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Karuna Bhavana For the Natural World

From Aryaloka Buddhist Center on Mon, 1 Feb, 2021 - 00:00
The scholarly monk Analayo says it is important for us, as Buddhists, to take care of nature as we take care of our own body. We have a responsibility, he says, to cause no harm and to respond to the climate crisis with mindfulness, ethics and compassion. This 30-minute guided Karuna Bhavana for the natural world is designed to bring you close to the suffering of our natural world and to cultivate the metta and compassion needed to meet and address that suffering with skillful action. This meditation was offered as part of the on-line Touching the Earth retreat, sponsored by Aryaloka Buddhist Center and the Portsmouth (New Hampshire) Buddhist Center, November 2020.
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Longing for the Dharma: The Power of Dharma Chanda

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Sun, 31 Jan, 2021 - 09:48

Longing for the Dharma: The Power of Dharma Chanda

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Sun, 31 Jan, 2021 - 09:48


All you need is faith!


Follow the YouTube link for a short talk by Maitrisiddhi, given to Order Members during Summer 2020, during which she shares her renowned passion for the Dharma.


For more, joinMaitrisiddhi
online for ‘True Entrusting: Shinran, the Buddha and Bhante’ in February, an online retreat suitable for GFR mitras and OMs.


For more information, or to book a limited space, please visit: https://taraloka.org.uk/retreats/online-true-entrusting-shinran-the-budd…

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Young women's weekend retreat: The Cremation Ground & the Skull Cup of Wisdom (ONLINE)

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Sun, 31 Jan, 2021 - 09:11

Young women's weekend retreat: The Cremation Ground & the Skull Cup of Wisdom (ONLINE)

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Sun, 31 Jan, 2021 - 09:11

An exciting online opportunity for young women, aged 18 to 30.

Friday 30 April 30 to Sunday 2 May.

The ancient Indian cremation ground is a symbol for any crucial situation where we meet impermanence, death, aloneness and fear. It is also a symbol of transformation, a place where death meets life and life meets death. A place where great yogis and dakinis gather at night in darkenss and secrecy, meditating, dancing, embracing and drinking from the skull cup of wisdom. A place of liberated...

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FBA Podcast: Simplicity of Lifestyle

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 30 Jan, 2021 - 06:00

Amritamati talks about how we can practice simplicity in our lives: whatever our lifestyle is or whatever we want our lifestyle to be, from parenting to becoming a celibate ‘Anagarika’. This talk was given on a weekend retreat at Tiratanaloka Retreat Centre for women who are training for Ordination, 2014.

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Pointing to the Moon: Waking Up from a Core Delusion

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Fri, 29 Jan, 2021 - 17:14

Pointing to the Moon: Waking Up from a Core Delusion

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Fri, 29 Jan, 2021 - 17:14

4 workshops led by Tejananda for experienced meditators
3 years minimum experience required

Saturdays: 20th February and 6th March
1st session (90 mins): IE & UK 09:30 | Europe CET 10:30 | India 15:00 | Australia EST 20.30 | New Zealand 22.30
2nd session (90 mins): USA PST 11:00 | México 13:00 | USA EST 14:00 | IE & UK 19:00 | Europe CET 20:00 |...

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Centre Team

Pointing to the Moon: Waking Up from a Core Delusion

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Fri, 29 Jan, 2021 - 17:14

Pointing to the Moon: Waking Up from a Core Delusion

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Fri, 29 Jan, 2021 - 17:14

4 workshops led by Tejananda for experienced meditators
3 years minimum experience required

Saturdays: 20th February and 6th March
1st session (90 mins): IE & UK 09:30 | Europe CET 10:30 | India 15:00 | Australia EST 20.30 | New Zealand 22.30
2nd session (90 mins): USA PST 11:00 | México 13:00 | USA EST 14:00 | IE & UK 19:00 | Europe CET 20:00 |...

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A heart-opening offering from Taraloka ❤

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Fri, 29 Jan, 2021 - 13:49

A heart-opening offering from Taraloka ❤

From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Fri, 29 Jan, 2021 - 13:49

Six sessions of talks and meditations on self-compassion by Maitrisiddhi are now freely available to listen to on our YouTube channel, just click on the link below!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL...

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Spring Great Gathering Online - Entering into Reality Undistractedly

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Thu, 28 Jan, 2021 - 17:00

Spring Great Gathering Online - Entering into Reality Undistractedly

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Thu, 28 Jan, 2021 - 17:00

Entering into Reality Undistractedly
Inspiration for living from the ‘Tibetan Book of the Dead’

Friday, 19 February 2021 to Sunday, 21 February 2021

A worldwide, online event for all men practising within Triratna.

The men’s Great Gatherings at Padmaloka are an opportunity for us to come together for a weekend in large numbers to immerse ourselves in Buddhist practice. You can go a long way in your practice in the course of just a few days. On this weekend, we will be immersing ourselves in the world...

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Sadayasihi

Dharmabyte: Bringing Together Parenting + Meditation

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 28 Jan, 2021 - 06:00

Upayavira has been exploring, often through necessity, ways to meditate with children since 2000 when shortly after his ordination he became a parent. He takes the aim of demonstrating that practicing with your young children present is not just possible, there can be some huge benefits in this form of practice.

Excerpted from the talk entitled Meditating with Your Child which includes a led meditation, 2015. Upayavira has led Meditation for Parents workshops at the ...

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Abhayavajra - Flight of the Gull...

From Urthona - A Journal of Buddhism and the Arts on Mon, 25 Jan, 2021 - 11:59

Abhayavajra - Flight of the Gull...

From Urthona - A Journal of Buddhism and the Arts on Mon, 25 Jan, 2021 - 11:59

Flight of the gull… for Buddhist painter ABHAYAVAJRA physical activity, image and meaning arise intertwined. Full article in Urthona Issue 35 American Zen - from Square storefront:

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For Abhayavajra, who is based in rural Suffolk, painting is an art of revealing and covering, an exploration of formal relationships :

“Contradistinction (contre-jour) is a familiar and traditional element of painting, whether used consciously or unconsciously. So is the interaction of colours and tones – the way they transform each other when brought...

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