things starting to come together at adhisthana: sanghadeva laying some new lawn; and the buddha finding his way to the shrineroom. your help would be more than welcome in this next week, the last one before we open, if you’ve some time on your hands, to help us get it ready for the opening.
Sangharakshita talks with humour and wisdom about feeling free; the hot tubs of Buddhafield; a place where children can be safe and free outdoors.
Reposted from FBA
“In ‘Entering the Sangha’, Sangharakshita goes to Buddhafield! A first for him, and a first for the fabulous Buddhafield Festival that takes place each year at the height of the English summer. This talk was given in a tent in Devon - and the sounds...
“This talk from Amaragita takes a look at Buddhist practice in the light of parenting, and was given at the Buddhafield Festival in 2006. Look out for some lovely singing thoughout!” Reposted from FBA.
“This is another great talk from the ‘Dharma Warriors’ series given at the Buddhafield Festival. Karunagita is the author of ‘Growing as a Parent - What Buddhism Has to Offer’, and here she presents some of that material to an audience of summer loving practitioners under the blue skies of Devon.
Settle back and enjoy the sound of drums, kids’ voices, and Karunagita’s perspectives on the challenges and opportunities of raising a child as part of your practice of...
From Buddhafield Family Friendly Village on Tue, 23 Jul, 2013 - 13:14How do we lead rich and meaningful spiritual lives in the context of parenting? In this short video, Sara Burns (Karunagita) talks about the opportunities and challenges of being a parent from a Buddhist perspective.
Sara will be at the Buddhafields Family Friendly Retreat again this year. She will be giving a talk on parenting and sharing her most recent experiences as the parent of two older teenagers, reflecting back on the road she has travelled this...
“A really great conversation with Amaragita, one of the pioneers of Buddhafield retreats that are family friendly, a radical re-imagining of community retreat that has been one of Buddhafield’s most successful projects for 14 years.
How do you maintain a deep practice of the Dharma when you have a family? How can householders bring the Buddha’s teachings to bear on their lives and also feed their own experience into the wider sangha?
From Buddhafield Family Friendly Village on Tue, 23 Jul, 2013 - 11:57Bookings are open for this year’s magical gathering on the land at Frog’s mill from Monday 19 August—Monday 26 August 2013. All welcome, whether you have children or not!
Numbers are limited this year, so please book soon if you wish to be there.
Why are mainstream health and care workers recommending it to help avoid relapse into depression, for pain management, stress reduction and to assist people work with and manage such things as will-power and social anxiety (to name just a few)?
Meditation offers an individual a very simple and accessible way to gently and kindly notice what is going on in their own mind. It is a tool that one...
From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Mon, 22 Jul, 2013 - 21:50In our last discussion evening on Buddhism and the American Dream we’ll be getting, in some senses, right to the heart of the matter: family! Our ideas of ourselves and our society are often founded squarely around our families. And the joys and sorrows this inevitably involves can be a good jumping off-point for looking at ways to live more in harmony with family members while taking more responsibility for how our own lives go from here…
From Glasgow Buddhist Centre on Mon, 22 Jul, 2013 - 10:31As part of the the Urban Retreat this week, we’re having meditation at 7.30am, followed by optional breakfast. These sessions are Monday to Friday and they’re open to the whole sangha.
We’re also having a half-hour sit at 12.30, Monday to Thursday, so feel free to come along to them as well.
