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Dharmabyte: Two Routes to Samatha

By Rijupatha on Mon, 23 Mar, 2015 - 23:00

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In today’s FBA Dharmabyte, “Two Routes to Samatha”, Viveka describes the many mindfulness practices and two routes to samatha. From the talk “Mindfulness as Sadhana” given at the Triratna Buddhist Order Convention 2005.

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Tuesday Meditation - March 24th 2015

By Rijupatha on Mon, 23 Mar, 2015 - 21:42

Tuesday Meditation - March 24th 2015

By Rijupatha on Mon, 23 Mar, 2015 - 21:42

Rounding off our coverage of the Urban Retreat led by Ratnavandana on the Living In The Mandala - The Brahma Viharas, we’ll be revisiting this important suite of practices again this week. Meditation will be facilitated by Rijupatha.

Come and join us for a different kind of space in your day and in your heart…

Check out the archive from Living In The Mandala

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Day 2: Living in the Mandala (With Guided Meditation)

By Centre Team on Mon, 16 Mar, 2015 - 23:13
In her second talk of the 2015 Rainy Season Retreat, Ratnavandana embarks on a personal sharing of how her life has been transformed by deciding to go and live in the mandala of the Brahma Viharas and the Jinas themselves. Her deep love of the practices represents both an inspired and eminently practical vision of how to orientate yourself on the great map of the way…

Includes a guided meditation practice to help you find your feet wherever you...
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Tuesday Meditation - March 17th 2015

By Candradasa on Mon, 16 Mar, 2015 - 22:50

Tuesday Meditation - March 17th 2015

By Candradasa on Mon, 16 Mar, 2015 - 22:50All this week we’re providing ‘live’ coverage of an Urban Retreat led by Ratnavandana on the Brahma Viharas, a profound set of root practices for our community that are designed to get at the core of suffering and transform it and us.

As part of the online dimension, our meditations here are following this theme. Come and join us for the practice of love that helps restore the heart to its natural state…

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Bristol Buddhist Centre
Bristol Buddhist Centre

Day 2: Guided Meditation - Just Sitting (With Amitabha Mantra)

By Centre Team on Mon, 16 Mar, 2015 - 13:24
Ratnavandana lead us through a meditation where we just try to be present with our experience in the context of the mandala of the Five archetypal Buddhas. Today we are invited to sit in the “heart’s natural state” of metta (loving kindness) and to visualise the great tree of the Brahma Viharas.

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Tuesday Meditation - 10th March (Changed Time!)

By Candradasa on Tue, 10 Mar, 2015 - 01:15

Tuesday Meditation - 10th March (Changed Time!)

By Candradasa on Tue, 10 Mar, 2015 - 01:15N.B. For the next three weeks our Tuesday meditations will be an hour later in the U.S. (same time in the UK). Join us and spend some time sitting with others around the world!

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Join us on March 10th at 3.30pm EST/ 7.30pm UK via our Google + page (you will need a Google account of some kind and will have to add us to your circles. Click...
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Tuesday Meditation - March 3rd 2015

By Candradasa on Mon, 2 Mar, 2015 - 20:16

Tuesday Meditation - March 3rd 2015

By Candradasa on Mon, 2 Mar, 2015 - 20:16Your weekly reminder that we’ll have an open space for regular meditators again on Tuesday. Join us if you can for our international online sit!

How to connect
Join us on March 3rd at 2.30pm EST/ 7.30pm UK via our Google + page (you will need a Google account of some kind and will have to add us to your circles. Click ‘hangouts’ in the event posting on our page each week).

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Meditation Tuesday (24th February 2015)

By Candradasa on Mon, 23 Feb, 2015 - 22:25

Meditation Tuesday (24th February 2015)

By Candradasa on Mon, 23 Feb, 2015 - 22:25Just a reminder that we’ll have an open space for regular meditators again on Tuesday. Join us if you can for our usual international online sit!

How to connect
Join us on February 17th at 2.30pm EST/ 7.30pm UK via our Google + page (you will need a Google account of some kind and will have to add us to your circles. Click ‘hangouts’ in the event posting on our page each week).

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Tuesday Meditation (17th February 2015)

By Candradasa on Mon, 16 Feb, 2015 - 17:15

Tuesday Meditation (17th February 2015)

By Candradasa on Mon, 16 Feb, 2015 - 17:15We’ll have an open space for regular meditators again tomorrow. Join us if you can for our usual international online sit!

How to connect
Join us on February 17th at 2.30pm EST/ 7.30pm UK via our Google + page (you will need a Google account of some kind and will have to add us to your circles. Click ‘hangouts’ in the event posting on our page each week).

NB. Tuesday meditations are...

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