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Tuesday Meditation Course - Mindfulness, All Flavours!

By Candradasa on Fri, 21 Nov, 2014 - 22:51

Tuesday Meditation Course - Mindfulness, All Flavours!

By Candradasa on Fri, 21 Nov, 2014 - 22:51Over the next four Tuesdays, our course for regular meditators will be looking at mindfulness (sati, sampajanna, appamada, call-it-what-you-will!) in the context of the Five Spiritual Faculties. This will also give us a chance to explore the area of ‘breadth and focus’ in meditation, as well as generally develop and maybe even flex the great heart muscle of the spiritual life - “with mindfulness, strive on!”

Tuesdays until December 16th: 2.30pm EST/7.30pm UK (courses primarily...
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Meditations for the Rest of 2014

By Candradasa on Fri, 21 Nov, 2014 - 21:09

Meditations for the Rest of 2014

By Candradasa on Fri, 21 Nov, 2014 - 21:09Time to re-clarify our meditation schedule for the remainder of this year!

Tuesdays until December 16th: 2.30pm EST/7.30pm UK (courses primarily for those who know the two main practices we focus on, facilitated by Candradasa). See the new course details here!

Fridays until December 19th: Fridays, 11am EST/4pm UK (drop-in, beginners welcome, facilitated by Rijupatha).

Watch this space, or Twitter or our Facebook Group or...
Portsmouth Buddhist Center
Portsmouth Buddhist Center

Preparation for the Moment of Death

By viriyalila on Tue, 18 Nov, 2014 - 21:19

Preparation for the Moment of Death

By viriyalila on Tue, 18 Nov, 2014 - 21:19This Preparation for the Moment of Death workshop based on the Bardo Thotrol (The Great Liberation Through Hearing in the Bardo). In the Tibetan tradition there are six bardos or opportunities to become liberated from habitual tendencies; a to become awake or Enlightened. In this workshop we will explore the bardo of the moment before death by means of meditation, exercises and readings. How can we be with ourselves and how can we be others in the dying process?

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Tuesday Meditation - What Next?

By Candradasa on Mon, 17 Nov, 2014 - 21:11

Tuesday Meditation - What Next?

By Candradasa on Mon, 17 Nov, 2014 - 21:11Hi all, sorry not to post sooner about Tuesday meditations now our first course is done. It’s been a crazy old week since last we met!

Just to confirm we will be meditating every Tuesday up to and including December 16th.

This week we’ll be having an open sit and gathering feedback about the kinds of areas you’re interested in exploring. Leave any thoughts about that in the comments below, or tell us online as part of the...
Buddhist Centre Features
Buddhist Centre Features

Kamalashila's Quarterly No.2 - On Landscape and Experiment

By Candradasa on Wed, 12 Nov, 2014 - 20:28
Our second extensive conversation with Kamalashila comes a little late in the ‘quarterly’ cycle but is well worth waiting for as we plunge deep into some rich, sparkling pools of conversation that yield much to delight, challenge, refresh, and stimulate…

We have three main connected topics this time: landscape itself and its effect on individuals within a particular culture of practice; experimental practice as a spiritual movement changes and grows; and what we have to learn from the wider...
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Refreshing The Heart - Week 4

By Candradasa on Mon, 10 Nov, 2014 - 21:06

Refreshing The Heart - Week 4

By Candradasa on Mon, 10 Nov, 2014 - 21:06It’s the last week of our four-week Tuesday course on bringing back a bit of brightness to our meditation. This time around we’ll be looking at the interface between mindfulness and our emotional lives. How do we conceive of ‘awareness’? How does the heart connect with that aspect of practice?

We’ll be sitting at our normal time of 2.30pm EST/7.30pm UK. See here for how to connect (it’s a good idea to be...
Online Meditators
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Refreshing The Heart - Week 3

By Candradasa on Mon, 3 Nov, 2014 - 14:43

Refreshing The Heart - Week 3

By Candradasa on Mon, 3 Nov, 2014 - 14:43This week as part of our four-week Tuesday course on bringing back a bit of emotional shine to our meditation we’ll be looking at ways to work creatively within the Metta Bhavana practice, and how these can help us keep our emotional positivity going outside of formal meditation when, perhaps, we most need it…

NB. This week we’ll be back to our normal time of 2.30pm EST/7.30pm UK. See here...
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Refreshing The Heart Week 2 + Time Changes!

By Candradasa on Mon, 27 Oct, 2014 - 15:53

Refreshing The Heart Week 2 + Time Changes!

By Candradasa on Mon, 27 Oct, 2014 - 15:53N.B. This week’s meditations on Tuesday and Friday will be at the later time of 3.30pm EST and 12pm EST respectively, to accommodate the clock change in the UK. This is for one week only.
Please also note that this week both meditations will connect through Google Hangout only - see here for how to connect.

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Last week as part of our four-week course on bringing back...
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Friday Online Drop-In Meditation - March 20th

By Rijupatha on Tue, 21 Oct, 2014 - 21:26

Friday Online Drop-In Meditation - March 20th

By Rijupatha on Tue, 21 Oct, 2014 - 21:26Join us this week for our Friday Drop-In Meditation session, Friday, Mar. 20th on Google+ Hangout. Due to Daylight Savings time changes, for the next few weeks we’ll be holding the session at 12:00am EST/4.00pm UK online. This week we’re providing ‘live’ coverage of an Urban Retreat led by Ratnavandana on the Brahma Viharas, and the theme of our drop-in meditation session will be a short introduction to each of the Brahma Viharas as...
Portsmouth Buddhist Center
Portsmouth Buddhist Center

Opening to Kindness - Intro to Meditation

By viriyalila on Tue, 21 Oct, 2014 - 17:37

Opening to Kindness - Intro to Meditation

By viriyalila on Tue, 21 Oct, 2014 - 17:37Meditation is really very simple, and it can prove a greatly helpful tool in anyone’s life if they choose to make it a part of what they do. Our next Introductory workshop is on SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 10-1 pm with Narottama. In this workshop participants will learn the ‘Development of Loving Kindness’ (Metta Bhavana) meditation. This is a traditional Buddhist meditation aimed at opening up to greater kindness, love, empathy and compassion. You do not need to be...

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