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Full Village 2013 > what else is available?

By libbydavy on Tue, 6 Aug, 2013 - 11:40

Full Village 2013 > what else is available?

By libbydavy on Tue, 6 Aug, 2013 - 11:40We are a full village now for 2013! Bookings Closed.

Infact we seem to book out every year, just by word of mouth, and have had to start limiting numbers. Please book early next year to make sure you can come.

Part of creating this online space is to help us germinate other family friendly events within the Triratna movement. Anyone that has any energy at all to help make that happen, can find a way to get...

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Into the Tiger's Cave

By Munisha on Thu, 1 Aug, 2013 - 02:01

Into the Tiger's Cave

By Munisha on Thu, 1 Aug, 2013 - 02:01Prajnagita writes:

On Friday 2nd August, a small group of us at Dublin Buddhist Centre, Ireland, will be meditating all night (7pm-7am) as to raise money for the Centre. Will you sponsor us?

The Centre is very vibrant at the moment and with so many people coming through the doors the demands on resources are high. We now have a four-person team (Prajnagita is the latest addition) to help meet the needs of people...

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Come and join in the Urban Retreat Meditations

By Dassini on Mon, 22 Jul, 2013 - 10:31

Come and join in the Urban Retreat Meditations

By Dassini on Mon, 22 Jul, 2013 - 10:31As part of the the Urban Retreat this week, we’re having meditation at 7.30am, followed by optional breakfast. These sessions are Monday to Friday and they’re open to the whole sangha.

We’re also having a half-hour sit at 12.30, Monday to Thursday, so feel free to come along to them as well.

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Buddhafield Total Immersion Meditation Retreat: Beloved on the Earth

By Centre Team on Sun, 7 Jul, 2013 - 19:46

Buddhafield Total Immersion Meditation Retreat: Beloved on the Earth

By Centre Team on Sun, 7 Jul, 2013 - 19:46

Late Fragment by Raymond Carver
And did you get what
you wanted from this life, even so?
I did.
And what did you want?
To call myself beloved, to feel myself
beloved on the earth.

Led by Paramananda, Padmadasi and Maitridevi
Easterbrook, near Yeoford, Devon, Friday 6 September-Friday 4 October

Our relationship with the modern world is highly complex but, at heart, our feeling of ease in the world is dependent on being present, open and fully ourselves, with simplicity...

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Triratna America - Total Immersion in California

By viveka on Mon, 17 Jun, 2013 - 16:02

Triratna America - Total Immersion in California

By viveka on Mon, 17 Jun, 2013 - 16:02One week from today, I’ll be packing my car and driving with Tejananda 1.5 hours south to the Santa Cruz Mountains to lead a one-month Total Immersion silent meditation retreat. 35 Order members and Mitras are ‘going forth’ from their daily lives in the US, Mexico, UK, Spain, Japan. For one month we will live as a close-knit community of the Buddha’s disciples. Our abode will be among redwood trees, mountain ridges with glimpses...

Online Meditators

New Time for Online Meditation (from June 11th)

By Candradasa on Tue, 4 Jun, 2013 - 17:04

New Time for Online Meditation (from June 11th)

By Candradasa on Tue, 4 Jun, 2013 - 17:04Hi all, after some consultation here and over on Facebook, we’re going to try a new day and time for our regular online meditation sessions. The new summer class will be on Tuesdays at 11.30am-12.30pm PST / 2.30-3.30pm EST / 7.30-8.30pm UK / 8.30-9.30pm Europe.

N.B. There won’t be a class this week on Thursday, and we’ll start the new schedule on Tuesday June 11th.

We’ll be online 15 minutes before...

Online Meditators

Tomorrow's Meditation - With Recollection of the Buddha

By Candradasa on Wed, 29 May, 2013 - 19:16

Tomorrow's Meditation - With Recollection of the Buddha

By Candradasa on Wed, 29 May, 2013 - 19:16As part of marking Buddha Week, tomorrow’s meditation will be the Metta Bhavana incorporating the traditional practice of ‘Recollection of the Buddha’. We’ll call to mind the Buddha and his qualities, with a particular focus on his compassion for all living beings.

The session will run at the new standard time of 8.30amPST/11.30amEST/4.30pm UK/ 9pm Maharashtra. Connect on Skype with user thebuddhistcentre.com and IM (Instant Message) to be added to the...

Triratna Highlands

Life with Full Attention Meditation Course - Stornoway, Isle of Lewis and Skype!

By dhanimisha on Mon, 8 Apr, 2013 - 12:38

Life with Full Attention Meditation Course - Stornoway, Isle of Lewis and Skype!

By dhanimisha on Mon, 8 Apr, 2013 - 12:38Beginning 17th April - 8:00pm to 9.30 every other week until 7th August (apart from 29th May), Animisha will be leading an 8-session course on mindfulness meditation based on Maitreyabandhu’s book “Life with Full Attention” in the Community Room of An Lanntair Arts Centre in Stornoway. This course will also be accessible on Skype for those who are too far away to attend in Stornoway or who are physically unable to attend. Suggested donations: £45 wages/£25 unwaged/concessions. Please contact Animisha...

New Ventures

Two new meditation stool-making ventures

By lokabandhu on Mon, 11 Mar, 2013 - 10:55

Two new meditation stool-making ventures

By lokabandhu on Mon, 11 Mar, 2013 - 10:55Two new UK-based meditation stool-making ventures have sprung up in Triratna almost simultanously - Dharmamodana’s simple but elegant Quiet Mind Meditation stools (www.quietmindmeditation.co.uk) and Viramitra’s Kindseat (www.kindseat.com) - a more ambitious creation offering full adjustment and a choice of postures.

Click here for Viramitra’s video introducing Kindseat.

Online Meditators

Meditation this week - with Animisha!

By Candradasa on Tue, 12 Feb, 2013 - 16:20

Meditation this week - with Animisha!

By Candradasa on Tue, 12 Feb, 2013 - 16:20I’ll be in India for the next few weeks (look out for reports on some great gatherings there across the site and social media!) so the wonderful Animisha has very kindly undertaken to organise our weekly sits from her home in the Outer Hebrides! Usual time of 11am EST, 4pm UK, 9.30pm Maharashtra. We’ll definitely be on Skype (user: thebuddhistcentre.com, IM to be added to the call) and possibly Google +...

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