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A Bundle of Habits with a Name and an Address

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 15 Oct, 2013 - 07:41

A Bundle of Habits with a Name and an Address

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 15 Oct, 2013 - 07:41

Dear Coogee Meditator

My Buddhist teacher has described human beings as ‘A bunch of habits with a name and an address’ - it’s both amusing and insightful I think. He has gone on further to say (partly in jest) that unfortunately we are often mostly bad habits…….

Well the good news is that meditation is one of the very effective ways to support the development of good habits and train ourselves toward a way of...

viriyalila

Approaching the Sublime - Meditation Intensive

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Mon, 14 Oct, 2013 - 15:57

Approaching the Sublime - Meditation Intensive

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Mon, 14 Oct, 2013 - 15:57Looking for some guidance in deepening your meditation practice? During the course of this morning, we will learn to recognize the germinal qualities of higher consciousness. By recognizing them in our direct experience, we see how accessible they are and learn to cultivate them. A great way to take your meditation practice deeper!

Offered by Suddhayu, by donation, $25-40 suggested

Please let us know if you intend to join us by portsmouth [at] thebuddhistcenter.com...

Viryabodhi

Affischer firar triumfer i Triratna

From Stockholms buddhistcenter on Mon, 14 Oct, 2013 - 08:57

Affischer firar triumfer i Triratna

From Stockholms buddhistcenter on Mon, 14 Oct, 2013 - 08:57Under det senaste året har flera personer i sanghan börjat göra affischer för olika evenemang. Bland dem finns Michael Meinild Nielsen, Vajramuni och Alexandre Westerlund. Jag valde ut en del av deras alster på sistone och gläds med att vi har sådana talanger i sanghan. Sen har vi ju också haft mängder av fina “buddhabord” (som jag envisas med att kalla dem, med Bhantes välsignelse vill jag tillägga!), och när jag får en stund ledig samlar jag några bilder på...

Pasadini

Opening to Life- Introductory Weekend Retreat at Dhanakosa

From Dhanakosa Buddhist Retreat Centre on Fri, 11 Oct, 2013 - 13:08

Opening to Life- Introductory Weekend Retreat at Dhanakosa

From Dhanakosa Buddhist Retreat Centre on Fri, 11 Oct, 2013 - 13:08Opening to Life - Buddhist Tools
25 October - 27 October 2013

Buddhism is not about beliefs, it’s about the way we live our lives. On these retreats we will explore traditional Buddhist teachings and meditation practices and see how they can help us develop clarity, confidence, energy and positive emotion. As well as giving a grounding in the basic principles of Buddhism and meditation these retreats are an ideal reflective situation in which to take a fresh look...

Viryabodhi

Sanghahäng fredag 18/10

From Stockholms buddhistcenter on Fri, 11 Oct, 2013 - 04:24

Sanghahäng fredag 18/10

From Stockholms buddhistcenter on Fri, 11 Oct, 2013 - 04:24SANGHAHÄNG!

På fredag den 18 oktober är det dags igen för Triratna Stockholms Sanghahäng för ett nytt center. Detta är en öppen aktivitet för alla som vill ha en lugn start på helgen med en buddhistisk touch.

Schemat för Sanghahänget är: (kan komma att ändras)
16.30-17.00 En lugn landning, kroppsscanning, pysselhörna
17.00-18.00 Meditation, lugna aktiviteter
18.00-19.00 Soppmiddag och Sanghahäng
19.00-21.00 Kulturell aktivitet

Man kan komma under hela eller delar av kvällen. Det behövs ingen föranmälan men...

viriyalila

Why Are We So Afraid?

From Free Buddhist Audio on Fri, 11 Oct, 2013 - 01:13

Today’s FBA Dharmabyte, “Why Are We So Afraid?,” is an excerpt from the talk “Dying to Live” by Vidyamala. Here she talks about being present with fear in the face of impermanence.

In the full talk, Vidyamala gives a strong account of working with suffering and sorrow in life, and of transforming experience into one characterized by contentment and a sense of meaning. From her own practice of living with chronic pain comes a...

Vimalasara

Eight Step Recovery - Using the Buddha’s Teachings to Overcome Addiction (eBook extract)

From Eight Step Recovery - Using the Buddha's Teachings To Overcome Addiction on Thu, 10 Oct, 2013 - 15:40This book is by two experts in the field who also happen to be practising Buddhists will be available from January 2014 in the UK and April 2014 in North America.

On the 17th of November 2013 we will be releasing our 21 Day Meditation Recovery, a series of 15 minute meditations - great if you are pushed for time to sit for longer. You will be able to download the meditations from here.

Join...

tejadhamma

21 Karatekas succeed in Belt Grading Exam.

From People to People, Nagpur, India. on Tue, 8 Oct, 2013 - 12:09

21 Karatekas succeed in Belt Grading Exam.

From People to People, Nagpur, India. on Tue, 8 Oct, 2013 - 12:09

Sunday 6th Oct. 2013 was exciting morning for the karate student of People’s Karate Dojo run by PTP in Nagpur. Everybody was experiencing happiness and excitement for grading exam which was under wait from last 3 months. All gathered in the Prajapati Gotami Buddha Vihara at Nagarjuna Colony, presented their practise and appeared grading exam from the verious slum’s poor and...

viriyalila

September Podcasts on FBA

From Free Buddhist Audio on Tue, 8 Oct, 2013 - 01:17

September Podcasts on FBA

From Free Buddhist Audio on Tue, 8 Oct, 2013 - 01:17Our FBA Podcasts and Dharmabytes in September began in the realm of science and moved into the nature of mind before stepping into our common experience of fear, which will be our theme going into October. Our team loves putting these podcasts together for our community. Please help spread the word about Free Buddhist Audio - with a huge library of talks available for free online in multiple languages, podcasts three...

Dhammalata

Stopping and Looking

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 8 Oct, 2013 - 00:19

Stopping and Looking

From Coogee Buddhist Group on Tue, 8 Oct, 2013 - 00:19

One of the wonderful benefits of meditating is that you start to see things as they are rather than through the habituated glasses that we filter everything through.

The simple but profound act of slowing down and taking notice creates the facility to actually see what is going on rather than being perpetually caught in our deeply grooved ideas and perceptions of existence.

Sure we think we know what sand is (not that we stop...

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