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The Bodhi Retreat at The Buddhist House
December 2, 2009 to December 9, 2009
The Bodhi Retreat is held in commemoration of the Enlightenment of Shakyamuni and the founding of the Buddhist tradition. Always the most important and exuberant event in the Amida annual calendar, the Bodhi Retreat has grown in significance as ...
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I am very happy to learn online courses of Buddhism..I wish if people on my institution could be members of amida society. I will try my level best to convince them to be part of Amida society and go through the courses. Namo Amida
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The Bodhi Retreat at The Buddhist House
December 2, 2009 to December 9, 2009
The Bodhi Retreat is held in commemoration of the Enlightenment of Shakyamuni and the founding of the Buddhist tradition. Always the most important and exuberant event in the Amida annual calendar, the Bodhi Retreat has grown in significance as ...
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About Me:
I am Akunin
Amida Membership
Ordained Member of the Amida Order
Faith Background & Affiliation
Amida Pureland Buddhist
Occupation or Primary Activity
Priest (Novice Amitarya)
What is your interest in Amida Trust
Everything.
What country are you living in?
UK
What is the nearest town to where you live? If in UK, please give first half of your postcode. Thank you.
Liecester
Are you a member of an Amida group/Congregation
Leicester
Have you visited
The Buddhist House, Amida London, Amida France, Amida Delhi
What can you offer to other members of this network?
A place to stay, Travelling companion, Guide, Expertise
What other interests do you have, eg Arts, Gardening and so on.
Pandramatics, other dramatic arts, poetry, writing,
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Freshers Fair at Leicester college

Just returned from the Freshers Fair at Leicester College. Was very busy this morning, but much quieter this afternoon. In terms of people I mean, the noise levels were just as high from the huge sound system at the end of the sports hall, just behind the bucking bronco...

I was there as part of the multi-faith chaplaincy team, we've got a few pages of names of people interested in multi-faith discussion, and said hello to a lot more.

Even if those don't translate into big numbers at events, i… Continue

Posted on September 16, 2009 at 3:14pm —

Kaspalita

Is cooking boring?

From one of the myriad web commenters in today's online guardian

The film Julie & Julia will, I hope, knock cookery off the pedestal it has acquired of being a pastime, a hobby or primarily an enjoyable activity. Cooking is, in fact, characterised by duty, boredom, bossiness and chaos;


Well - this whole piece is disheartening really, and I have to d… Continue

Posted on September 3, 2009 at 6:53pm —

Kaspalita

What does Practical Theology mean to a Buddhist?

Next Monday is the first day of the MTh (Masters in Theology) in Chaplaincy course that I'm taking, and Prasada is becoming an adviser for. The first module, which we'll be having some lecture on next week is 'Practical Theology'.

Practical Theology is a Christian discipline that began back in the 18th C. in Germany, a Theologian called Schleiermacher working in a research university wanted to add another strand to the 'encyclopedia of theology' he called it practical theology, for developing '… Continue

Posted on September 2, 2009 at 9:30am —

Kaspalita

Namo Amida Bu

It's quiet here in The Buddhist House this morning, Susthama and Catherine have gone away for the week, and most of the others have gone out this morning. I'm full of cold,and trying not to procrastinate too much - I wanted to be studying for the Chaplaincy course next week, I've got a pot of coffee and all my books stacked up next to me - so it must be time to begin.

I wanted to mention the Sutra Study class we had last night, with the Bank holiday I wasn't sure how many people would show up,… Continue

Posted on September 1, 2009 at 10:43am — 2 Comments

Kaspalita

Sunday service at The Buddhist House

We had three new people for Sunday service this afternoon, which was lovely, and three old friends, plus Sudhana and myself. I was, a little unexpectedly, taking the service so I hadn't really prepared anything. And one of the new people had expressed some fears about not knowing what to expect in the service, and the other couple looked a little nervous as well - so I tried to explain all the different bits as we went along. What those funny words are that we are chanting, what they actually me… Continue

