How do we make the most of life. We all want to live a valuable and fulfilling life. We want our life to be our own, not predictable, boring or mapped out by others. It is this kind of problem that the Buddha sought to solve, first in his own life and then, after Enlightenment, …
Foundation Course – Buddhism and Triratna, Ritual and Devotion. Thursday mornings 10.30 – 12.00 Starts 26th October 2023 7 weeks. This module presents an overview of the Buddhist tradition and the place of the Triratna Buddhist Community and Order within that tradition, as well as some of Triratna’s distinctive emphases. Finally there is material on …
6 Thursday mornings from 14th September until 19th October We all have a model of the world in our heads. Whether we are aware of it or not, we have a set of ideas, concepts, images, analogies and metaphors that we use to make sense of the world and guide our actions. It is as …
The Foundation Course – Ethics Buddhism clearly presents it’s possibilities for transformation in terms of a path. There are several versions of the path that we can reflect on but they are all underpinned by the basic key path of Ethics, Meditation and Wisdom. The Foundation course explores this path model starting with a six …
The Foundation Course – Ethics Buddhism clearly presents it’s possibilities for transformation in terms of a path. There are several versions of the path that we can reflect on but they are all underpinned by the basic key path of Ethics, Meditation and Wisdom. The Foundation course explores this path model starting with a six …
A practical course in creativity One of the Buddha’s key insights is that our state of mind conditions our thoughts, which in turn condition our actions, and thereby our world. This course explores the idea that the mind operates in two very different ways, and that the spiritual life is essentially a movement from one …
