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May you be peaceful

By Vimalasara on Tue, 3 Dec, 2013 - 05:20

Day 17 is a song meditation on loving kindness, using phrases that are often used in loving kindness meditation. Loving kindness has a strong element of liking. Sometimes we can love people but don’t actually like them. This sometimes happens in our families. We love our parents or siblings but realize we don’t actually like them.. But to like someone, is to take love deeper. That is loving kindness. To like is to open up and accept ourselves and others...

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Ocean breath

By Vimalasara on Mon, 2 Dec, 2013 - 04:26

Day 16 is a meditation on breathing, in which we can think of the breath as a Higher Power. When we connect to the breath our lives can change without us trying to change it. Although the Buddhist tradition has no place for God as a creator divinity as understood by the theistic traditions, there is nevertheless a clear and definite understanding of a supra-personal dimension, an “Other Power” in Buddhism. The breath can act as the groundwork for connecting...

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A message from my co-author Paramabandu (week one meditations)

By Vimalasara on Mon, 2 Dec, 2013 - 04:18

Hello we’ve been excited by our 21 day meditation for recovery and busy lives. Apologies to those of you who joined our community this week and have not been able to find the first week of meditations. We have just posted them for you now. These meditations are our trailer for our book, Eight Step Recovery - Using The Buddha’s Teachings to Overcome Addiction. We wanted to produce a selection of meditations and reflections that are bite size in length,...

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Padmasambhava mantra

By Vimalasara on Sun, 1 Dec, 2013 - 07:25

Welcome to those of you who have joined our community recently. And welcome back to some of you who have been busy doing other things. Day 15 is the Padmasambhava mantra. Padmasambhava is associated with taking Buddhism to Tibet and transforming demons. When we chant the Padmasambhava mantra we can think of our own demons – the difficult and often painful forces within us – being transformed. We can imagine asking Padmasambhava to help us with our struggles, freeing up...

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Engage and Enjoy: Meditation Practice Morning

By viriyalila on Sat, 30 Nov, 2013 - 20:33

Engage and Enjoy: Meditation Practice Morning

By viriyalila on Sat, 30 Nov, 2013 - 20:33Cancelled/Postponed

Meditation becomes more effective and transformative when we give ourselves time to engage with and enjoy our practice. This morning will include helpful instruction for taking your practice deeper, based on your needs. For those familiar with the mindfulness of breathing and metta bhavana practices. Led by Suddhayu.

Saturday December 14, 9 - 1 pm

Please portsmouth [at] thebuddhistcenter.com (subject: Register%20for%20Dec%2014th%20Meditation%20workshop) (contact us) to register, offered by donation, $25-40...

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Focusing Inwards: Meditation

By viriyalila on Sat, 30 Nov, 2013 - 16:38

Focusing Inwards: Meditation

By viriyalila on Sat, 30 Nov, 2013 - 16:38December Sangha Nights at the Portsmouth Buddhist Center will bring us deeper into the practice of meditation. Come experience the transformative possibilities that meditation brings.

Sangha Nights, Wednesdays 7 - 9 pm

Dec 4 Overcoming Difficulties in Meditation
Dec 11 What is Higher Consciousness?
Dec 18 Meditation Practice Evening
Dec 25 - No Sangha Gathering

Doors open at 6.45, meditation begins at 7 followed by Dharma presentation and discussion. All are welcome. Meditation support...

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Reflecting on our common humanity

By Vimalasara on Sat, 30 Nov, 2013 - 02:53

Day 14 is a loving kindness meditation, reflecting on our common humanity. We can reflect that at heart, each and every one of us wants to be happy and does not want to suffer. Even though sometimes the way we go about this causes us suffering, our basic intention is to be happy. During the meditation we can cultivate loving kindness by reflecting on how we share with the rest of humanity this essential desire to be happy and to...

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The two darts teaching - working with difficult emotions

By Vimalasara on Fri, 29 Nov, 2013 - 07:01

Day 13 is a meditation to work with pain and difficult emotions. In particular we try to distinguish between the raw experience of pain and our mental reactions to the pain that makes it worse. The good news is: that it is possible to have a reprieve from mental and emotional pain. In the meditation we follow the breath as an anchor for the meditation. Then whenever we notice that we are experiencing bodily pain or difficult emotions, as best...

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vajrasattva

By Vimalasara on Thu, 28 Nov, 2013 - 05:56

Day 12 is the Vajrasattva mantra. Vajrasattva is an archetypal bodhisattva, the colour of sunlight on snow. He is particularly associated with absolute purity, our innate purity. There is a spontaneous laughter: “ha ha ha”, this laughter is the realization that we have always been pure, the purity has just been covered up with life. When you chant the mantra you can feel your shortcomings and unskilful actions falling away from you, being purified by Vajrasattva, eventually leaving you with...

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Reflections on Gratitude

By viriyalila on Wed, 27 Nov, 2013 - 15:41

Reflections on Gratitude

By viriyalila on Wed, 27 Nov, 2013 - 15:41Join us tonight for Sangha Night for our last in the series of Reflections on Faith, Kindness, and Gratitude. Gratitude is an integral quality of mindfulness and kindness. Our discussion tonight will focus on how gratitude can be approached as a practice, enriching our lives and the lives of those around us.

Wednesday, November 27, 7-9 pm - Doors open at 6.45, meditation begins at 7 followed by Dharma presentation and discussion. All are welcome. Meditation support provided...

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