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LifeSkills Mindfulness (LSM) Courses
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Friday, 23 April 10 - 12:07 PM (GMT) By Chris Ward in General |
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Triple Gem Buddhist Foundation – LifeSkills Mindfulness (LSM) Courses Over more than thirty years there has been a growing ‘mindfulness’ meditation movement of which Jon Kabat-Zinn was an early pioneer. The practice of mindfulness is a core element of the teachings of the Buddha...
A day of practice at Amaravati
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Wednesday, 10 March 10 - 11:35 AM (GMT) By Alison Moore in Faith and Religion |
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Around 50 people gathered at the Retreat Centre at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery for the latest Day of Practice organised by the Amaravati Lay Buddhist Association (ALBA) last Saturday, 6th March 2010. The day was led by Alison Moore and focused on how the Buddha’s teachings reveal themselve...
The God Survey: a noun, a verb, or what?
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Monday, 08 March 10 - 10:24 AM (GMT) By TG Staff in Faith and Religion |
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The William Temple Foundation (www.wtf.org.uk ) recently circulated a questionnaire to a range of faiths including Buddhists. On attempting to complete the questionnaire, many found that the questions made assumptions which rendered it difficult or impossible to answer from a Buddhist perspectiv...
Sally Masheder and the NBO
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Wednesday, 03 February 10 - 10:30 AM (GMT) By Chris Ward in Faith and Religion |
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Sally Masheder had been the secretary of the Network of Buddhist Organisations (NBO) for many years prior to her recent illness and death. (A report of her memorial celebration can be read here ). Her loss has given heightened urgency to a project to consider how the NBO can better fulfill the ro...
Helping Children - The Rahula Trust
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Thursday, 21 January 10 - 09:49 AM (GMT) By Chris Ward in Education |
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There are a lot of charities run by Buddhists. Often they are run on a shoe-string with little publicity. One that I am personally aware of, and that does good work, is the Rahula Trust. From its website the Rahula Trust explains what it does: 'The Rahula Trust--a fully-registered charity in the...
New Faith Advisors Announced - but no Buddhists
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Monday, 11 January 10 - 03:56 PM (GMT) By Chris Ward in Politics and economy |
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Appointment of new faith advisers by John Denham The Communities Secretary announced on the 6th Jan the appointment of thirteen faith advisors to a new faith adviser panel who will act as 'a 'sounding board' to advise on effective engagement with faith communities, and the impact of Communities a...
Meditation on Prescription
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Tuesday, 05 January 10 - 10:05 AM (GMT) By TG Staff in Health and therapy |
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In their new 'Be Mindful' report the Mental Health Foundation (MHF) is asking that meditation be made more readily available on prescription. Even though National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance for the NHS has recommended Mindfulness Based Cognitive Theray (MBCT) for recurrent ...
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