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A Luminous Emptiness - Meditating and Loving in Reality

By Candradasa on Fri, 16 Feb, 2024 - 23:30

In this latest episode of the Buddhist Centre podcast, we are delighted to welcome back Tejananda, one of the most experienced meditation teachers within the Triratna Buddhist Community. Tejananda will be bringing insights from decades of practice to his upcoming Home Retreat on The Buddhist Centre Live, ‘Emptiness and Compassion: The Divine Abodes’, starting March 29th.

The retreat is part of a trilogy (so far!) exploring the Buddhist concept and experience of ‘emptiness’ (shunyata - pointing to the...

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A Slow Look at Hobbema's Dutch Landscape

By Centre Team on Tue, 6 Feb, 2024 - 21:19

A Slow Look at Hobbema's Dutch Landscape

By Centre Team on Tue, 6 Feb, 2024 - 21:19

Yashobodhi leads us in a mindful look at Hobbema’s ‘Avenue at Middelharnis’ for the UK National Gallery.

The composition of this painting was a powerful influence on later artists. It was admired by Van Gogh, who emulated its effects in several paintings after he first saw it in the National Gallery in 1884, and it probably also inspired Camille Pissarro’s ‘The Avenue, Sydenham’. David Hockney even made his own version in 2017, ‘Tall Dutch Trees...

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The brand new 'Life with Full Attention' app is here! 📱

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 13 Dec, 2023 - 11:00

The brand new 'Life with Full Attention' app is here! 📱

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 13 Dec, 2023 - 11:00

We are extremely pleased to announce that the brand new Life with Full Attention app is now available to download from the App Store and Google Play.

This app is intended to accompany the book’s popular eight-week mindfulness course designed to embue your life with purpose and presence.

In today’s hectic world full of distractions and stress, living mindfully is more important than ever for health and happiness. With Maitreyabandhu’s 30-plus years experience guiding meditation, this app...

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Dharmabytes: Essentialness of Right View

By Centre Team on Mon, 11 Dec, 2023 - 11:00

Vidyamala shares ways to bring an imaginative approach to mindfulness practice. Excerpted from the talk entitled Mindfulness and the Imagination given at Rivendell as part of the series An Exploration of the Satipatthana Sutta, 2018.

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Yoga retreats with Bodhiyoga in Suryavana 2024

By Sudaka on Sun, 3 Dec, 2023 - 17:52

Yoga retreats with Bodhiyoga in Suryavana 2024

By Sudaka 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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Out now: ‘Starting on the Buddhist Path’

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 20 Sep, 2023 - 10:30

Out now: ‘Starting on the Buddhist Path’

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 20 Sep, 2023 - 10:30

We’re delighted to announce the release of Starting on the Buddhist Path by Sagaraghosa Rosemary Tennison. Sagaraghosa describes it as the book she wished she’d had when she was beginning her exploration of Buddhism.

The Buddha said that you can’t develop wise perspective and freedom through ideas alone – you need to test the truth in your own experience. Drawing on many years of experience leading classes, courses and retreats, Sagaraghosa has created an engaging and practical guide to transforming your life through Buddhist...

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Mindfulness and Imagination

By Centre Team on Sat, 5 Aug, 2023 - 15:15

“If the doors of perception were cleansed, we would see the world as it really is – infinite.” William Blake

If you enjoy this conversation, come explore the theme online on our Home Retreat with Vishvapani and Vidyamala! Join Entering the Mandala: Mindfulness and Imagination, September 1-7

This week we’re opening portals to awareness and the wonders that can arise when we really start to pay attention to everything that’s going on in the world around us. What would it be like...

Windhorse Publications

We’ve reprinted ‘Life with Full Attention’

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 2 Aug, 2023 - 11:30

We’ve reprinted ‘Life with Full Attention’

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 2 Aug, 2023 - 11:30

Maitreyabandhu’s Life with Full Attention was published fourteen years ago and is still one of our best sellers. It’s a practical eight-week course in developing mindfulness in everyday life. You may be one of the twelve thousand people so far who have bought the book and benefited from putting its exercises into practice. Many Triratna centres run Life with Full Attention courses, which have introduced thousands of people to Buddhism and started many precious sangha connections.

We’re pleased to announce that we’ve...

Adhisthana

Want to get better at the Mindfulness of Breathing?

By Caroline I P on Tue, 11 Jul, 2023 - 09:50

Want to get better at the Mindfulness of Breathing?

By Caroline I P on Tue, 11 Jul, 2023 - 09:50

The Mindfulness of Breathing is the practice that gives us a structure to take our awareness into the breath, the body, the feelings, the mind and the nature of phenomena.

Over the past six weeks Dhammarati has been leading a series on the Anapanasati Sutta - the Buddha’s instructions on this practice. This Q&A session was offered to the 200 people on the course; watch for a sneak-peak at what next week’s Order retreat on the Satipatthana will be like. There...

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Online Course: Breathing into Liberation | Register before 4 June

By Caroline I P on Fri, 26 May, 2023 - 16:02

Online Course: Breathing into Liberation | Register before 4 June

By Caroline I P on Fri, 26 May, 2023 - 16:02

Six weeks exploring Anapanasati, Dhammarati introduces this sutta, which will take us from the simplest possible experience of breathing right through to exploring the nature of liberation. The course is on a dana basis.

Week 1 | The ‘Preliminary Practices’ | 5 June

Week 2 | Breathing with the Body | 12 June

Week 3 | Breathing with feelings | 19 June

Week 4 | Breathing with the mind | 26 June

Week 5 | Live Q&A with Dhammarati | 3 July

Week 6 | Breathing with wisdom | 10 July

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