cultivating mindfulness in our daily lives.

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Karunadevi

Public Ordination in Montana, USA

From Order Connection on Thu, 29 Jul, 2021 - 10:04

Public Ordination in Montana, USA

From Order Connection on Thu, 29 Jul, 2021 - 10:04

Dear Order members,

I am delighted to announce that the public ordination of Leslie McCormick from Tucson, Arizona took place in Missoula, Montana on 28th July, 2021.

Public Preceptor Karunadevi:

Leslie McCormick becomes Taravajri (first 2 a’s as in ‘father’, each r is somewhat trilled, 3rd a is short as in cut, i is long as in police)
a Sanskrit name meaning “She who bears the vajra of Tara”
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