Karunagita and Vijayacitta have had discussion about the classes, and due to other things happening and general availability, we would like to cancel the classes in November and December and reset, refreshed for 2023 on our new home on The Buddhist Centre Online.
Matrisara spent time interviewing, Mahamati, long-standing Order and Public Preceptor. Mahamati has had a rich and diverse dharma life, more info of which (in his own words) can be read below:
In 1976 I met Devamitra who invited me to the Norwich Centre which he had just begun. I dropped out of university and was ordained in less than a year; I was just 22 years old. The ordination by Bhante remains the defining moment of my life, however there was a lot of integration to do and I would always recommend a longer period before ordination! From 1982 I was Director of Karuna which led to my moving to India in 1992 where I was based for seven years. As well as Karuna work I supported the ordination training there. Returning to England at end of the millennium, I lived at Madhyamaloka community where Bhante was based for 13 years during which time I became an International Order Convenor as well as helping Bhante in various ways, and this continued when he moved to Adhisthana. I am president of the Centres in Essen, Germany and Ghent, Belgium, and in particular support the ordination training for men in the Low Countries. These days I live in Malvern close by Adhisthana with Kalyanaprabha.
Samantabhadri leads a simple imaginative contemplation of being in the presence of the historical Buddha.
This led meditation was recorded on Turning Towards the Transcendent, the women's AOWE held at Taraloka in June 2022.
In this talk Samantabhadri explores what it was like to meet the Buddha, the fully Enlightened human being. She then discusses 'garava' as devotion for the whole richness of our Dharma Lives, including positive emotions for all beings.
This talk was given on Turning Towards the Transcendent, the Women's AOWE held at Taraloka in June 2022.
I detta föredrag från sanghadagen 2022 delar Prasadacarin några reflektioner om hur sangha kan vara en gåva till världen. Särskilt med utgångspunkt i frågan "Vad gör ni [buddhister] för världen egentligen?".
Dhivan offers this short discourse showing the Buddha addressing a group of people called the Kalamas, who have heard all too many religious teachers telling them what to think, even when it contradicts what the last teacher said. The Buddha instead advises them how to judge for themselves about religion. He also teaches them how to practice the brahma-vihara meditations, and to think for themselves how effective they are.
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