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Sutra Sundays!

By viriyalila on Wed, 25 Mar, 2015 - 12:17

Sutra Sundays!

By viriyalila on Wed, 25 Mar, 2015 - 12:17

Each of these micro-retreats will focus on a particular sutta or sutra. Participants will have the opportunity to engage with teachings from the Buddha and his disciples throughout history. A great way to explore the richness of the Buddhist tradition and come away with practical advice to vitalize one’s own practice.

Sunday May 31, 10-1 pm
Sunday June 28, 10-1 pm

Our usual meditation session from 10-11 am will still be open for...

Portsmouth Buddhist Center

Recovery Day Retreat: Finding Freedom

By viriyalila on Wed, 25 Mar, 2015 - 12:12

Recovery Day Retreat: Finding Freedom

By viriyalila on Wed, 25 Mar, 2015 - 12:12

Saturday, April 25th | 10am – 4pm

Come explore recovery from addictions through the lens of Buddhist teachings and practices. This day will be dedicated to meditation, discussion and friendship and is not meant as a substitute for any existing program or therapy of recovery and is open to anyone dealing with addictions in all it’s forms. A vegetarian meal will be offered and the cost of the day is based on donations. Facilitated by Narottama and friends.

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Portsmouth Buddhist Center

Learn to Meditate!

By viriyalila on Tue, 24 Mar, 2015 - 20:42

Learn to Meditate!

By viriyalila on Tue, 24 Mar, 2015 - 20:42

We have two opportunities to learn traditional Buddhist meditations in April. These meditations lead to greater calmness and sensitivity, deeper levels of relaxation, transform negative emotions into positive ones, and help keep all things in perspective. Suitable for all levels of experience. You do not need to be a Buddhist to practice these meditations.

Thursdays, April 9-30th, 7-9 pm - Four Week Meditation Course

In this four-week course you will be introduced to the practice of an ancient Buddhist meditation...

Portsmouth Buddhist Center

Vasala Sutta: The Discourse on Outcasts, with Rijupatha

By viriyalila on Tue, 24 Mar, 2015 - 20:29

Vasala Sutta: The Discourse on Outcasts, with Rijupatha

By viriyalila on Tue, 24 Mar, 2015 - 20:29

Sutra Sunday! March 29th

Vasala Sutta: The Discourse on Outcasts, with Rijupatha
The True Measure of a Person

The Vasala Sutta (The Discourse on Outcasts) is the source for this Sunday study and discussion with Rijupatha. In the text, the Buddha is assumed to be a worthless beggar by a Brahmin. With his characteristic kindness, the Buddha offers the Brahmin a deep teaching on how the real worth of a man is not to be found in...

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Dharmabyte: Two Routes to Samatha

By Rijupatha on Mon, 23 Mar, 2015 - 23:00

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In today’s FBA Dharmabyte, “Two Routes to Samatha”, Viveka describes the many mindfulness practices and two routes to samatha. From the talk “Mindfulness as Sadhana” given at the Triratna Buddhist Order Convention 2005.

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Tuesday Meditation - March 24th 2015

By Rijupatha on Mon, 23 Mar, 2015 - 21:42

Tuesday Meditation - March 24th 2015

By Rijupatha on Mon, 23 Mar, 2015 - 21:42

Rounding off our coverage of the Urban Retreat led by Ratnavandana on the Living In The Mandala - The Brahma Viharas, we’ll be revisiting this important suite of practices again this week. Meditation will be facilitated by Rijupatha.

Come and join us for a different kind of space in your day and in your heart…

Check out the archive from Living In The Mandala

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Bristol Buddhist Centre

Day 2: Living in the Mandala (With Guided Meditation)

By Centre Team on Mon, 16 Mar, 2015 - 23:13

In her second talk of the 2015 Rainy Season Retreat, Ratnavandana embarks on a personal sharing of how her life has been transformed by deciding to go and live in the mandala of the Brahma Viharas and the Jinas themselves. Her deep love of the practices represents both an inspired and eminently practical vision of how to orientate yourself on the great map of the way…

Includes a guided meditation practice to help you find your feet wherever you...

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Tuesday Meditation - March 17th 2015

By Candradasa on Mon, 16 Mar, 2015 - 22:50

Tuesday Meditation - March 17th 2015

By Candradasa on Mon, 16 Mar, 2015 - 22:50All this week we’re providing ‘live’ coverage of an Urban Retreat led by Ratnavandana on the Brahma Viharas, a profound set of root practices for our community that are designed to get at the core of suffering and transform it and us.

As part of the online dimension, our meditations here are following this theme. Come and join us for the practice of love that helps restore the heart to its natural state…

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Bristol Buddhist Centre

Day 2: Guided Meditation - Just Sitting (With Amitabha Mantra)

By Centre Team on Mon, 16 Mar, 2015 - 13:24

Ratnavandana lead us through a meditation where we just try to be present with our experience in the context of the mandala of the Five archetypal Buddhas. Today we are invited to sit in the “heart’s natural state” of metta (loving kindness) and to visualise the great tree of the Brahma Viharas.

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Tuesday Meditation - 10th March (Changed Time!)

By Candradasa on Tue, 10 Mar, 2015 - 01:15

Tuesday Meditation - 10th March (Changed Time!)

By Candradasa on Tue, 10 Mar, 2015 - 01:15N.B. For the next three weeks our Tuesday meditations will be an hour later in the U.S. (same time in the UK). Join us and spend some time sitting with others around the world!

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Join us on March 10th at 3.30pm EST/ 7.30pm UK via our Google + page (you will need a Google account of some kind and will have to add us to your circles. Click...

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