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Meditation is ‘a whole way of being in the world’: an interview with Paramananda

From Windhorse Publications on Mon, 21 Oct, 2019 - 12:21

Meditation is ‘a whole way of being in the world’: an interview with Paramananda

From Windhorse Publications on Mon, 21 Oct, 2019 - 12:21

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing the well-loved and highly respected meditation teacher, Paramananda, about his latest book, The Myth of Meditation. Here’s a transcript of excerpts from the interview.

In the title of the book, why do you describe meditation as a myth?

Paramananda: I can’t really give you a better answer to that than the subtitle [restoring imaginal ground through embodied Buddhist practice]. It was an attempt to relocate meditation in what I understood its original setting to be, which is a...
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Pan-American Ordinations in Mexico / Ordenaciones Panamericanas en México

From Triratna News on Mon, 21 Oct, 2019 - 10:57

Pan-American Ordinations in Mexico / Ordenaciones Panamericanas en México

From Triratna News on Mon, 21 Oct, 2019 - 10:57

Estamos muy contentas de informarles que las siguientes mujeres recibieron su ordenación pública el día 20 de Octubre en el Centro Budista de la Ciudad de México.

We are delighted to let you know that the following women received their public ordination on the 20th October in the Buddhist Centre in Mexico City.

Paula Michelangelli se ha convertido en Abhayasara, nombre Sánscrito cuyo significado es: ‘Ella cuya naturaleza es la valentía (de Amoghasiddhi).’ 
Paula Michelangelli...
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Pan-American Ordinations in Mexico / Ordenaciones Panamericanas en México

From Order Connection on Mon, 21 Oct, 2019 - 10:27

Pan-American Ordinations in Mexico / Ordenaciones Panamericanas en México

From Order Connection on Mon, 21 Oct, 2019 - 10:27

Queridos miembros de la Orden / Dear Order Members,

Estamos muy contentas de informarles que las siguientes mujeres recibieron su ordenación pública el día 20 de Octubre en el Centro Budista de la Ciudad de México.

We are delighted to let you know that the following women received their public ordination on the 20th October in the Buddhist Centre in Mexico City.

Paula Michelangelli se ha convertido en Abhayasara, nombre Sánscrito...
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Watch the Mexican Ordinations Livestream Here!

From Buddhist Centre Features on Sun, 20 Oct, 2019 - 14:36

Watch the Mexican Ordinations Livestream Here!

From Buddhist Centre Features on Sun, 20 Oct, 2019 - 14:36

Updated: view picture and clips on Instagram

The ordinations will be live streaming on Sunday 20th of October at 1pm local time / 2pm EST / 7pm UK / 8pm CET / 11.30pm India / 5am Sydney (Monday 21st) / 7am Auckland (Monday 21st).

La ceremonia pública se llevará a cabo en el Centro Budista de la Cuidad de México el día 20 de Octubre a las 13 horas hora local.

The public ordinations will be live...
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Bidding Farewell to Harold Bloom

From Buddhist Centre Features on Sat, 19 Oct, 2019 - 19:09
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Bidding Farewell to Harold Bloom

From Buddhist Centre Features on Sat, 19 Oct, 2019 - 19:09

Here is a new appreciation of the critic and writer Harold Bloom, who died on October 14th 2019.

Vishvapani is a writer, broadcaster and Buddhist mindfulness teacher. His writing can be found at Wise Attention.

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The sadness I feel at learning of the death, aged 89, of the great literary critic Harold Bloom, is softened only by my incredulity that he was living at all; that is, living in a modern world to which he seemed so...
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Harold Bloom: the Embattled Canon and the Experiential Critic

From Western Buddhist Review on Sat, 19 Oct, 2019 - 20:26

Harold Bloom: the Embattled Canon and the Experiential Critic

From Western Buddhist Review on Sat, 19 Oct, 2019 - 20:26

This is a guest post by Vishvapani, re-published here from an early issue of The Western Buddhist Review. 


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The Western Canon
By Harold Bloom
Macmillan, London 1994, pp. 567

1. Introduction: contemporary criticism’s questions and answers
What should be our central question in approaching literature? The celebrated American literary critic Harold Bloom proposes one: What is literature for? This question may sound...
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Dhammacharini Retreat - Oct 19 - Milerapa

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Sat, 19 Oct, 2019 - 16:32
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Dhammacharini Retreat - Oct 19 - Milerapa

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Sat, 19 Oct, 2019 - 16:32

Dhammacharini retreat led by Dhni. Karunamaya from 15th to 20th Oct 19. On Subject Milerapa. Attended by 28 Dhammacharini. Thanks for Ranjit for good photo.
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FBA Podcast: From Literal to Liberated Mind

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 19 Oct, 2019 - 14:00

In this talk, Sarvananda looks at how our engagement with the arts can help us move from literal mindedness to an imaginative engagement with Buddhist myth and symbol.

Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre during the 2019 East Anglian Men’s Retreat.

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Buddhafield is hiring!

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Fri, 18 Oct, 2019 - 11:36

Buddhafield is hiring!

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Fri, 18 Oct, 2019 - 11:36

Buddhafield is looking to move forward in its evolution. We want to consolidate by buying a property that can house a community (including families), our office space, all our kit and vehicles, and be a central meeting place for us.

We need a fundraiser to help us raise the money to make this vision a reality and to create a place where all aspects of life and practice are integrated. You’ll be working alongside the...
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A Westerner's View of the Dharma Revolution In India

From Cambridge Buddhist Centre on Fri, 18 Oct, 2019 - 00:00
As part of our Dharma Revolution Day, marking the 3rd anniversary of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar’s conversion to Buddhism along with hundreds of thousands of his followers, in Nagpur, India, Sanghanath interviews Padmasuri about her experiences. As a young English-born Order member, Padmasuri went to live in India during the 1980s. She was engaged in doing primary health care in the slums as well as teaching the Dharma especially to women. She got first-hand insight into ways in which Dr Ambedkar's conversion to Buddhism and the following Dharma Revolution impacted on people's lives.
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