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Urban Retreat Metta Wave Poster now ready

From Loving Kindness - Blazing Like The Sun on Thu, 31 Oct, 2013 - 11:11

Here’s a PDF poster of the Urban Retreat’s Metta Wave for anyone who wants to print and display on their shrine during the retreat - a reminder of the internationality of the retreat, which will include people from Vancouver to Beijing, Mexico City to Moscow - and many points in-between.

There’s a choice of two file sizes to download - 2MB and the full 19MB; both will print a 10-page full-colour poster which you’ll need to...

File Name	Size
SMALLER (2mb) Urban Retreat Metta Wave Poster	2.19 MB
FULL SIZE (19mb) Urban Retreat Metta Wave Poster	18.72 MB

Candradasa

How the Online Urban Retreat Complements Local Buddhist Centre Events

From Community Highlights on Wed, 30 Oct, 2013 - 20:25

Triratna Buddhist Centres across the world will be running the urban retreat in the same week as the online event… How does the online urban retreat fit with what is happening locally? This is a three-and-a-half minute talk from Vajragupta on how the two can complement each other…

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tejadhamma

Diwali vacasion Retreat organized

From Triratna Bauddha Mahasangha, Nagpur (North) on Tue, 29 Oct, 2013 - 18:02

Diwali vacasion Retreat organized

From Triratna Bauddha Mahasangha, Nagpur (North) on Tue, 29 Oct, 2013 - 18:02Triratna Buddhist Centre, Mahendranagar, Nagpur organized a full day non residential retreat at the place known “Dhammabhoomi” land at Mahendranagar on 1 to 5 November 2013 at 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
for more info contact :
1) tejadhamma [at] gmail.com or call on + 91 9422138727
2) amrutasiddhi [at] gmail.com or call on + 91 9422138730

Candradasa

Introduction to the Online Urban Retreat (if you're familiar with meditation)

From Community Highlights on Tue, 29 Oct, 2013 - 14:04

And here’s a separate podcast episode from Vajragupta for anyone interested in taking part in the Urban Retreat 2013 who is already familiar with the Metta Bhavana practice and wants to know more about how the Urban Retreat week will play out online…

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Candradasa

Introduction to the Online Urban Retreat (if you're new to meditation)

From Community Highlights on Tue, 29 Oct, 2013 - 14:00

A great podcast from Vajragupta for anyone interested in taking part in the Urban Retreat 2013 who hasn’t learned the Metta Bhavana (‘Loving Kindness’) practice yet!

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vajragupta

Introducing the theme of the urban retreat: loving-kindness

From Loving Kindness - Blazing Like The Sun on Tue, 29 Oct, 2013 - 13:14

Introducing the theme of the urban retreat: loving-kindness

From Loving Kindness - Blazing Like The Sun on Tue, 29 Oct, 2013 - 13:14Here is a short little story to introduce the theme of the Urban Retreat, which is ‘metta’ or loving-kindness…

It is the story of an encounter I had in my home town that inspired me and taught me about the need to cultivate, learn, and practice loving-kindness…

Dhammalata

Nothing Special

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 29 Oct, 2013 - 05:33

Nothing Special

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 29 Oct, 2013 - 05:33Dear Coogee Meditator

This weekend just past we had our first retreat – the theme was Deepening Friendship. The photo above was taken on the retreat by Brigitte.

Thanks to all who attended for making it such a rich and enjoyable time and I look forward to doing it again not too far down the track.

Sometimes when I am reflecting on our weekly meditation evenings in Coogee I think about how to make it as appealing...

lokabandhu

Triratna ceremonies in Pali

From Pali on Mon, 28 Oct, 2013 - 20:57

Here’s an unusual peice of translation work: three well-known Triratna ceremonies ‘back-translated’ from English into Pali - translations usually being FROM the Pali! We’re delighted to present the Dedication Ceremony, the Refuges and Precepts, and the Threefold Pūja. Many thanks to Dhivan and others for preparing them; we’re hoping for the Sanskrit versions soon!

They are part of the Triratna Translations project, hosted on The Buddhist Centre Online.

File Name	Size
The Dedication Ceremony in Pāli	83.88 KB
The Refuges and Precepts in Pāli	62.6 KB
The Threefold Pūja in Pāli	82.45 KB

viriyalila

Dakinis: Forces To Be Integrated

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 28 Oct, 2013 - 13:27

Today’s FBA Dharmabyte, “Dakinis: Forces To Be Integrated,” is an excerpt from the previously unreleased talk from 1979 entitled simply “Padmasambhava” by Sangharakshita. In this short excerpt of the full talk, rather famously, given off-the-cuff at the London Buddhist Centre, Sangharakshita gives us a lively description of the dakini as a force to be integrated.

vajragupta

How the urban retreat works if you are new to meditation...

From Loving Kindness - Blazing Like The Sun on Mon, 28 Oct, 2013 - 10:32

Hello there, this is a short bit of information about how the urban reteat works, what teaching materials you’ll be able to access, how much time you’ll need to take part…

It is especially aimed at those who are new to meditation, or not familiar with the metta bhavana (development of loving-kindness) - which is the particular type of meditation we’ll be focusing on during the urban retreat…

(There is another short audio for those who...

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