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Uncontrived Mindfulness Order Retreat 13 - 19 March OM

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Thu, 18 Feb, 2021 - 10:30
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Uncontrived Mindfulness Order Retreat 13 - 19 March OM

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Thu, 18 Feb, 2021 - 10:30

Go on retreat with Vajradevi! 

Retreat starts at 7.30pm Saturday 13th March and ends at 9pm on Friday 19th March.

Book or find out more.  (Pic by Sahajatara)

What is the relationship between mindfulness and wisdom? How can a seemingly simple practice of on-going awareness help us to know the nature of reality? On this retreat we will be using the Buddha’s words in the Satipatthana Sutta to practice with this profound yet accessible teaching. Through periods of formal and informal meditation, we will cultivate

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Sadayasihi

Dharmabyte: Embracing the Impossible

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 18 Feb, 2021 - 06:00

Love (compassion and practising for others) and liberation (wisdom and practising for ourselves) are both essential aspects of the Dharma life. With stories of the Buddha, anecdotes from  Maitrisiddhi’s own life, and suggestions around how to respond creatively to the planet’s ecological crisis.

From the talk Love, Liberation and the Bodhisattva Ideal given on a weekend retreat for local sangha members in the broader community at Taraloka Retreat Centre, 2019.

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Ben on joining the weekly Sub30 meditations

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Wed, 17 Feb, 2021 - 09:41

Ben on joining the weekly Sub30 meditations

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Wed, 17 Feb, 2021 - 09:41

Sub30 Meditation Every Wednesday
7.30am – 8.30am (UK Time)
8.30am – 9.30am (Central Europe)
6.30pm – 7.30pm (Sydney/Melbourne)

A weekly chance for those aged 30 & under, who know both the Mindfulness of Breathing and the Metta Bhavana, to gather together. Expect 5 mins of brief teaching at the start, followed by 30+ mins of meditation and then a chance to meet (& talk about meditation) with other young people in breakout groups for 15 mins at...
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Perfect Vision - Mitra Evening: Mike and Toby

From Birmingham Buddhist Centre on Wed, 17 Feb, 2021 - 00:00
Birmingham Buddhist Centre Mitra's Mike and Toby explore the theme of Perfect Vision.
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Free Buddhist Audio

Lessons From Lockdown: In the Seen Just the Seen

From Birmingham Buddhist Centre on Tue, 16 Feb, 2021 - 00:00
Vidyatara shares her reflections on practice during a time of Lockdown as part of the Birmingham Buddhist Centre's year on the 8-fold path. She particularly evokes and draws on the classic teaching of Bahiya and asks how to apply it to these conditions.
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Sources of Inspiration with Paramananda - Atula, Working in the Depths (The Dharma Toolkit Podcast, Episode 37)

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Mon, 15 Feb, 2021 - 23:44

Forty years of friendship around meditation, the Dharma, and a common interest in the workings of the ‘psyche’ - the human ‘soul’ - mark out this first pilot episode for a new series of live podcasts. Join Paramananada in conversation with a set of friends to explore and share together their ‘Sources of Inspiration’.

Our first guest is Atula (Richard Huson), psychosynthesist and good friend to many in the Triratna Buddhist Community. Atula has made it his life’s work to consider the...
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Timings for the Sikkha Meditation Mentoring Retreat OM

From The Sikkha Project on Mon, 15 Feb, 2021 - 13:35

Timings for the Sikkha Meditation Mentoring Retreat OM

From The Sikkha Project on Mon, 15 Feb, 2021 - 13:35

Hi everyone.

As I mentioned in my previous post, the Sikkha Meditation Kula Team are offering a meditation mentoring retreat in April 2021 which we’re really excited about.

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Sadayasihi

Dharmabyte: Love is Everywhere

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 15 Feb, 2021 - 06:00

Dharmashalin offers his reflections in the first in a three talk series exploring the Rumi quote: ‘Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.’

Excerpted from the talk entitled Love Past the Barriers 1: Rumi and Our Stories About What Love Should Look Like given at Birmingham Buddhist Centre, 2021

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FBA Podcast: The Revolutionary Power of Love

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 13 Feb, 2021 - 06:00

The Karaniya Metta sutta is the focus for Parami’s exploration of working with anger, working with polarisation in our relationships and in the world. She uses the lesson of the extremes in this current moment in history as a launching pad for insight into the nature of love.

She gave this talk to the gathered Triratna Buddhist Community in Scotland at their New Year gathering online. It has the flavour of a call to practice and...
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Se Mettre En Marche Vers L'Eveil

From Centre bouddhiste Triratna de Paris on Sat, 13 Feb, 2021 - 00:00
Qu’est-ce que se mettre en marche vers l’Éveil au 21ème siècle ? Darmacharini Aryanita nous parle de ce chemin de transformation et d’ouverture qui mène vers plus de compassion et de sagesse, comment le mener concrètement aujourd’hui dans notre société contemporaine, dans notre vie quotidienne au sein de la sangha Triratna, et de l'impact qu'il peut avoir sur notre être tout entier. Elle nous invite à nous engager et à nous transformer pour transformer le monde en suivant les traces du Bouddha.
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