It is with a real sense of loss that we tell you of the death of our dear friend Kamaladevi. She died peacefully in her sleep sometime in the early hours of Wednesday 1st December aged 79. She had been suffering from a sudden loss of memory and vitality since August, and although she had declined further in recent days her death was unexpected.
Her yidam is Four-armed Avalokiteshvara and in a recent chapter meeting she spoke very movingly about her connection...
The Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Cultural Institute (ITBCI) School was established in Kalimpong in 1954 by the late Dhardo Rimpoche, one of Sangharakshita’s main teachers. The school was originally set up in order to provide free education for the children of the poorest...
I am very sad to inform you that Dhammachari Kusaladipa (Kusaladeep) passed away on 27th November 2021 around 11pm. He was hospitalized for kidney failure and was on dialysis for a few weeks.
He was 67 years old and was ordained on 25th May 2014. Dhammachari Amoghasiddhi was his private preceptor and public ordination was given by Dhammachari Chandrashil.
He has contributed his many years to establishing the retreat centre at Bihali Amaravati and was a chapter convener. He was very polite and had...
It’s been almost a year that I’ve been in this new role. On the whole I am really enjoying working in the role, even though at times I have found it very challenging. My enjoyment is both to do with the people I work with, and also because I have a sense that this work supports the Order and movement, and I want to do what I can to support these.
My work involves regular meetings with Aryajaya and Lokeshvara (the international...
Viveka concludes this Anapanasati Sutta: Instructions for Awakening retreat with a final exploration of the wisdom tetrad, focusing on the experience of relinquishment and offers suggestions on bearing with confoundment through imagination and inquiry.
Part of the resources for the Home Retreat, ‘How To Really Save the World’, here is a core text for metta (loving kindness) practice in the Buddhist tradition.
Beautifully chanted by Vimalanandi, the chanting of the sutta is accompanied by images of the Buddha Amitabha, the Buddha of the western direction traditionally associated with love.
Viveka explores the fourth tetrad of the Anapanasati Sutta: “inquiry into the experience of wisdom” particularly applying the contemplations of impermanence, fading away, cessation and relinquishment to the experience of mind and awareness itself.
Que signifie "approfondir" ma méditation?
Dans cette conférence, donnée lors d'un mois dédié à la méditation au Centre bouddhiste de Paris, Vassika explore des images et des mythes que nous pouvons utiliser pour concevoir la pratique de la méditation, et parle de ce qui peut nous empêcher d'avancer et de ce que veut dire "approfondir" dans le cas de la méditation.
