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Vajrasadhu in Intensive Care

From Order Connection on Sun, 26 Apr, 2020 - 12:02

Vajrasadhu in Intensive Care

From Order Connection on Sun, 26 Apr, 2020 - 12:02

Dear Order members,

Vajrasadhu is in Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, following a fall and a stroke on the evening of 24th April. Padmavasini, his wife, called the ambulance and, as his condition deteriorated, he went into intensive care – separate from the Covid-19 units. He has opened his eyes but has yet to speak. His prognosis is unclear, though his constitution has been weakened by a serious illness contracted a few years ago in South America from an...

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Maitrisiddhi

Reflections on Metta - Being Divine Online home retreat

From Community Highlights on Sun, 26 Apr, 2020 - 09:52

Reflections on Metta - Being Divine Online home retreat

From Community Highlights on Sun, 26 Apr, 2020 - 09:52

‘Living in the Mandala: The Brahma Viharas’ retreat would have been happening at Taraloka retreat centre now - April 2020 - but then there was lockdown! So I thought I’d share some personal reflections around my own current practice of the Brahma Viharas to complement Ratnavandana’s online retreat.

There’ll be a few more coming!

love Maitrisiddhi

kusaladevi

A temptation to fix suffering - Being Divine Online Home Retreat: Day 3

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Sun, 26 Apr, 2020 - 09:18

A temptation to fix suffering - Being Divine Online Home Retreat: Day 3

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Sun, 26 Apr, 2020 - 09:18

I’m a fixer. I’ve always been good at fixing things. I love the challenge of it and the satisfaction of something broken working again. I’m quite practical and my Dad is a plumber, so when I was young I used to watch him using tools and learn that I didn’t need to be afraid of trying many different ways to repair something. I remember when I was around 9 years old, my Dad’s internal cassette holder in his car had...

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Sitting with the Buddha: Encountering Spiritual Death and Rebirth

From Manchester Buddhist Centre on Sun, 26 Apr, 2020 - 00:00

Mahasraddha leads a visualisation meditation on the Buddha in relation to Spriritual Death and Rebirth, for Manchester Buddhist Centre's Urban Retreat, February 2020

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Sitting with the Buddha: Encountering Spiritual Death and Rebirth

From Manchester Buddhist Centre on Sun, 26 Apr, 2020 - 00:00

Mahasraddha leads a visualisation meditation on the Buddha in relation to Spriritual Death and Rebirth, for Manchester Buddhist Centre's Urban Retreat, February 2020

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Maitriyogini

Becoming a Buddha - Saddhaloka

From Adhisthana on Sat, 25 Apr, 2020 - 14:16

Becoming a Buddha - Saddhaloka

From Adhisthana on Sat, 25 Apr, 2020 - 14:16

In the countdown to International Buddha Day, Saddhaloka is giving a series of ten short talks on the life of the Buddha. Poetic and inspiring, this series is not to be missed!

Sadayasihi

FBA Podcast: Wheeling, Spiralling, and the Fork In the Road

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 25 Apr, 2020 - 14:00

Vilasamani gives an introduction to the twelve links on the wheel of life, specifying how the spiral path emerges from the gap between feeling and craving. Talk given at West London Buddhist Centre, 2016.

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Carol Robertson

Buddhism for Today: A vision of human existence (facebook live 25.04.20)

From Croydon Buddhist Centre on Sat, 25 Apr, 2020 - 13:09

Buddhism for Today: A vision of human existence (facebook live 25.04.20)

From Croydon Buddhist Centre on Sat, 25 Apr, 2020 - 13:09

A vision of human existence: Kalyananara will explain how the Buddha’s teachings on the law of conditionality and the wheel of life present a compelling vision of the nature of our existence. Including a led meditation. Saturday 24 April, 10.30am, live streamed on Facebook.
Please help keep Croydon Buddhist Centre online: donate at http://www.buddhistcentrecroydon.org/support-us/4594080060

kusaladevi

Additional Resources - Being Divine Online Day 2: Metta and Akshobhya

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Sat, 25 Apr, 2020 - 09:55

Here’s a talk from Maitrisiddhi at Taraloka retreat centre - if it weren’t for the lockdown, Ratnavandana would be at Taraloka right now, leading a Brahma Viharas retreat, with Maitrisiddhi on the team.

In this talk, Maitrisiddhi helps us make the link between the Brahma Vihara of the day, Metta, and the associated Buddha (or Jina) in the Mandala, Akshobhya.

Why is Akshobhya associated with Metta, and how does clarity help us to open up to love? Maitrisiddhi also explores the active and receptive aspects...

kusaladevi

Additional Resources - Being Divine Online Day 2 - Beauties and Downfalls: Structure and the Metta Bhavana

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Sat, 25 Apr, 2020 - 09:27

Additional Resources - Being Divine Online Day 2 - Beauties and Downfalls: Structure and the Metta Bhavana

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Sat, 25 Apr, 2020 - 09:27

Here’s a talk from Maitridevi at Taraloka retreat centre - if it weren’t for the lockdown, Ratnavandana would be at Taraloka right now, leading a Brahma Viharas retreat.

In this talk, Maitridevi explores this fascinating area around how to stay creative with the metta bhavana practice. Do you find the structure of the metta bhavana like a great tree that supports you, or an oppression that dries up metta?

This talk is part of a series of talks given on The Heart Unbound: Metta...

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