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Adhisthana

January at Adhisthana

By Caroline I P on Wed, 31 Jan, 2024 - 16:30

January at Adhisthana

By Caroline I P on Wed, 31 Jan, 2024 - 16:30

It has been a lovely start to the year already. The European Chairs Assembly came for their winter meeting, and it was a great way to kick off 2024; their clear up left the place spotless and you can usually find Maitridevi and a few others playing Bananagrams after dinner (and learn some new words; atavist and quinquereme anyone?).

In community news, Caroline will be going to Akasavana this year and will be ordained by Aryajaya – we look forward to...

Portsmouth Buddhist Center

Ugliness and beauty in our experience of things

By shraddhavani on Fri, 16 Feb, 2018 - 21:41

Ugliness and beauty in our experience of things

By shraddhavani on Fri, 16 Feb, 2018 - 21:41

Sunday, 9.30am-12pm
We’re deep into our new series for January and February: Embracing the Winter of Things. The depths of winter create a context for us just to be more fully with our experience, accepting endings and considering new beginnings, allowing new light and color to arise. This week, on Sunday February 18, we’ll start our last two-week topic of contemplation by exploring how we respond to unpleasantness in the conditions shaping our lives. And we will learn to sit with awareness that both ugliness and beauty...

Portsmouth Buddhist Center

Embracing the Winter of Things

By Candradasa on Sat, 6 Jan, 2018 - 15:04

Embracing the Winter of Things

By Candradasa on Sat, 6 Jan, 2018 - 15:04

Embracing the Winter of Things
Sundays, January 7 - February 25, 9.30am-12pm

This Sunday we launch a new series for January and February: Embracing the Winter of Things. The depths of winter create a context for us to sit still and just be with the passage of the seasons, accepting endings and considering new beginnings.

Join us for meditation and the first in an eight-week series of exploration into how we can find beauty through paying attention to impermanence and the nature of things....