On 1st Feb 2017 Celebrated Dhammamitra Padmavajra birthday at Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center. On this occasion Dh. Kumarjeev as well some member of Bor Daran Retreat Center were present.
This talk is part of a series exploring suttas from the Majjhima Nikaya (the middle length discourses of the Buddha).
Dharmadipa introduces us to the Honeyball sutta (Madhupindika sutta), a sutta whose name has nothing whatsoever to do with the content! We explore the Buddha's teachings on how to avoid conflict, by lessening our attachment to "perceptions and categories of objectification".
This talk was given at the Croydon Buddhist Centre in February 2017 as part of our regular Saturday morning Sangha class.
This talk is part of a series exploring suttas from the Majjhima Nikaya (the middle length discourses of the Buddha).
Amaraghosha explores the Pali canon and distinguishes between the meanings of the words "sutta" and sutra". He helps us to understand the Advice to Rahula in the Mango Grove sutta (Ambalatthika-rahulovada Sutta) using a short play.
We discover how the Buddha could explain challenging concepts to a young child in ways that are very accessible, using everyday images and stories. Amaraghosha then relates these ideas to our modern lives.
This talk was given at Croydon Buddhist Centre in March 2017 as part of the regular Saturday morning Sangha class.
This talk is part of a series exploring suttas from the Majjhima Nikaya (the middle length discourses of the Buddha).
Dharmadipa introduces us to the Honeyball sutta (Madhupindika sutta), a sutta whose name has nothing whatsoever to do with the content! We explore the Buddha's teachings on how to avoid conflict, by lessening our attachment to "perceptions and categories of objectification".
This talk was given at the Croydon Buddhist Centre in February 2017 as part of our regular Saturday morning Sangha class.
This talk is part of a series exploring suttas from the Majjhima Nikaya (the middle length discourses of the Buddha).
Amaraghosha explores the Pali canon and distinguishes between the meanings of the words "sutta" and sutra". He helps us to understand the Advice to Rahula in the Mango Grove sutta (Ambalatthika-rahulovada Sutta) using a short play.
We discover how the Buddha could explain challenging concepts to a young child in ways that are very accessible, using everyday images and stories. Amaraghosha then relates these ideas to our modern lives.
This talk was given at Croydon Buddhist Centre in March 2017 as part of the regular Saturday morning Sangha class.
We have a new group for Buddhist Action in Cambridge. At our recent meeting, we discussed plans for BAM activities in June! They centre around refugee week which is 19-25 June. Ideas include ‘pledged metta bhavana’ like a run, but instead of miles we’d include hours, a talk by refugee(s) at our Sangha night, raising awareness of the link between climate change and division in society, and we may try to coincide with street celebrations around Jo Cox Sat...
Design Competition: A New Logo for Eight Step Recovery
Now closes 25 April, 2017
Can you help us find a logo for our book, Eight Step Recovery? The winner gets a £100 gift token for books and/or CDs purchased from the Windhorse Publications website.
Below are the notes I made during a seminar led by Bhante at Padmaloka on 13/2/83. The text he used was “An Ode on Friendship” by Dr Johnson and it was the first time Bhante had led study on a non-Buddhist text.
The seminar shows very clearly the great value Dr Johnson (and Bhante) place on friendship and as such is well worth looking at and hopefully being inspired by. It also shows that Bhante never promoted homosexuality as an end in itself,...
Buddhist Action Month 2017 is three months away but here is something to literally prepare the ground for it: a tree planting and meditation retreat, organised by Satyadasa from the LBC with Trees for Life in the Highlands - it sounds great!
This is the event page on the LBC site where you’ll find more info:
it feels a bit like spring as I write this, and perhaps that is an auspicious time to turn our minds to Buddhist Action Month 2017.
I know that some Triratna Centres and their respective ‘engaged Buddhist’ groups have already got plans for June and what they want to see happening during Buddhist Action Month; but for others this might be a first reminder that it is not too soon to turn our minds to the early summer and start thinking what...
