Tag: Maitreyabandhu

Meditation Toolkit by Maitreyabandhu

By Maitreyabandhu on Tue, 28 Jan, 2014 - 18:58

Meditation Toolkit by Maitreyabandhu

By Maitreyabandhu on Tue, 28 Jan, 2014 - 18:58

In this sequence of meditation teachings at the London Buddhist Centre, Maitreyabandhu talks about what Buddhist meditation is, as well as providing practical suggestions to help you deepen your meditation practice - looking at receptivity, effort, working with the mind, kindness, courage and the fact you ‘haven’t got a particularly busy mind!’

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Sheffield Buddhist Centre

Aspects of Imagination - Talk and Q&A

By bodhinaga on Sat, 20 Oct, 2012 - 09:16

Aspects of Imagination - Talk and Q&A

By bodhinaga on Sat, 20 Oct, 2012 - 09:16Maitreyabandhu visited us from London to share his reflections on aspects of the imagination, followed by questions and answers. 9.10.2012

Dharmagiri Retreatcenter

Mindfulness and the illumined imagination

By Viryabodhi on Mon, 3 Sep, 2012 - 21:47

retreat med Maitreyabandhu
9 – 13 March 2011
på Dharmagiri retreatcenter

Här är ljudfilerna till Maitreyabandhus föredrag på retreaten. Tack till Johan (Bodhisakta) för den första, om Honeyball-suttan och naturen.

1. Mindfulness and Nature

2. Imagination and the aesthetic

3. Questions and answers – the aesthetic dimension

4. Mindfulness and imagining the Truth

5. Mindfulness and the...

London Buddhist Centre

Urban Retreat 2012

By Viryanaga on Tue, 14 Aug, 2012 - 10:40

Urban Retreat 2012

By Viryanaga on Tue, 14 Aug, 2012 - 10:40Maitreyabandhu and Subhadramati explains what the Urban Retreat is.

London Buddhist Centre

Respectable

By Viryanaga on Tue, 10 Jul, 2012 - 14:38

Respectable

By Viryanaga on Tue, 10 Jul, 2012 - 14:38One danger of any spiritual movement is to become respectable - to behave how others expect you to, to fit into the cultural norms of a particular time and place. The Buddha wasn’t respectable - he challenged the conventions of his day, and challenged people to change.

London Buddhist Centre

Stick at it

By Viryanaga on Mon, 2 Jul, 2012 - 11:48

Stick at it

By Viryanaga on Mon, 2 Jul, 2012 - 11:48The most important thing about practising Buddhism is to stick at it, to keep turning up. If you do that imperfectly over the years you’re certain to make progress

London Buddhist Centre

Unconventional

By Viryanaga on Wed, 27 Jun, 2012 - 16:53

Unconventional

By Viryanaga on Wed, 27 Jun, 2012 - 16:53Buddhism is not about fitting in. The Buddha didn’t fit into the society around him, and neither should we.

London Buddhist Centre

You Cannot Be Serious

By Viryanaga on Fri, 15 Jun, 2012 - 13:59

You Cannot Be Serious

By Viryanaga on Fri, 15 Jun, 2012 - 13:59If you want to be serious you can’t be serious. To be serious in the right way you can’t be serious in the wrong way. Maitreyabandhu explains why.