Posted on August 30, 2009 at 7:30pm — 3 Comments

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At 11:06pm on November 17, 2009, Ant said…
How's things are u well prepared for the marathon nembutsu session ? Hope things are good and will be in touch soon if your not too busy metta ant
At 10:33pm on November 16, 2009, Freya M said…
Thanks Kaspa - one lives and learns even at my age. I did try it when I read your message - it said you, and then Simon, were online, but my messages got no response so I abandoned it, but it's good to know about it. Namo Amida Bu.
At 10:57pm on November 15, 2009, Tara said…
Dear Kaspa, thank you for a very lovely weekend. It was stirring, informative, deeply moving and hilariously funny ;-) It is a blessing to be part of the community for a brief time and to learn more about pureland practice. Your gentle leadership brings a special quality. namo amida bu
At 7:21pm on November 14, 2009, John the Hat said…
Ha haaaa, haa haa haaaaaaaa.
yes, I see what you mean now, but she said nothing about the black suspenders and fishnets. I'm not really fussed, though, fishnets or not. Being forwarned, it's easy enough to ignore, just like the African Heads of State, who want to put millions through my bank account. I would have suspected, though, that all of this stuff, would be of more concern to Amida, or any group who may think their site is being brought into disrepute. In which case, is there not a way to stop notice that messages from programmes, have been posted. Or maybe to stop programmes getting membership in the first place ? Sorry if these look like suggestions to an egg sucking Granny. If you want to ignore this post. I won't be offended
At 11:39pm on November 13, 2009, John the Hat said…
P.S. I don't have anything in my spam folder, as I disabled it months ago, to see what would happen. Nowt did, other than the cessation of the annoyance where innocent, and sometimes important stuff, would get shunted into it, and ignored. I went through a phase, about 6 months ago, where obvious trickery, alledgedly from African Heads of State, etc, were offering to make me rich. I just ignored them. With Yahoo, the Inbox storage is limitless, anyway. Now, there's no spam, no spam filter, and no problem
At 11:13pm on November 13, 2009, John the Hat said…
Ahhhhhhhhh, it looks, now, like my ignorance / naievety of such matters could have got me into a little bother, without your / Rachel's intervention, .................... Your insight now leaves my Anarchist inards rumbling, and perplexed, though. I suppose I could just revert to the position that I have, when acting in defence of a potential victim, without his / her permission, ( babies, cats, dogs etc). That's where I say it's not the just the person the bigger brother tries to defend. If it's the person's autonomy; then, mistaken or not the outcome of the intervention will involve learning, and therefore progress.
I can accept that the your apparently wise intervention has defended my freedom
Does this seem pedantic ? Usually I find such attention to detail unnecessary. But every so often, when I find a principle I've invested a lot of faith in being challenged, I have to dissect it, to see if it really has deceased
At 4:46pm on November 10, 2009, Ratnacitta said…
Hi there.......bravo for your continued energetic work in the Amida sangha.....Here is a lovely sutta for you.......Love,Ratanacitta Karuna Metta Sutta.docx
At 5:22pm on November 9, 2009, Ant said…
Dear Kaspa Thanks very much for the welcome very open and friendly site will have to phone through at some point as I said I would and the first conversation was very helpful it's nice to have the contact with fellow pure landers ! Namo Amida Bu
At 3:56pm on October 25, 2009, Sus said…
Dear Kapalita;

How are you ?
I have to tell you something new.

As I strated in october in Brussels a new schoolyear of 'inversion of the ressenti (french word) through the tonico-emotional dialogue of the body", I got also new dates for the following monthes. So in december I cannot go to the chanting happening becauce on the same weekend we are working in Brussels.

But what I certenly will do in 2010 , in springtime, to go to Amida France.
I have a verry good souvenier of my last visit there thsi year and i will do it again next year. The combination of working, singing and praying together, got me a ver good feeling.
So I hope to see you there again.

Greatings for David ans Sumaya and Zeezee.

And a warm hug for you, Kaspalita.

Take care for yourself, brother !

Sus
At 1:27pm on October 16, 2009, Teresa Bryant said…
Hi Kaspalita,

Yes, Adobe Flash fixed the problem. Thanks. By the way I enjoyed the group talk on Culturally Engaged Buddhism. It feels much more personal now that I have met most of you.

namo amida bu,

Teresa
 
 

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