We offer weekend retreats, day-long retreats and evening courses led by teachers associated with Gaia House retreat centre in Devon. We also offer a sitting group twice a month to share meditation practice and discussion.
ALBA started around 1994 at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in Hertfordshire, England, and was initially called the Upasika Training. Since then our name has changed, first to Amaravati Upasika Association and then to Amaravati Lay Buddhist Association. Upasika (and its female variant upasaka) are Buddhist scriptural terms referring to sincere lay followers of the Buddha. Wanting to have a more understandable and less intimidating title, we chose - ALBA - Amaravati Lay Buddhist Association. ALBA also evokes 'albion' - which has a nice traditional ring of old England about it - and also means 'white' - which is how lay Buddhists are traditionally dressed, and also 'dawn' in Italian and Spanish.
ALBA is run by laypeople with the blessing of the ordained Sangha, and runs a series of days of practice and short retreats at Amaravati.
The Punjab Buddhist Society UK was formed by a small group of Non Resident Indians living in England. It was founded under the leadership of Ven. Chander Bodhi on 28th March 2004 with the strong support of the all India Bikkhu Sangha headed by the most Ven. Sangha Nayaka Sadanand Mahasthavir. It works for the spread of the teachings of the Buddha (Buddha Dhamma) and also for the benefit and welfare of the community and society as a whole.
The Centre has two principal aims: to promote the understanding of Buddhism in the West, and to preserve the Buddhist culture among its supporters.
At the Sri Saddhatissa International Buddhist Centre you might find:
* Dhamma and meditation classes
* celebrations of important days in the Buddhist calendar - Vesak, Poson, Esala, Kathina, and Sangamitta Day
* a daily religious service in the evening to the public [Buddhapuja] and Pirith chanting
* Inter-faith seminars
* visits to hospitals and homes for the sick
* offering of alms to the poor and the destitute on Vesak Day
* a reference and a lending library of valuable books
* Distinguished personalities, academics, and Buddhist scholars, from both the clergy and the laity, deliver public lectures, speeches and Dhamma talks at different intervals throughout the year.
The centre is dedicated to providing access to talks on Theravada Buddhism and instruction on meditation for those living in Bristol and the South West.
The Amaravati Upasaka & Upasika Association. This is a site dedicated to Buddhist practice for lay-people. (People who are not ordained Buddhist monks and nuns.) Much of the content is related to the Theravadin Forest Sangha tradition.
Offers weekly services. Supports the monastic community at Harnham Buddhist Monastery.
Founded on Magha Puja Day in February 1985 to make available facilities for the teaching and practice of Buddhism in Her Majesty's Prisons.
A small Buddhist group that meets on a weekly basis to meditate and discuss dhamma in the Thai Forest Tradition under the lineage of Venerable Ajahn Chah.
Nirodha is a Theravada Buddhist organization based in Helsinki, Finland. We organize weekly sittings, practice days, silent meditation retreats, courses, and study groups.
In Nirodha events, we practise vipassana (insight), samatha (concentration), and brahma vihara meditation. We do not have a teacher in Finland, but our active members facilitate discussions and give meditation instructions for beginners. The teachers of our retreats come from abroad; many of them have received their teacher training at Gaia House, England.
Ihminen on luonnostaan sosiaalinen ja haluaa muodostaa yhteisöjä joissa voi vaalia omaa kulttuuriaan. Muuttaessaan uusille seuduille he tuovat mukanaan tämän kulttuurin ja haluavat tuoda ilmi mistä heidän identtiteettinsä muodostuu. Kun erilaiset kulttuurit kohtaavat, alkaa yleensä molemminpuoleinen tutustuminen niihin asioihin ja seikkoihin jotka muokkaavat ihmiset juuri sellaisiksi kuin he ovat. Näitä seikkoja ovat yleensä uskonto, kieli, asusteet, ruoka sekä yleinen elämäntapa. Watbuddharama tarjoaa buddhalaisille ja thaimaalaisille ihmisille tietoutta, sekä mahdollisuuden oman uskontonsa ja kulttuurin harjoittamiseen.
Stockholm Buddhist Vihara is a Buddhist temple of Theravada tradition. It was established in 1985 by the Sri Lanka-Sweden Buddhist Association in conjunction with the arrival of the first resident Venerable Monk to Stockholm. It is the first ever Buddhist temple that was formed in Scandinavia and the members are mostly of Sri Lankan origin.
Vipassanagruppen is a Swedish nonprofit organization for people who are interested in insight meditation. They arrange regular sittings, seminars and retreats.
ABTR este o persoană juridică fără scop lucrativ, înfiinţată conform OG 26/2000 (Legea nr. 246/2005) în toamna anului 2010, la iniţiativa unui grup restrâns de practicanţi români şi îşi propune, ca scop imediat să ofere persoanelor interesate informaţii despre doctrina şi practica tradiţiei buddhiste Theravada. Pe termen mediu, ABTR doreşte cristalizarea unui grup de practicanţi animaţi de un interes sincer, serios şi practic, organizarea de evenimente (retrageri meditative, cursuri, conferinţe, grupuri de meditaţie şi studiu) sub îndrumarea unor membrii din rândul comunităţii monastice (Sangha) mondiale şi a unor practicanţi cu experienţă, iar pe termen lung, crearea şi susţinerea unui Centru buddhist cu călugări rezidenţi.
The Association is a consolidation of Russian Buddhist resources on the Internet. This portal offers the directory of websites, Buddhist forum and news mailing list.
Alapítványunk célja a Burmában élt Mahasi Sayadaw által kidolgozott satipatthana vipassana meditációs technika megismertetése Magyarországon. E meditációs technika nagymértékben növeli az önismeretet és segít az emberi kapcsolatok fejlesztésében. A metta (szeretet) meditációs módszer elmélyíti a kapcsolatokat és feloldja a konfliktusokat.
Британский Международный Медитационный Центр был основан в 1978 году с целью популяризации и практики буддийской медитации Випассана по учениям Саяджи У Ба Кин. Это учение направлено на развитие состояния спокойного разума, (успокоения сознания), ведущему к состоянию Ниббаны.
С тех пор один из его лучших учеников Мать Саямаджи продолжает его традиции. За ее спиной более 50 лет преподавания и Международные Медитационные центры по всему миру.
International fellowship which conducts Buddhist educational projects.
