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New Podcast: Portraits of Samadhi

By Candradasa on Sat, 8 Nov, 2025 - 21:38

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Samādhi is the Sanskrit word for a state of peaceful, integrated absorption the mind can reach through meditation.

And people’s faces in meditation have been a source of fascination (and distraction) for documentary filmmaker Hartley Woolf since he began his own Buddhist practice. “I can’t help but enjoy taking in all the different expressions around me in the shrine room,” he says, “and wondering what’s going on inside the mind behind.”

Join us for a delightful...

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Letters of Compassion with Yashobodhi

By Candradasa on Wed, 5 Nov, 2025 - 21:59

Letters of Compassion with Yashobodhi

By Candradasa on Wed, 5 Nov, 2025 - 21:59

🧘 ✍️ Saturday December 20: Join us for a reflective end to 2025!

As 2025 draws to a close, we invite you to join us in tuning into compassion for ourselves and others. After all, it’s been quite a year!

We will meditate together, write, reflect and gently turn towards what did and didn’t go well in the past twelve months. Recalling that we are on this weird and wonderful journey together and can only do our best! Things can get overwhelming at...

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The River Underground: A Meditation Home Retreat

By dayaketu on Wed, 4 Jun, 2025 - 07:00

The River Underground: A Meditation Home Retreat

By dayaketu on Wed, 4 Jun, 2025 - 07:00

The River Underground: A Meditation Home Retreat
with Paramananda & Melbourne Buddhist Centre

11-17 July

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“We heal through the imagination, through images and fictions.”
James Hillman, ‘Healing Fiction’

At its best, meditation practice and Dharma reflection can be a means to help us gain access to the unseen underlying currents and forces that shape our lives. Yet, as practitioners in day to day life, many of us can still have an experience of somehow being ‘out of touch’ both with ourselves and...

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A different kind of summer at Adhisthana

By Maitriyogini on Wed, 28 May, 2025 - 18:08

A different kind of summer at Adhisthana

By Maitriyogini on Wed, 28 May, 2025 - 18:08

At the end of July, we’re running four events that break from our usual retreat format. They overlap and support each other, offering new ways to spend time and take part in life at Adhisthana. You’re welcome to come for just one, or stay on and take part in several. Check out the website for more info.

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Looking Back: Compassion Through Reflective Writing

By kusaladevi on Wed, 23 Oct, 2024 - 10:45

Looking Back: Compassion Through Reflective Writing

By kusaladevi on Wed, 23 Oct, 2024 - 10:45

Join experienced writer and meditator Yashobodhi for this day retreat tuning into compassion through meditation and reflective writing.

New date - Sunday 8th Dec

Join experienced writer and meditator...

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Form is empty - is it?

By Centre Team on Mon, 7 Oct, 2024 - 11:02

Form is empty - is it?

By Centre Team on Mon, 7 Oct, 2024 - 11:02

An online weekend retreat exploring Suññata with Tejananda

Friday 29th Nov - Sunday 1st Dec

Earlier this year we explored...

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Home Retreat: The Three Bodies of Belonging

By kusaladevi on Fri, 27 Sep, 2024 - 12:22

Home Retreat: The Three Bodies of Belonging

By kusaladevi on Fri, 27 Sep, 2024 - 12:22

An embodied opportunity to explore meditation in community

Led by Balajit, Singhashri and Viveka

October 25 – 31, 2024

Following on from last year’s successful Home Retreat ...

Malvern + Ledbury Buddhist Meditation

Meet the team

By Maitriyogini on Mon, 2 Sep, 2024 - 17:44

Meet the team

By Maitriyogini on Mon, 2 Sep, 2024 - 17:44

From left to right: Kerianna, Danasamudra, Sona, Sanghadeva, Maitriyogini and Max

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Meditation Retreat - Aug 24

By Saddhammapradip on Mon, 2 Sep, 2024 - 06:30

Meditation Retreat - Aug 24

By Saddhammapradip on Mon, 2 Sep, 2024 - 06:30

Weekend meditation retreat led by Ratnasambhava and Supported by Sanghasiddhi and Akashgita.

It was good retreat attended by various age group and community.

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Concepts are Doorways (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Thu, 22 Aug, 2024 - 12:47

We often talk about meditation as if it happens in our heads, and think we do it from the neck up. But the Sanskrit word citta translates as ‘heart-mind’ — there’s no distinction between what’s above and below the neck. Suryadarshini explores the paradox about how to talk about embodiment, how to cultivate awareness of the elements in our body, and how to be courageous and curious in communicating our experiences in meditation. From the talk Get...

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