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Stillness on the edge

From Buddhist Action on Fri, 12 Jun, 2020 - 18:57

Stillness on the edge

From Buddhist Action on Fri, 12 Jun, 2020 - 18:57

Morning meditation beside Lynn Creek. My awareness became absorbed by the environment: the sounds and smells, the hardness of granite, colours, stillness amidst noise. I took a video. A haiku emerged.

Prajnaketu

Sub30 Symposium: Four Gifts to the World

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Fri, 12 Jun, 2020 - 09:39

Sub30 Symposium: Four Gifts to the World

From Triratna Young Buddhists on Fri, 12 Jun, 2020 - 09:39

Fri 3 Jul | UK & IE 7pm | Europe 8pm CET | Mexico 1pm

Sat 4 Jul | UK & IE 10am | Europe 11am CET | Aus 7pm AEST

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What can Buddhism offer the world today? What does it mean to live a Buddhist life? Gather with young people from around the world for four intergenerational conversations and a chance to meet others aged 30 and under through discussion groups.

On Friday 3rd July...

Candradasa

On Editorial Policy, ‘Identity Politics’ and the Dharma: Race and Diversity

From Threads on Thu, 11 Jun, 2020 - 22:55

On Editorial Policy, ‘Identity Politics’ and the Dharma: Race and Diversity

From Threads on Thu, 11 Jun, 2020 - 22:55

A response to criticism of editorial policy at The Buddhist Centre Online, concerning our featuring of reflections on racism and the Black Lives Matter protests.

Dear Friends,

Thanks for sending on your concerns about editorial process arising from our publication of Viveka’s post reflecting on racism and James Baldwin.

I’ve already referred your complaints to our editorial team for discussion, and will report back any findings.

I expect you’re not alone in wondering why we decided to invite reflection on what –...

Read more about On Editorial Policy, ‘Identity Politics’ and the Dharma: Race and Diversity

Viryanatha

COVID-19 and Climate Change - a morning of practice with Akuppa

From Buddhist Action on Tue, 9 Jun, 2020 - 17:33

COVID-19 and Climate Change - a morning of practice with Akuppa

From Buddhist Action on Tue, 9 Jun, 2020 - 17:33

Sunday, 21 June 2020 from 10:00-12:00

Come and join us on Zoom

Have these troubling times given us a bit of an opportunity to reboot? To reflect on what’s really important in our lives? Possibly, to build up our lives anew on sounder principles?

Join us for a morning of practice and reflection with Akuppa, a dear friend from the Newcastle Buddhist Centre.

Make sure you reserve your place: https://mid-essex-buddhist-centre.org.uk/events-and-courses/bam-2020-cov…

Windhorse Publi...

Week 12 of free eBooks with 'Free the Dharma'

From Windhorse Publications on Mon, 8 Jun, 2020 - 12:15

Week 12 of free eBooks with 'Free the Dharma'

From Windhorse Publications on Mon, 8 Jun, 2020 - 12:15

I find it hard to believe we’re now into the twelfth week of our Free the Dharma eBook giveaway. When we began it back in March, we had no idea it would still be running almost three months later. For most people, the past three months have been especially challenging. Whenever I’m feeling challenged, there are two main supports I turn to: friends and books; particularly books about the Dharma. I feel heartened to know that, thanks to Free the...

viveka

Reflecting on Racism with James Baldwin

From Buddhist Centre Features on Sun, 7 Jun, 2020 - 15:51

Reflecting on Racism with James Baldwin

From Buddhist Centre Features on Sun, 7 Jun, 2020 - 15:51

Dear Sangha friends,

I wanted to offer you a podcast to listen to in these times.

Listen to the podcast on ‘Nothing Is Fixed’ by James Baldwin’

Paramananda and I met on May 25 to record a conversation for The Buddhist Centre Online. At the time George Floyd had not yet died an unjust death in an encounter with police. Another black man Ahmaud Arbery’s shooting while jogging in Georgia was...

viveka

For Nothing Is Fixed: Reflecting on Racism

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Sun, 7 Jun, 2020 - 15:39

Dear Sangha friends,

I wanted to offer you a podcast to listen to in these times. Paramananda and I met on May 25 to record a conversation for The Buddhist Centre Online. At the time George Floyd had not yet died an unjust death in an encounter with police. Another black man Ahmaud Arbery’s shooting while jogging in Georgia was in the news. Our conversation began with a poem from James Baldwin and opened to reflections about the relevance and purpose...

Prajnahridaya

Watch the First 10 Minute Talk in Padmavajra's New Series, 'A Garland of Red Lotus Flowers'

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Sun, 7 Jun, 2020 - 12:24

Watch the First 10 Minute Talk in Padmavajra's New Series, 'A Garland of Red Lotus Flowers'

From Padmaloka Retreat Centre on Sun, 7 Jun, 2020 - 12:24

So that you can get a taste of Padmavajra’s series of 50 short videos released over the coming 108 days, the first video is now available for everyone to watch.

Click here to learn more and subscribe to the entire series: https://bit.ly/RedLotusGarland

Centre Team

Meditating in the Mandala (The Dharma Toolkit, Episode 29)

From The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times on Sat, 6 Jun, 2020 - 21:06

To mark our latest Home Retreat, led by Tejananda, an excellent conversation and primer on meditation from a body-focussed perspective.

Tejananda’s key image is of the dynamic mandala. Dharma practice is itself dynamic and transformative. And the transformation lies in gradually discovering how both we and the world are not at all what we originally supposed! Seeing this, we can begin to uproot the causes of suffering in our own experience.

This approach to practice is centred on the living energy of...

Carol Robertson

Lifting the Heart - Connecting Through Puja week 4 (facebook 06.06.20)

From Croydon Buddhist Centre on Sat, 6 Jun, 2020 - 13:26

Lifting the Heart - Connecting Through Puja week 4 (facebook 06.06.20)

From Croydon Buddhist Centre on Sat, 6 Jun, 2020 - 13:26

Lifting the Heart : Connecting Through Puja. We have been exploring themes from the Sevenfold Puja and this week Vajragupta continues by looking at the meaning of the confession section of the puja. A short talk and led meditation live streamed on Facebook, Saturday 6th June, 10.30am.

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