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FBA Podcast: Meeting the Buddha Through Imagination

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 9 Dec, 2023 - 11:00

The Buddha lived 2,500 years ago, so how can we meet him and open ourselves to the inspiration and resources that come from him?  Through imagination we can cultivate the capacity to meet the Buddha on an archetypal level.  This can have a powerful effect, karmically speaking.  We all have - and use - our imagination all the time, even if we don’t realise it!  We just need to learn how to ‘use it’ rather than having it ‘use us’...

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Paramabandhu

New Order member for London

From Order Connection on Thu, 7 Dec, 2023 - 12:40

New Order member for London

From Order Connection on Thu, 7 Dec, 2023 - 12:40

Dear Order Members,

I am delighted to let you know that Benjy Kirk from the London Buddhist Centre will soon be ordained. 

His private ordination will be conducted by Maitreyabandhu during a retreat at Vajrasana Retreat Centre. 

His public ordination will take place at the London Buddhist Centre on Friday 15th December starting at 6pm (UK time). 

With metta,

Paramabandhu
(Public Preceptor)

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Dharmabytes: The Whole Person Growing in All Directions

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 7 Dec, 2023 - 11:00

Maitreyabandhu shares his reflections on the role of the imagination in the spiritual life. Drawing on his experience as an artist, poet and Buddhist practitioner. Excerpted from the talk A Further Reach - Imagination and the Radical given at Croydon Buddhist Centre, 2011.

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Area Order Weekend for Dharmacharis

From Order Connection on Tue, 5 Dec, 2023 - 19:26

Area Order Weekend for Dharmacharis

From Order Connection on Tue, 5 Dec, 2023 - 19:26

‘The Myth and Magic of Order Chapters’

At Adhisthana

The purpose of meeting in order chapters is to help us to get to know and trust our spiritual friends and to go for refuge more deeply.  They are usually regarded as a spiritual workshop with an emphasis on confession.

If we are in a chapter, how well is it working?

If we are not in a chapter, why have we made that choice?

How effective is it to meet on-line?

And is reporting-in the...

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Dharmabytes: A Sense of Values to Transform Our Lives

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 4 Dec, 2023 - 11:00

“Art is the organisation of sensuous impressions that express the artist’s sensibility and communicate to his audience a sense of values that can transform their lives.” Using his own definition, Sangharakshita investigates the relevance of art and the artist to higher evolution.

Excerpted from the talk entitled Art and the Spiritual Life given in 1969 as part of the series The Higher Evolution.

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Yoga retreats with Bodhiyoga in Suryavana 2024

From Suryavana Retreat Centre on Sun, 3 Dec, 2023 - 17:52

Yoga retreats with Bodhiyoga in Suryavana 2024

From Suryavana Retreat Centre on Sun, 3 Dec, 2023 - 17:52

Bodhiyoga 2024. This year two retreats in the warmer months. Late May and Early July. The first retreat, the “Call of the Forest” (25 - 31 May 2024) is a showcase of Bodhiyoga best practices and we present yoga through various modalities. Classical Hatha/Vinyasa, Remedial Yoga and Yin Yoga seemlessly exploring meditation and mindfulness throughout the day. 
In the second retreat, “The Enchanted Forest” - is a Yoga Journey through the Five Buddha Mandala, (1 - 7 July 2024)...

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Mitra Convenor Retreat - Nov 23

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Sat, 2 Dec, 2023 - 13:22

Mitra Convenor Retreat - Nov 23

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Sat, 2 Dec, 2023 - 13:22

Mitra Convenor retreat led by Dh Ratnadarshi. It was good to be around old mitra like Vivekdhamma and others.

Dh. Guhyacitta has conducted some mindful session.

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FBA Podcast: Creative Spaces and Sacred Spaces - Contexts For Transformation

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 2 Dec, 2023 - 11:00

Within the arena of the visual arts, the studios where renowned artists create their works have become the subject of intense interest and scrutiny. In Buddhism, there is a tradition of creating inspiring and beautiful spaces for spiritual practice. These sacred spaces and artists’ studios have become places of study, reflection and pilgrimage. Jnanadhara explores what these two kinds of spaces have in common. What can they tell us about the minds of the people who created...

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Breathworks Mindfulness for Stress Jan-March 2024

From West London Buddhist Centre on Fri, 1 Dec, 2023 - 17:48

Breathworks Mindfulness for Stress Jan-March 2024

From West London Buddhist Centre on Fri, 1 Dec, 2023 - 17:48

8 Mondays, 15th January to 4th March 7.00-9.30pm

The Breathwork’s Mindfulness for Stress course has been running for decades and helped thousands of people to reduce stress and to increase the quality of their lives.

During the course, you will learn mindfulness skills to cope with and reduce your stress and anxiety. You will gain tools that will help you to develop emotional resilience and to increase your experience of happiness, calm and well-being. You will also receive practical resources to use after the...

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Peace: Wolf at the Door online writing weekend 9-10 Dec 2023

From West London Buddhist Centre on Fri, 1 Dec, 2023 - 17:31

Peace: Wolf at the Door online writing weekend 9-10 Dec 2023

From West London Buddhist Centre on Fri, 1 Dec, 2023 - 17:31

The imagination can at least offer the chance of peace within through its power to harmonise our own energies. In this online weekend workshop, Wolf at the Door team Dharmavadana and Vishvantara return with ways to work with inner strife through writing, towards a healing which may even spread from ourselves to others.

No writing experience is necessary, just a willingness to step through a door into new creative spaces, accompanied by experienced guides.

Listen to Vishvantara and Dharmavadana talk about the...

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