Portsmouth Buddhist Center
Portsmouth Buddhist Center

Parinirvana Day

By viriyalila on Sun, 28 Dec, 2014 - 18:20

Parinirvana Day

By viriyalila on Sun, 28 Dec, 2014 - 18:20Parinirvana Day will be held on Sunday, February 15, 10 - 1 pm at the Portsmouth Buddhist Center. This day, held on the full moon of February, marks the death of the Buddha.

Strange as it may seem, Buddhists celebrate the death of the Buddha. His death came when he was eighty years old and had spent some forty years teaching after his Enlightenment. What is more, the notion that all things are impermanent is central to Buddhist teaching...
Portsmouth Buddhist Center
Portsmouth Buddhist Center

Sutra Sundays

By viriyalila on Sun, 28 Dec, 2014 - 17:53

Sutra Sundays

By viriyalila on Sun, 28 Dec, 2014 - 17:53Each 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 January 25, 10-1 pm
Sunday March 1, 10-1 pm
Sunday March 29, 10-1 pm

Our usual meditation session from 10-11 am will still be open...
Portsmouth Buddhist Center
Portsmouth Buddhist Center

Going Deeper - Level II Meditation Day

By viriyalila on Sun, 28 Dec, 2014 - 17:25

Going Deeper - Level II Meditation Day

By viriyalila on Sun, 28 Dec, 2014 - 17:25Suddhayu will lead a Level II Meditation Practice Day on Sunday, January 18, 10 - 1 pm. This workshop presents a great opportunity to take your practice deeper. We will have ample time to meditate and to discuss meditation practice. The workshop will be tuned towards the participants’ particular challenges and interests.

Open meditation will still happen from 10-11 am. Those wishing to stay for the intensive workshop may do so.
Portsmouth Buddhist Center
Portsmouth Buddhist Center

Introduction to Meditation: Two January Workshops

By viriyalila on Sun, 28 Dec, 2014 - 15:37

Introduction to Meditation: Two January Workshops

By viriyalila on Sun, 28 Dec, 2014 - 15:37We have two opportunities to learn traditional Buddhist meditations this month. 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. These meditations are suitable for all levels of experience and one does not need to be a Buddhist to practice these.

Thursdays, January 8-29, 7-9 pm - Four Week Meditation Course
In this four-week course you will be introduced to the practice of...
Sydney Buddhist Centre
Sydney Buddhist Centre

ACT for stillness

By Bodhidasa on Mon, 22 Dec, 2014 - 21:49

ACT for stillness

By Bodhidasa on Mon, 22 Dec, 2014 - 21:49The Active Compassion Team (ACT) held its first public spaces meditation session last Friday at the busy Newtown Train Station concourse.

Inspired by the actions of members of the Cambridge Buddhist Centre and a general sense of taking the Dharma into the world, the team intends to hold regular public meditations and invite those so interested to join in. There are further plans to expand the team’s activities into more diverse areas such as assisting with food banks...
Triratna News
Triratna News

Happy 10th birthday, Akashavana!

By Munisha on Mon, 22 Dec, 2014 - 17:10

Happy 10th birthday, Akashavana!

By Munisha on Mon, 22 Dec, 2014 - 17:10In September 2004, Triratna (then the FWBO) became the proud owners of two ruined farmhouses, high in the mountains of Teruel, Spain.

Resident community members Acalavajri and Manigarbha write: “Ten years later, they are home to a thriving community and a remote and beautiful retreat centre: Akashavana, the ‘forest retreat of luminous space’. Primarily for the ordination of women, it also provides an amazing retreat experience for Dharmacharinis.

Over 140 women have had their public ordinations in...
Online Meditators
Online Meditators

Mindfulness All Flavours! Week 4: Breadth And Focus

By Candradasa on Mon, 15 Dec, 2014 - 21:08

Mindfulness All Flavours! Week 4: Breadth And Focus

By Candradasa on Mon, 15 Dec, 2014 - 21:08Here we are in our final week of the current session of online meditation! Over the past month of the Tuesday course we’ve explored sati, sampajanna, and appamada as different flavours of mindfulness - or as complementary camera angles of reflection on the practice, if you like. This time we’re going to look at how to hold all three aspects using an awareness of breadth and focus in our meditation. And as usual we’ll be doing this in the context...
Community Highlights
Community Highlights

What Is Meditation? Sparkling New Video From The LBC

By Candradasa on Wed, 10 Dec, 2014 - 16:05

What Is Meditation? Sparkling New Video From The LBC

By Candradasa on Wed, 10 Dec, 2014 - 16:05The groovy team at the London Buddhist Centre keep their great new Dharma content coming with this new video on meditation - a brilliant introduction to the power of conscious change in your life!

Watch more in the LBC ‘What Is?’ series

Meditate online with us!
Online Meditators
Online Meditators

Mindfulness All Flavours! Week 3: Appamada

By Candradasa on Mon, 8 Dec, 2014 - 17:56

Mindfulness All Flavours! Week 3: Appamada

By Candradasa on Mon, 8 Dec, 2014 - 17:56Join us for our third flavour of mindfulness in our continued look at how to sustain the kind of attention we bring to bear in meditation.

On Tuesdays our course for regular meditators is looking at mindfulness (sati, sampajanna, appamada, call-it-what-you-will!) in the context of the Five Spiritual Faculties. This will also give us a chance to explore the area of ‘breadth and focus’ in meditation, as well as generally develop and maybe even flex the great...
Buddhist Centre Features
Buddhist Centre Features

#EthicalChristmas: Wildmind - The Accidental Publisher

By bodhipaksa on Sat, 6 Dec, 2014 - 15:49

#EthicalChristmas: Wildmind - The Accidental Publisher

By bodhipaksa on Sat, 6 Dec, 2014 - 15:49Wildmind stumbled into publishing back in 2002, and has now brought out eight guided meditation CDs, with plans to publish a number of books.

Wildmind’s foray into publishing started because many meditation students requested that the guided meditations Bodhipaksa recorded for his online courses be offered in CD format as well. Bodhipaksa used the services of a local recording studio in order to record the mindfulness of breathing, development of lovingkindness, and walking meditation practices...

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