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Sheffield Buddhist Centre
Sheffield Buddhist Centre

The Lord of the Rings and the System of Practice

By bodhinaga on Fri, 19 Oct, 2012 - 21:22

The Lord of the Rings and the System of Practice

By bodhinaga on Fri, 19 Oct, 2012 - 21:22Vadanya launches our new year-long theme for Sangha night “Stories, myths and symbols” with an action packed talk. Using The Lord of the Rings, Vadanya draws out examples of Integration, Positive Emotion, Spiritual Death, Spiritual Rebirth and Spiritual Receptivity. 16.10.2012
Cambridge Buddhist Centre
Cambridge Buddhist Centre

What do Buddhists think...? Physics

By Abhayamati on Fri, 12 Oct, 2012 - 17:22
In the second of our series of Public Talks ‘What do Buddhists think…?’, Sagaraghosa speaks on Physics and Buddhism. You can view a slideshow accompanying the talk at: https://www.dropbox.com/s/aopc84qmixt67n6/Buddhism_and_Physics.pdf
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Cambridge Buddhist Centre
Cambridge Buddhist Centre

What do Buddhists think...? The Arts

By Abhayamati on Fri, 12 Oct, 2012 - 16:38
As part of our series of Public Talks ‘What do Buddhists think…?’, Vajrasadhu talks on Buddhism and The Arts.
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Stockholms buddhistcenter
Stockholms buddhistcenter

Violence and religion

By Viryabodhi on Tue, 9 Oct, 2012 - 07:26

Violence and religion

By Viryabodhi on Tue, 9 Oct, 2012 - 07:26Last night Ratnaguna gave this wonderful talk at the Stockholms Buddhistcenter. You can download it from fba.
http://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=LOC1400

The poem he ends with got a little cut off, right at the end. Here it is in full:



The Place Where We Are Right
by Yehuda Amichai

From the place where we are right
Flowers will never grow
In the spring.

The place where we are right
Is...
Triratna News
Triratna News

Buddhist Values in Business and its Potential for Europe

By Windhorse Evolution on Fri, 31 Aug, 2012 - 12:32

Buddhist Values in Business and its Potential for Europe

By Windhorse Evolution on Fri, 31 Aug, 2012 - 12:32Keturaja, the managing director of Windhorse:evolution, will be a speaker and facilitator at the international workshop in Brussels; “Buddhist Values in Business and its Potential for Europe” on 24-25 November 2012.

Partly inspired by Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness, the gathering will allow participants to:
  • explore, discuss and agree on key characteristics of profitable business enterprises aligned with Buddhist values;
  • recommend business models and policy changes to support the development of such enterprises in Europe;
  • put the idea/culture of Buddhist Business Management on the
    • ...
London Buddhist Centre
London Buddhist Centre

Urban Retreat 2012

By Viryanaga on Tue, 14 Aug, 2012 - 10:40

Urban Retreat 2012

By Viryanaga on Tue, 14 Aug, 2012 - 10:40Maitreyabandhu and Subhadramati explains what the Urban Retreat is.
Portsmouth Buddhist Center
Portsmouth Buddhist Center

Introduction to Buddhism

By viriyalila on Wed, 25 Jul, 2012 - 06:16

Introduction to Buddhism

By viriyalila on Wed, 25 Jul, 2012 - 06:16Narottama will be leading an Introduction to Buddhism workshop on Sunday, September 16th, from 10 - 4 pm. Are you curious about Buddhism? Who is the Buddha? What are his essential teachings? Exploring from both a philosophical and practical perspective, our aim will be to understand his teachings as they are, and to look at how they work as a system of personal development.

Our retreats and workshops are offered on a donation basis, $60 - $40 suggested. Please...
London Buddhist Centre
London Buddhist Centre

Respectable

By Viryanaga on Tue, 10 Jul, 2012 - 14:38

Respectable

By Viryanaga on Tue, 10 Jul, 2012 - 14:38One danger of any spiritual movement is to become respectable - to behave how others expect you to, to fit into the cultural norms of a particular time and place. The Buddha wasn’t respectable - he challenged the conventions of his day, and challenged people to change.
London Buddhist Centre
London Buddhist Centre

Stick at it

By Viryanaga on Mon, 2 Jul, 2012 - 11:48

Stick at it

By Viryanaga on Mon, 2 Jul, 2012 - 11:48The most important thing about practising Buddhism is to stick at it, to keep turning up. If you do that imperfectly over the years you’re certain to make progress
London Buddhist Centre
London Buddhist Centre

Unconventional

By Viryanaga on Wed, 27 Jun, 2012 - 16:53

Unconventional

By Viryanaga on Wed, 27 Jun, 2012 - 16:53Buddhism is not about fitting in. The Buddha didn’t fit into the society around him, and neither should we.

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