Portsmouth Buddhist Center
Portsmouth Buddhist Center

April Sangha Nights: The Hand That Closes, The Hand That Opens

By viriyalila on Sun, 16 Mar, 2014 - 14:27

April Sangha Nights: The Hand That Closes, The Hand That Opens

By viriyalila on Sun, 16 Mar, 2014 - 14:27Join us on Sangha Night for ‘The Hand That Closes, The Hand That Opens - Moving Towards a More Creative, Generous Way to Live’

In this four-week series we’ll be exploring approaches that can help us move from reactive modes of response in our lives to more profoundly positive and constructive ways to engage with whatever the days bring us. We’ll be looking at Buddhist models of mindfulness, at how to work with our experience in the body and...
Triratna News
Triratna News

Triratna on the BBC

By Munisha on Thu, 6 Mar, 2014 - 01:57

Triratna on the BBC

By Munisha on Thu, 6 Mar, 2014 - 01:57Today we bring you news of three excellent British Triratna broadcasters, new and old, on BBC national radio.

A recent news report on BBC Radio Four’s PM programme related how the teaching of mindfulness has come to the British parliament, and featured Subhadramati of the London Buddhist Centre.

In the same week Glasgow Buddhist Centre Chair Dassini was the faith guest on BBC Radio Two’s ‘Good Morning Sunday’ last week, talking about Buddhism, mindfulness,...
Glasgow Buddhist Centre
Glasgow Buddhist Centre

Good Morning Sunday

By Dassini on Sun, 2 Mar, 2014 - 12:29

Good Morning Sunday

By Dassini on Sun, 2 Mar, 2014 - 12:29Here’s a link to Dassini, from the Glasgow Buddhist Centre, talking to Hardeep Singh Kohli about Buddhism and meditation. The conversation starts just under 40 mins into the show. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03wp23w
Online Meditators
Online Meditators

Meditation for February

By Candradasa on Tue, 4 Feb, 2014 - 02:40

Meditation for February

By Candradasa on Tue, 4 Feb, 2014 - 02:40Hi all, thanks for sitting with us through the start of the year. It’s been lovely connecting with some of you as we build our little gang of regular and occasional online meditators! Let’s keep it going now all those New Year’s resolutions have worn off… :)

We’ll be starting February meditations off Tuesday February 4th by continuing our voyage towards absorption and deepening stillness using the breath as an anchor and a reference. Join us for the ...
Community Highlights
Community Highlights

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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Online Meditators
Online Meditators

Meditation Schedule for the New Year

By Centre Team on Fri, 27 Dec, 2013 - 17:03

Meditation Schedule for the New Year

By Centre Team on Fri, 27 Dec, 2013 - 17:03A very happy and peaceful new year to all our online meditators! Thanks for joining us through the past few months for our regular mindfulness and loving kindness meditations - there’s something about sitting together twice a week that really helps!

We’re into our winter break now, and wanted to let you know that we’ll resume on Tuesday January 21st. Our regular meditation times will be Tuesdays at 2.30pm EST/ 7.30pm UK and Thursdays at 11am ...
Glasgow Buddhist Centre
Glasgow Buddhist Centre

GBC Urban Retreat 21st - 28th July

By Dassini on Tue, 2 Jul, 2013 - 10:29

GBC Urban Retreat 21st - 28th July

By Dassini on Tue, 2 Jul, 2013 - 10:29This year’s Urban Retreat is based around Maitreyabandhu’s book “Life with Full Attention”. The material is centred on the Buddha’s Honeyball Sutta and will help act as a springboard to taking us deeper into our practice - noticing opportunities for change and growth.

We’ll start on Sunday 21st July with a day retreat, doing some meditation together, looking at the material from the book, including a presentation on ‘everyday mindfulness’, followed by discussion about how we can bring this...
Triratna Highlands
Triratna Highlands

Life with Full Attention Meditation Course - Stornoway, Isle of Lewis and Skype!

By dhanimisha on Mon, 8 Apr, 2013 - 12:38

Life with Full Attention Meditation Course - Stornoway, Isle of Lewis and Skype!

By dhanimisha on Mon, 8 Apr, 2013 - 12:38Beginning 17th April - 8:00pm to 9.30 every other week until 7th August (apart from 29th May), Animisha will be leading an 8-session course on mindfulness meditation based on Maitreyabandhu’s book “Life with Full Attention” in the Community Room of An Lanntair Arts Centre in Stornoway. This course will also be accessible on Skype for those who are too far away to attend in Stornoway or who are physically unable to attend. Suggested donations: £45 wages/£25 unwaged/concessions. Please contact Animisha...
Online Meditators
Online Meditators

First Skype meditation!

By Candradasa on Tue, 1 Jan, 2013 - 22:29

First Skype meditation!

By Candradasa on Tue, 1 Jan, 2013 - 22:29Hi all,

Just to say Ben and I and others have arranged our first meeting - January 3rd at 4.30pm UK time (11.30am EST, 10pm Maharashtra). Join us if you can and let’s sit together. Maybe we could find some space too to discuss further meetings, other tech options (eg. Google Hangout), etc.? I’m making 90 mins free for the whole thing - hellos, meditation and discussion. Hope to see you online soon!

To connect with...
New Ventures
New Ventures

Bodhiyoga

By lokabandhu on Thu, 6 Dec, 2012 - 10:44

Bodhiyoga

By lokabandhu on Thu, 6 Dec, 2012 - 10:44Bodhiyoga (www.bodhiyoga.es) is a new Triratna venture based in Spain. It offers yoga teacher training based upon Buddhist mindfulness principles, and has been created by Sudaka and Sadhita, two Order Members who’ve been living there for some years now. They’ve just completed their first year and have ambitious plans to branch out to the UK, even to develop a Triratna-wide Yoga Training initiative.

For a full report on Bodhiyoga’s first year and their plans, click ...

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