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Notes for online retreatants - part 1: taking part online

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Fri, 7 Oct, 2011 - 11:43

Notes for online retreatants - part 1: taking part online

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Fri, 7 Oct, 2011 - 11:43

Hello from Candradasa and the online team here in the U.S. 

Some quick basics: posts in the ‘latest’ feed are brief extracts. Click ‘read more’ to view the full post (try it with this one) and ‘respond’ to read and comment. You’ll find everything you need for daily participation in the retreat under the ‘course materials’ feed, and some great blog posts from the rest of the teaching team under ‘team posts’ (these are also brief extracts). Check back each day...
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Heart Sutra 6 - Wisdom

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Fri, 7 Oct, 2011 - 00:00
A talk in which discusses Prajna (or spiritual wisdom), relative and absolute truth, and Avalokitesvara's advice in the Heart Sutra to avoid attachments to concepts.
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Heart Sutra 7 - Mantras and Symbols

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Fri, 7 Oct, 2011 - 00:00
Taranita explores the nature of symbols, and why they may be useful to us. In Buddhism, we make good use of symbols, not least in the form of mantra sound symbols. Taranita discusses the Heart Sutra as dharani, and the Prajnaparamita mantra within the Heart Sutra. The talk concludes with a discussion of the symbols associated with Amitabha.
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Heart Sutra 8 - Summary and Conclusion

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Fri, 7 Oct, 2011 - 00:00
In the final talk of the series, Taranita summaries the materil that has been convered in the talks, and concludes with advice on how we can approach the Heart Sutra.
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Lokabandhu says hello

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Thu, 6 Oct, 2011 - 12:57

Lokabandhu says hello

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Thu, 6 Oct, 2011 - 12:57

Lokabandhu here, in Glastonbury, UK.  I’m part of the team for the Urban Retreat, been working on the on-line version of it.  We have over 200 people registered already from all over the world, it’s great. Quite a learning curve at the same time as it’s a brand-new website! If you find any bugs, please let us know. We hope you can take them in the spirit of the retreat, which is after all about the Worldly Winds and...
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A wee advert for the Urban Retreat

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Thu, 6 Oct, 2011 - 12:33
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A wee advert for the Urban Retreat

From The Urban Retreat 2011 on Thu, 6 Oct, 2011 - 12:33

Vajragupta in Worcester, UK with a little movie introducing the Urban Retreat.
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Heart Sutra 1 - Historical Perspective

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Thu, 6 Oct, 2011 - 00:00
Taranita instroduces his series of talks on the Heart Sutras by discussing its historical, symbolic and mythical significance.
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Heart Sutra 2 - Avalokitesvara

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Thu, 6 Oct, 2011 - 00:00
Avalokitesvara plays a key role in the Heart Sutra, and in this talk Taranita charts the history and symbolism of this archetypal figure across Buddhist history and cultures.
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Heart Sutra 3 - The Five Skandhas

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Thu, 6 Oct, 2011 - 00:00
In the third talk of the series, Taranita explains the Five Skandhas - a traditional Buddhist description of the universe - using practical examples, and quoting a Richard Dawkins' explanation of why we sense the world in the way we do.
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Heart Sutra 4 - Sunyata

From Bristol Buddhist Centre on Thu, 6 Oct, 2011 - 00:00
Sunyata is central to the Heart Sutra, and here Taranita discusses this subtle Buddhist teaching - often translated as Empitness or Voidness. In doing so, amongst other things, he compares Christian transubstantiation with Buddhist insubstantiality.
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