Well yes, the usual event isn’t happening… but there is a wonderful small festival/gathering happening at the usual Festival time (Wednesday 16 — Sunday 20 July). Quieter and more spacious, the first GEA last May had a wonderful heart-opening atmosphere and sense of community:
From West London Buddhist Centre on Fri, 18 Apr, 2014 - 13:26You are cordially invited to a special Meditation Day Retreat led by Paramananda, fundraising for physiotherapy for the young Liam Isaac Dempsey, (son of Catherine Powell), on Sunday 20th April 2014, 10.30am - 4.30pm (doors open 10am) at the West London Buddhist Centre, 94 Westbourne Park Villas, London W25EB.
If you have no plans yet for Easter Sunday, please do join us for a friendly, welcoming day of spacious calm and the deep stillness of...
From Taraloka Retreat Centre on Wed, 16 Apr, 2014 - 14:29Saddhanandi: Here I am, back at Taraloka after a two-week absence: visiting family, attending a two-day meeting on mindfulness at Adhisthana, and attending a meditation retreat at Rivendell. All these events were enjoyable and productive, but throughout I was very conscious of the fact that whilst I was away Ratnasuri was leaving Taraloka and beginning a new life in Wrexham – living alone for almost the first time in her 91 years.
From London Buddhist Centre on Wed, 16 Apr, 2014 - 13:19We just found some old footage of the LBC from 2002 made by the BBC’s ‘Heaven and Earth’ programme. It’s great to see how much has changed and how the core values and principles remain in place.
From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Tue, 15 Apr, 2014 - 16:41This is a group for us to share arrangements, resources, and responses to our Monday Night Dharma explorations. Click + join above to request access and take part. You can make different kinds of posts and comment on other people’s.
Please note that this isn’t a drop-in group and we normally request attendance at all sessions for any particular course unless by prior arrangement (feel free to let us know in advance if you won’t be able to make...
Well all comes to an end. On the ceasing of this, that ceases. We’ve been using a round chant before some of the reflections and during some evenings. The evening events have been fairly simple. We have been chanting the Pali imasmim mantra, followed by a sutta that Dhivan had mentioned in the teaching session and then a period of meditation. After that we alternately did the Threefold puja and the Dhammapada puja, with some readings and a Shakyamuni mantra...
Talk given at the LBCs Dharma Night Class Monday April 14th 2014