Buddhist Centre Features
Buddhist Centre Features

New Podcast: Mindfulness of Death and Dying

By Candradasa on Sat, 8 Jun, 2024 - 19:42

Kamalashila is dying. So are we - we are dying. Really.

In this recent conversation with Kamalashila following his diagnosis of terminal cancer - and in the closing guided meditation reflecting on death - this is the core theme to which we keep returning: the value of familiarising ourselves with our impermanence: dying and death are going to happen to every single one of us. As Kamalashila says, “Taking it out of the taboo cupboard”.

We hear Kamalashila’s perspective starting out on what he...

Free Buddhist Audio
Free Buddhist Audio

The Subtle Elements (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Mon, 27 May, 2024 - 11:00

How do you get used to being Enlightened? What happened to the Buddha in the weeks after his breakthrough experience? Kamalashila uses the framework of the System of Meditation to shed light on the process that unfolded in the Bodhisattva’s mind and body as Enlightenment dawned by connecting us imaginatively with the symbolism and image of Muchalinda, the great serpent, coiling his body protectively round the meditating Buddha. Excerpted from the talk Absorption -...

Online Meditators
Online Meditators

Unfortunately, I have a new plan for the summer

By kamalashila on Sat, 4 May, 2024 - 11:59

Unfortunately, I have a new plan for the summer

By kamalashila on Sat, 4 May, 2024 - 11:59

I’m writing to everyone interested in the new weekly series of Anapanasati and Brahmaviharas practice sessions. Many of you won’t have heard about what’s happened, so I’m sorry, this will be a shock, please pause and take a breath. Over the last month I have discovered that I have cancer, that it is incurable, and that I am estimated to have just a few months to live. Yes, I’m afraid it’s true. See my ‘journey into the unknown’ blog on ...

Buddhist Centre Features
Buddhist Centre Features

A Luminous Emptiness - Meditating and Loving in Reality

By Candradasa on Fri, 16 Feb, 2024 - 23:30

In this latest episode of the Buddhist Centre podcast, we are delighted to welcome back Tejananda, one of the most experienced meditation teachers within the Triratna Buddhist Community. Tejananda will be bringing insights from decades of practice to his upcoming Home Retreat on The Buddhist Centre Live, ‘Emptiness and Compassion: The Divine Abodes’, starting March 29th. 

The retreat is part of a trilogy (so far!) exploring the Buddhist concept and experience of ‘emptiness’ (shunyata - pointing to the...

Community Highlights
Community Highlights

A Slow Look at Hobbema's Dutch Landscape

By Centre Team on Tue, 6 Feb, 2024 - 21:19

A Slow Look at Hobbema's Dutch Landscape

By Centre Team on Tue, 6 Feb, 2024 - 21:19

Yashobodhi leads us in a mindful look at Hobbema’s ‘Avenue at Middelharnis’ for the UK National Gallery.

The composition of this painting was a powerful influence on later artists. It was admired by Van Gogh, who emulated its effects in several paintings after he first saw it in the National Gallery in 1884, and it probably also inspired Camille Pissarro’s ‘The Avenue, Sydenham’. David Hockney even made his own version in 2017, ‘Tall Dutch Trees...

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Free Buddhist Audio

Dharmabytes: The Present Moment is our Joy

By Centre Team on Mon, 29 Jan, 2024 - 11:00

Dhivan moves through an exploration of joy, in both its mundane and grander manifestations. As he does so, he recalls the Buddha’s realization that joy and happiness arise when our life coalesces around our deepest values, often connected with relaxing in meditation. This is what may lead to Awakening for any and all of us…

From the talk In the Cool Shade of the Tree: Planting the Seed of Joy In Our Meditation Practice

given at ...

Adhisthana
Adhisthana

Freed from the Burning House

By Maitriyogini on Wed, 3 Jan, 2024 - 10:30

Freed from the Burning House

By Maitriyogini on Wed, 3 Jan, 2024 - 10:30

It can effect your dream life, it can effect your meditation, it can effect your life. If you really enter into the imaginative, dream world of the Lotus Sutra, it starts to affect how you experience the world around you.

Ratnaghosha on the White Lotus Sutra.

A practice-focused retreat at Adhisthana, available in person and online.

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Buddhist Centre Features
Buddhist Centre Features

Going There, Being Here...

By Centre Team on Fri, 15 Dec, 2023 - 11:56

Going There, Being Here...

By Centre Team on Fri, 15 Dec, 2023 - 11:56

Four Sundays of mythic Dharma with storytelling, reflection, discussion, meditation and ritual, to collectively explore Innana’s story and its themes of courage, surrender, integration and freedom. 

Join Mandarava and Nagasiddhi for Four Sundays of...

Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center
Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center

Meditation retreat

By Saddhammapradip on Wed, 13 Dec, 2023 - 12:45

Meditation retreat

By Saddhammapradip on Wed, 13 Dec, 2023 - 12:45

Weekend Meditation retreat Organised by Dh Jinasiddhi and Deepak Shakya for students of Pali and Buddhist studies. From December 8 to 10, participants from Pune, Mumbai, and Nagpur immersed themselves in Anapanasati and Metta practices. Despite most being new to Triratna and Buddhism, the twenty attendees found great joy in learning Buddhist meditation. The serene ambiance of the Sadhamma Pradeep Retreat Centre...

Windhorse Publications
Windhorse Publications

The brand new 'Life with Full Attention' app is here! 📱

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 13 Dec, 2023 - 11:00

The brand new 'Life with Full Attention' app is here! 📱

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 13 Dec, 2023 - 11:00

We are extremely pleased to announce that the brand new Life with Full Attention app is now available to download from the App Store and Google Play.

This app is intended to accompany the book’s popular eight-week mindfulness course designed to embue your life with purpose and presence.

In today’s hectic world full of distractions and stress, living mindfully is more important than ever for health and happiness. With Maitreyabandhu’s 30-plus years experience guiding meditation, this app...

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