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Aryajaya - Sangharakshita’s First Connection with His Teachers and Receiving Practices (Triratna International Council 2019)

By Free Buddhist Audio on Tue, 3 Sep, 2019 - 23:36

The second in a series of talks from the 2019 Triratna International Council. This year’s theme is major elements from the Dharma biography of Sangharakshita, Triratna’s founder, which are of wider relevance to anyone endeavouring to lead a Buddhist life.

Aryajaya explores Sangharakshita’s relationship to his teachers, who form the lineage for the Triratna Buddhist Order. A lovely exploration of the experience of relationship to the Bodhisattvas of Buddhist tradition via meditations passed from teacher to disciple, evoking a wide open sense...

Buddhism in Great Yarmouth, Gorleston and Lowestoft

About Us

By sinhadakini on Sat, 24 Aug, 2019 - 11:45

About Us

By sinhadakini on Sat, 24 Aug, 2019 - 11:45

We are a friendly Buddhist group which meets on Tuesdays from 7pm to 9pm in the heart of Great Yarmouth at the Friends Meeting house, behind Palmers Department store. Everyone who is interested in finding more about Buddhism and Buddhist meditation is welcome at any time though we would like people to do one of our 6 week meditation courses at some point (we have two of these a year).
Every four weeks, there is no class in Great Yarmouth but the...

Buddhism in Great Yarmouth, Gorleston and Lowestoft

Introduction to Meditation - six week course starting September 24 2019

By sinhadakini on Sat, 24 Aug, 2019 - 11:43

Introduction to Meditation - six week course starting September 24 2019

By sinhadakini on Sat, 24 Aug, 2019 - 11:43

The course will give a thorough grounding in our two meditation practices: the mindfulness of breathing, which enhances our awareness and peace of mind; and the metta bhavana - the development of loving kindness - which brings about a gentle but potentially radical transformation in our emotional experience. Led by Saroja.
Six Tuesday evenings starting 24 September
Cost: £55/£40. Book by clicking link below
http://norwichbuddhistcentre.com/bookings/753

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Dharmabyte: A Collective Inner Sleep

By Sadayasihi on Thu, 1 Aug, 2019 - 14:00

We have a collective inner sleep going on when it comes to climate change. In Buddhist terms we call this ‘avidya’, ignorance, which literally means ‘not seeing’ which brings out the active process of ignoring certain aspects of reality, especially those things we believe to be a threat.

This short talk by Dayajoti serves as an introduction to a guided ‘climate’ meditation which can be listened to here: Consensus Trance – Climate. Given at Bristol Buddhist...

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Actions Have Co2nsequences Meditation

By Sadayasihi on Thu, 18 Jul, 2019 - 12:47

Buddhist Action Month is now over but here’s a highlight from the Dublin Buddhist Centre - on 12th June, as part of BAM 2019, some of their Sangha meditated outside the Dáil (the Irish parliament) to raise awareness about the need to take action to address the climate crisis. Here’s a short podcast with some of the participants about why they took part as Dharma practitioners and how the meditation went.

Read about an interfaith Walk of Witness...

Suryavana Retreat Centre

Retiro de Verano I: La Meditación y el poder de transformación, 16-22 agosto 2019

By Sudaka on Thu, 13 Jun, 2019 - 13:41

Retiro de Verano I: La Meditación y el poder de transformación, 16-22 agosto 2019

By Sudaka on Thu, 13 Jun, 2019 - 13:41

Meditación y el poder de la transformación.
¿Alguna vez te has preguntado si la vida tiene sentido? o ¿te has preguntado por qué sufro tanto? ¿Qué puedo hacer para entenderme mejor, para darle más significado a mi vida? Vamos a buscar respuestas a estas preguntas explorando la práctica de la meditación como herramienta de transformación en el día a día en el contexto del triple sendero de la ética, la concentración y la sabiduría.

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Podcast: Kiranada - Readings from 'A Year of Silence'

By Candradasa on Thu, 6 Jun, 2019 - 21:30

Kiranada is an ordained Buddhist, a traveler, a renowned artist in (cruelty-free) silk, a teacher, an author and a Mom. Here she is at the Portsmouth Public Library in June 2019, reading from her book ‘A Year Of Silence’, an account of her year-long silent, solitary retreat in the New Zealand bush.

As one of her last engagements before heading off to Kentucky and Missouri to begin a further 3-year solitary, silent retreat, this is a wonderful opportunity to hear what it...

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