Jnanasiddhi On Conflict Resolution
“All parties with a stake in the conflict come together to resolve collectively how to deal with the aftermath of a conflict.”In summer 2014 Jnanasiddhi gave a much appreciated workshop to the...
View ArticleACT for stillness
The Active Compassion Team (ACT) held its first public spaces meditation session last Friday at the busy Newtown Train Station concourse.Inspired by the actions of members of the Cambridge Buddhist...
View ArticleA big thank you for the Buddha Blitz
The Sydney Buddhist Centre Management Committee and the Buddha Blitz team would like to thank all those who supported the Buddha Blitz.People gave to the Blitz in many different ways. We raised a...
View ArticleOnline Meditations For New Year
Select Featured Post: Online Meditations For 2015Sub title: Keep your resolutions with us!Groups audience: Buddhist Centre Features
View ArticleRoads, Boats and Buses: recent writing by Triratna Order members
Maitreyabandhu, The Crumb Road, Bloodaxe: Tarset, 2013, £9.95 pbackRijumati Wallis, Pilgrimage to Anywhere, O-Books: Winchester, 2011, £11.99 pbackSimon Okotie, Whatever Happened to Harold Absalon?,...
View ArticleIntroduction to Meditation: Two January Workshops
We have two opportunities to learn traditional Buddhist meditations this month. These meditations lead to greater calmness and sensitivity, deeper levels of relaxation, transform negative emotions into...
View ArticleGoing Deeper - Level II Meditation Day
Suddhayu will lead a Level II Meditation Practice Day on Sunday, January 18, 10 - 1 pm. This workshop presents a great opportunity to take your practice deeper. We will have ample time to meditate and...
View ArticleSutra Sundays
Each of these micro-retreats will focus on a particular sutta or sutra. Participants will have the opportunity to engage with teachings from the Buddha and his disciples throughout history. A great way...
View ArticleParinirvana Day
Parinirvana Day will be held on Sunday, February 15, 10 - 1 pm at the Portsmouth Buddhist Center. This day, held on the full moon of February, marks the death of the Buddha.Strange as it may seem,...
View ArticleContemporary Challenges to the Contemplative Life
Utilizing a teaching that the Buddha passed on to his foster mother and aunt, Mahaprajapati, we will explore the particular challenges presented by the modern world to a life of Dharma practice....
View ArticleFBA Podcast: Ethics as Insight Practice
Subscribe to the FBA PodcastSupport FBA today!In this week’s FBA Podcast Guhyavajra explores “Ethics as Insight Practice”. Ethics is as an important stage in the path leading to wisdom, but how are...
View ArticleDharmabyte: Altruistic Activity as Insight Practice
Subscribe to the Dharmabytes podcastSupport FBA today!Today’s FBA Dharmabyte entitled “Altruistic Activity as Insight Practice” draws from an evening of discussion with Sangharakshita in which he was...
View ArticleThe Art of Kindness - Meditation Workshop
Introduction to MeditationSunday, February 8, 12 - 3 pmAre you interested in moving towards greater kindness? Wouldn’t it be wonderful to respond more positively to the people and situations in your...
View ArticleIt's a New Year
It’s that time of year when many will be thinking about their resolutions for the forthcoming year. What is it that you’d like to bring into being (or out of) in 2015?In our Coogee Dharma study group...
View ArticleBuddhist Voices - Amalavajra, Banker to Buddhist
How do you go from investment banker to full-time Buddhist practitioner? A fascinating account of a very rich life that takes Amalavajra from English boarding school and Cambridge University to J.P....
View ArticleInvestment Banker To Buddhist...
Select Featured Post: Buddhist Voices - Amalavajra, Banker to BuddhistSub title: A New Year tale of transformationGroups audience: Buddhist Centre Features
View ArticleVajra Bell - Winter 2015
In this issue of the Vajra Bell Newsletter:Adhisthana: A New Home for the Triratna Buddhist Order and Community“Stupa-fied: Inspiration Arises from Sacred Space” – by Barry TimmermanUpcoming Retreats...
View ArticleSuvajra's Seasonal - No 2, Autumn: Facing Gods And Demons
In his (slightly belated!) autumn seasonal, we hear from Suvajra about his new, unexpected circumstances, caring for his teacher Urgyen Sangharakshita. It’s an intimate and touching picture of their...
View ArticleThe WLBC Buddha rupa moves to new premises
The WLBC Buddha rupa moved from its old to its new premises on the day of the winter solstice 2014.
View Articleinside the new West London Buddhist Centre
Here’s a guided tour around our new centre. We are still in the middle of putting everything in place and some snagging still needs to happen, but we have arrived!
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