Glasgow Buddhist Centre
Glasgow Buddhist Centre

Good Morning Sunday

By Dassini on Sun, 2 Mar, 2014 - 12:29

Good Morning Sunday

By Dassini on Sun, 2 Mar, 2014 - 12:29Here’s a link to Dassini, from the Glasgow Buddhist Centre, talking to Hardeep Singh Kohli about Buddhism and meditation. The conversation starts just under 40 mins into the show. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03wp23w
Loving Kindness - Blazing Like The Sun
Loving Kindness - Blazing Like The Sun

Urban Retreat 2013, Complete Retreat Materials: 3. Complete Daily Videos

By Candradasa on Mon, 18 Nov, 2013 - 13:51

Urban Retreat 2013, Complete Retreat Materials: 3. Complete Daily Videos

By Candradasa on Mon, 18 Nov, 2013 - 13:51

Here’s the complete playlist of all the videos from the Urban Retreat 2013 on Loving Kindness. This includes all the daily teachings on video from Vajragupta, daily reflections from Subhdaramati, all of our Metta Highlights news films from around the world, and introductory talks, as well as a posture guide for meditation.

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Loving Kindness - Blazing Like The Sun
Loving Kindness - Blazing Like The Sun

Follow Up on Your Urban Retreat! Five Next Steps...

By Centre Team on Sun, 17 Nov, 2013 - 13:31

Follow Up on Your Urban Retreat! Five Next Steps...

By Centre Team on Sun, 17 Nov, 2013 - 13:31Well folks, we’re drawing to a close here on the online space for this year’s Urban Retreat. It’s been a wonderful week and on the team we’ve loved being in touch with all those who took part here - as Vajragupta said, thanks so much for all of your efforts and engagement and the generally beautiful spirit in which this online retreat has been conducted.

We wanted to finish with a few posts that we hope will...
Online Meditators
Online Meditators

New Times for Meditation

By Centre Team on Sun, 17 Nov, 2013 - 12:57

New Times for Meditation

By Centre Team on Sun, 17 Nov, 2013 - 12:57Hi all, a quick note to say we’ll be back this new season with two weekly online meditations, starting on Tuesday 19th November. It was great reconnecting with people during the Urban Retreat and we want to keep it going! Thanks to everyone who filled in our survey - our new meditation times will be Tuesdays at 2.30pm EST/ 7.30pm UK and Thursdays at 11am EST / 4pm UK.

In India only the Thursday will...
Loving Kindness - Blazing Like The Sun
Loving Kindness - Blazing Like The Sun

Thank you!

By vajragupta on Sat, 16 Nov, 2013 - 13:26

Thank you!

By vajragupta on Sat, 16 Nov, 2013 - 13:26We’re nearly at the end of this urban retreat… Thank you to you all for your participation, your engagement, your posts and contributions, shrine photos, and for the way all this has been flavoured and pervaded by metta!

A big thank you to those who helped provide materials and resources for the event. Thanks to Subhdramati and Vessantara for the daily talks and reflections, and to Manidha, Natalie Willmer...
Loving Kindness - Blazing Like The Sun
Loving Kindness - Blazing Like The Sun

Facebook Discussion in 1 Hour! 'Metta In The Face Of World Problems'

By Candradasa on Fri, 15 Nov, 2013 - 14:58

Facebook Discussion in 1 Hour! 'Metta In The Face Of World Problems'

By Candradasa on Fri, 15 Nov, 2013 - 14:58Hi everyone, please join us in an hour’s time if you can for the live Facebook group discussion on the topic ‘Metta In The Face Of World Problems’… How does the work of this urban retreat - and of developing loving kindness in our lives - relate (if at all) to the scale of kinds of issues we face today? Typhoons in the Phillipines, global warming, the war on terror, etc. Is it possible to face these things...
Online Meditators
Online Meditators

Online meditation for the Urban Retreat 2013!

By Candradasa on Wed, 6 Nov, 2013 - 22:46

Online meditation for the Urban Retreat 2013!

By Candradasa on Wed, 6 Nov, 2013 - 22:46Hi all, next week as part of the marvellous Urban Retreat on the theme of Metta (Loving Kindness) we’ll be having two online meditations focussing on that practice. The sessions will be on Tuesday 12th and Thursday 14th, and will last for one hour, with a 40-minute sit and 20 minutes or so at the end for discussion/questions.

The meditations will start sharply at 11am EST/ 4pm UK / 5pm Europe / 9.30pm Mumbai but...
Online Meditators
Online Meditators

This week's meditation (new time!)

By Candradasa on Sun, 16 Jun, 2013 - 14:05

This week's meditation (new time!)

By Candradasa on Sun, 16 Jun, 2013 - 14:05Hi all, our next onlline meditation class will be on Tuesday 18th at 11.30am-12.30pm PST / 2.30-3.30pm EST / 7.30-8.30pm UK / 8.30-9.30pm Europe. This week we’ll be revisiting the Loving Kindness meditation (Metta Bhavana), particularly with a view to expanding our own sense of ‘identity’ (individual and national/tribal)…

We’ll be online 15 minutes before the sit and will meditate (with some guidance) for around 45 minutes, leaving space at the end for...
Stockholms buddhistcenter
Stockholms buddhistcenter

Ratnaguna leder metta bhavana & talar om den stora kärleken

By Viryabodhi on Wed, 29 May, 2013 - 14:49

Ratnaguna leder metta bhavana & talar om den stora kärleken

By Viryabodhi on Wed, 29 May, 2013 - 14:49Under sitt besök i maj 2013 undervisade den mycket uppskattade Ratnaguna både på en ordensmitradag, ledde en workshop på Buddhadagen och slutligen, på Sanghakvällen den 27 maj, ledde han en metta bhavana meditation och gav ett föredrag om ett tema i mahayanatexten Vimalakirti Nirdesa: The Great Love. Nu kan du lyssna på dem:

ledd metta bhavana:
http://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=LOC1677

föredraget, The Great Love:
http://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=LOC1678

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