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Thanks for your interest in the 2011 International Urban Retreat and our course on 'Sailing the Worldly Winds'. The retreat's now over and this space has been archived for all to use - see below to view all course materials and most posts by members of the retreat team. Please note that some access is reserved for retreat participants only (personal posts and comments). If you took part, you’ll still be able to log in and review the whole retreat at any time.

We wish you all success in your practice - and we look forward to sharing spaces like this again in future. Please feel free to get in touch if you have any feedback or questions.

lokabandhu

Online Dana Bowl

We’ve created an online ‘dana’ bowl for contributions to help support Candradasa’s team at Dharmachakra, who will be hard at work continuing to develop this exciting new space for the whole Triratna Buddhist Community. Thanks to their generous efforts, we were very happy to be able to offer the retreat for free to all who wanted to take part. If you would like to support the work they’ll be doing for us it will help them get the next stages ready, and help us plan the next Urban Retreat and other online courses.

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Kavyasiddhi

Lying down together - and body scan meditations

Why it’s really good to lie down, and do a body scan meditation together in the morning. My last video blog for this retreat, hope you've enjoyed them...

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Vajragupta

Exercises, reflections, and closing ceremony for the last day - and beyond...

Well done! You’ve almost completed the urban retreat. On this last day there’s an opportunity for you to review how it went, what we learnt, and what you’d like to carry through into the future.

Hopefully you’ve discovered that although you can’t avoid the worldly winds, you can learn from them, and see them as opportunities rather than obstacles. As William Blake wrote:

Man was made for Joy & Woe;
And when this we rightly know
Thro’ the world we safely go.
Joy & Woe are woven fine,
A Clothing for the soul Divine;
Under every grief and pine
Runs a joy with silken twine.

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Yashosagar

Sailing the Worldly Winds in India

Yashosagar - The Worldly Winds, International Urban Retreat 2011 by thebuddhistcentre

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Kavyasiddhi

'The Way It Is', by William Stafford

Some reflections from me on 'The Way It Is', a poem by William Stafford: holding onto an unseen thread, and not letting go. I end with a rendering of a verse from the Dhammapada, by Thomas Byrom.

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Kavyasiddhi

Expectation, experiences and reality (and smiley faces!)

Checking whether our expectations and experiences are in line with reality – using smiley faces!

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Yashosagar

Sailing the Worldly Winds - in India

Hello, I am Yashosagar from Triratna's ordination team in Pune (Maharashtra, India). I am speaking about how practising Dhamma has helped me respond more creatively to the worldly winds. I am happy my talk is released today Friday 14th October, the anniversary of Dr Ambedkar's famous conversion to Buddhism. There is a small fundraising appeal from us at the end. Thank you.

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Kavyasiddhi

A very pertinent sailing story...

A very pertinent sailing story, on the importance of finding a haven, to take refuge in when the storms come! Check back later today for another from me...