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Friends of Amida is for members of and people interested in the Amida Trust, a UK based charity that supports the work of Amida-shu.
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Saturday
September 5, 2009 at 10am to March 31, 2010 at 7pm – UK and overseas
Friday
November 13, 2009 at 6pm to November 15, 2009 at 4pm – The Buddhist House
Sunday
November 15, 2009 from 9:30am to 6pm – Amida london
Saturday
November 21, 2009 at 8am to November 22, 2009 at 4pm – The Buddhist House
Sunday
November 22, 2009 from 10am to 4pm – Amida London
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| START CHANTING The basic practice of Pureland is to chant the nembutsu, usually in the form, Namo Amida Bu the invocation of the unconditional love of Amida Buddha. Start straight away. No special intellectual understanding is needed. |
| ASK FOR A MENTOR Ask Susthama to put you in touch with one of the members of the Amida Order. E-mail susthama@amidatrust.com | FIND PEOPLE IN YOUR AREA Consult the listing in the left margin of this page. If you would like help in setting up local events or a local group, get in touch. |
| VISIT THE BUDDHIST HOUSE The Buddhist House is in Narborough in the middle of England, 100 miles north of London. | FIND BOOKS WRITTEN BY MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY Go to Members Books |
| INVITE AMIDA TEACHERS We do our best to go wherever we are invited so long as enough events and activity are generated to pay the travel costs. If you would like to organise a visit to your country or region e-mail Dharmavidya directly. | SUPPORT AMIDA TRUST Use the Paypal facility on this page to make a donation and become a member of Amida-kai (Amida support association). We try to do as much as we can all around the world for free if at all possible, and this means that your support goes a looooooong way. |
| STUDY BUDDHIST MINISTRY Follow the Vow 22 Buddhist Theology programme on-line. | CHANGE YOUR LIFE COMPLETELY Train. Volunteer. Join a community. Follow a Buddhist vocation. Everything is possible - enquire. |
| THIS SUMMER'S TALKS Here are a series of Dharma Talks from this summer's teaching programme held in Amida France. There is also a group that you can join for further discussion: Click here to join the Summer Teachings Group Lecture one: Faith and Ethics Lecture two: The Three Pillars; Sila, Samadhi and Prajna Lecture three: Pureland ethics: Insight and Ethics Lecture five: Morals vs Codified Ethics |
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Read the current and past editions of Running Tide online on Friends of AmidaPosted by Sujatin on November 9, 2009 at 11:11am — 3 Comments
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Hello! I would like to hear your thoughts about a situation I encountered a few years ago at a sangha meeting. At this twice monthly meeting, which takes the format of sitting meditation/walking me...
Started by Lisa McCann in Buddhist Psychology, Education & Pastoral Care. Last reply by Amy Frank Nov 7.
Havent been here for a while perhapes you would like to come in and say hello a place for disscussing the dharma is always nice and such a place is available with growing membership, it would be ni...
Started by Caz namyaw in Buddhist Teaching. Last reply by Robert McCarthy Nov 3.
A newspaper article yesterday caught my eye. It was about a family who are planning for the next year, as an art project, to anonymously leave gifts for those they felt were in need.Reminds me of A...
Tagged: compassion, kindness, giving
Started by Peter Davies in Social, Political & Economic Issues. Last reply by Katrien Sercu Oct 20.
happy diwali fistival and happy new years to all members.and also good wishes to you and your family member. thanking you and jay swami narayan.
Started by jansari dayaram in Uncategorized Oct 18.
Greeting to all ~ As each day passes I feel very fortunate to have the awareness of my Buddhist Precepts. I have been sharing my time at a local Pure Land Zen Center (http://www.buddhistedu.org/en/...
Started by Konchog AlTorres in Amida Trust & Amida-shu Development. Last reply by Kaspalita Oct 4.
I find it frustrating that I (and I believe others) can tune in to feelings of frustrations and anger a lot more easily than love and affection. That is in spite of the fact that I know I always fe...
Started by Peter Davies in Uncategorized. Last reply by Dharmavidya Aug 10.
What is your perspective on the recent growth of Mindfulness Based Psychotherapy. Is it valid to use Buddhist techniques therapeutically? Is to do so undermining of Buddhism per se?: The patient s...
Tagged: meditation, buddhism, therapy
Started by Sujatin in Buddhist Psychology, Education & Pastoral Care. Last reply by majid khan Aug 3.
Greeting to all ~ As each day passes I feel very fortunate to have the awareness of my Buddhist Precepts. I have been sharing my time at a local Pure Land Zen Center (http://www.buddhistedu.org/en/...
Started by Konchog AlTorres in Amida Trust & Amida-shu Development Jul 24.
I was asked... "namo amida bu. i hear of all these practices within the fold of pure land buddhism.but is it necessary to engage in anything other than namo amida bu ? what i know from Genku is to ...
Started by Dharmavidya in Buddhist Teaching. Last reply by Robert McCarthy Jun 30.
I knew next to nothing about pureland Buddhism before coming across this site and others like it. As I had begun reading “The Other Buddhism” by Caroline Brazier I decided to join to explore more. ...
Started by Richard in Buddhist Teaching. Last reply by Richard Jun 8.
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