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Part of the urban retreat. Starting NOW!

A personal, moving short talk by Upekshadaka about his own struggles to practice loving kindness ('metta') towards himself and others. Evoking his work and his relationship with his father, we get a clearly felt sense of how vital and rewarding this meditation can be. Radical change as part of the everyday of our lives...

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Here’s a beautiful recording of the Karaniya Metta Sutta, the classic Buddhist source-text for Metta, or Loving-Kindness - and the theme of the upcoming Triratna Urban Retreat. It was chanted in Pali by Joe Richardson at the end of Triratna’s 2012 International Retreat, as the Buddhafield team gathered under canvas at the end of the retreat. We've remastered it here and are reposting the improved audio to mark the Urban Retreat and, well, because it's lovely!

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Natalie Willmer, from the Auckland Buddhist Centre in New Zealand, with a short talk on the metta sutta – an ancient Pali text that contains some of the Buddha’s words and teaching on metta (loving-kindness). Natalie describes her response to first coming across these words of the Buddha; some of them inspired her, but some of them raised questions…

This is the first of a short series of 10-minute talks from different practitioners from around the world that we’ll be posting in the run-up to the urban retreat that starts next Saturday, November 9th.

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Vajragupta talks about the possibilities for connection when people all around the world are practising kindness together, evoking the radically transformative nature of community and of love.

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Triratna Buddhist Centres across the world will be running the urban retreat in the same week as the online event... How does the online urban retreat fit with what is happening locally? This is a three-and-a-half minute talk from Vajragupta on how the two can complement each other...

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Vajragupta introduces the Triratna Urban Retreat 2013 on the theme of loving kindness - 'Blazing Like the Sun'. The Buddha spoke of it like this:

"Loving kindness,

Loving kindness ('metta') is a quality that can be cultivated towards yourself and others as a new way to respond to the ups and downs of everyday life. Each day we'll go further into this quietly beautiful, radical practice.

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Vajragupta introduces the meditation aspect of the Triratna Urban Retreat 2013 on the theme of loving kindness - 'Blazing Like the Sun'. The Buddha spoke of it like this:

"Loving kindness,

Loving kindness ('metta') is a quality that can be cultivated towards yourself and others as a new way to respond to the ups and downs of everyday life. Each day we'll go further into this quietly beautiful, radical practice.

Join us for the Urban Retreat online, November 9-17! thebuddhistcentre.com/urbanretreat

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This is a recording of the Transference Of Merit and Self-Surrender recited in many languages, as used in the Sevenfold Puja of the Triratna Buddhist Order. In order the languages are English, Dutch, German, Swedish, Welsh, French, Spanish, Polish, Russian, Estonian, and Danish - each read or recited by the Chair or other representative of that Buddhist Centre, sometimes in a small group.

It was recorded on the European Chairs Assembly - the first event held at Triratna’s new retreat centre Adhisthana - in August 2013.

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