GBC Urban Retreat 21st - 28th July

From Glasgow Buddhist Centre on Tue, 2 Jul, 2013 - 10:29This year’s Urban Retreat is based around Maitreyabandhu’s book “Life with Full Attention”. The material is centred on the Buddha’s Honeyball Sutta and will help act as a springboard to taking us deeper into our practice - noticing opportunities for change and growth.

We’ll start on Sunday 21st July with a day retreat, doing some meditation together, looking at the material from the book, including a presentation on ‘everyday mindfulness’, followed by discussion about how we can bring this...

Notes from an Appealing Buddhist

From Leeds Buddhist Centre on Fri, 28 Jun, 2013 - 13:38Life on a Karuna door-knocking appeal

Day 34: Hitting targets, not hitting targets, or both or neither

The last day of week five and the heat is on for the Magnificent Seven of the Green Tara Appeal. The pace has picked up and the direct debits being collected are definitely on the increase.

But even though we are volunteers, these appeals still cost money to run, so our appeal target is based on a sound assessment of...

Soirée découverte de la méditation bouddhiste Nouveau !!!!

From Centre bouddhiste Triratna de Paris on Thu, 27 Jun, 2013 - 07:17Danièle et Patricia mettent en place des soirées “découverte de la méditation bouddhique” ouvertes à tout public intéressé par ce thème.

En 2 heures, nous essayons de donner un aperçu de : qu’est ce que la méditation ? En quoi elle est une pratique bouddhique ?. En quoi la méditation peut nous être utile ? Et tout cela, avec des exercices pratiques (méditation sur le souffle).

N’hésitez à en parler autour de vous : vos amis, collègues et famille. Deux séances sont...