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New links: recommended books, and LGBT resources
Saturday, January 05, 2013
We’ve added more links to lists of books suggested by insight teachers and retreat centres. We’ve also added a short listing of some Buddhist resources you may find useful if you are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered.
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Thank you!
Sunday, December 23, 2012
With the year drawing to an end,we would like to thank everyone who has taken part in our events in 2012. Teachers often comment on the stillness and dedication apparent during meditation at our day retreats. They also remark on the liveliness, thoughtfulness and sincerity of the Q&A and discussion sessions at our events. So many thanks to everyone who has attended and helped create that beautiful, focussed and often adventurous atmosphere.
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Three Buddhist Christmas messages
Saturday, December 22, 2012
What can Christmas mean to someone who is a Buddhist, or at least finds enormous value in Buddhist practices such as insight meditation? Please read on for links to messages from Thich Nhat Hanh, the Secular Buddhist, and Tricycle magazine.
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London talks by Rob, Christina, and Bob Doppelt now online
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Buddhism began in an oral culture. Even today, there can be advantages to listening to, rather than reading, the insights of others. And with so many talks and guided meditations online, the opportunities to listen are greater than ever.
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Buddhism, war crimes and human rights abuses
Saturday, December 08, 2012
This year, a United Nations report found evidence of war crimes in Sri Lanka committed by both the Buddhist government’s armed forces and Hindu Tamil rebels.(1) Many Buddhist monks have supported their government’s actions, for instance opposing investigations into alleged war crimes.(2) Buddhism has a long history of promoting peace. It also, paradoxically, has a long history of collusion and even active involvement in war crimes and human rights abuses.
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2013 preview part 2
Saturday, December 01, 2012
In the second part of our preview of visiting teachers and new events for 2013, we highlight events for next autumn with Noah Levine and Pablo Das, Yanai Postelnik, Leigh Brasington, and John Peacock and Chris Cullen.
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Visiting teachers and new events for 2013
Thursday, November 29, 2012
As well as our regular teachers, we are very happy to be welcoming Brad Richecoeur, Sharon Salzberg, Noah Levine, Pablo Das and Leigh Brasington in 2013. We are offering a qigong and meditation day, events for young people and for teachers of mindfulness-based therapies, and an introduction to jhana (concentration) practice.
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Skillful responses to pain during meditation
Thursday, November 22, 2012
This week members of the Central London Sitting Group spent a session comparing notes on useful responses to physical pain in formal meditation. Please read on to see the whole list. There are a number of common themes here, but it was very apparent at the group that subtly different approaches – or different language – work for different people. And of course, as ever in meditation, different approaches are useful at different times.
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London Insight 2013 programme now online
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
You can now see what’s in our 2013 programme, and booking is open for all events. We hope you will find retreats, workshops, courses or study days here that will be meaningful to you, that will inspire and inform, and that will help you to create your own path of practice and exploration.
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Combatants for Peace
Monday, November 19, 2012
During her recent weekend in London teaching metta and compassion meditation, Christina Feldman spoke eloquently about Combatants for Peace. This group comprises Israeli and Palestinian ex-combatants who have renounced violence and now campaign for a just and nonviolent end to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
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Gaia House 2013 programme now online
Saturday, November 03, 2012
Gaia House’s programme of residential retreats for 2013 is now available to book and view online. All their regular teachers are offering retreats, while Sharda Rogell, Noah Levine and Pablo Das, Leigh Brasington and Gregory Kramer will be visiting from North America.
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News from Gaia House’s sponsored all-night sit
Saturday, October 27, 2012
On 20th October 2012, meditators at Gaia House and in Brighton undertook a sponsored all-night sit, raising money for people in West Africa, where serious food shortages continue to affect millions. As of Saturday 27th, £1793.00 has been raised in sponsorship. Mark Øvland, Gaia House Coordinator, sends news of the sit.
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Do we need to read the original Buddhist texts?
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
It’s perfectly possible to go very deep indeed into meditation and other forms of practice without knowing the traditional texts. But if you do feel curious about them, they can be an amazing source of inspiration and insight. It’s good to approach them in the company of a reliable guide, and we recommend John Peacock, who is leading a study day for us on 3rd November, as one of the very best.
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Ageing with wisdom: a day retreat with Yanai Postelnik
Monday, October 15, 2012
On Sunday 2nd December Insightful Ageing - a thriving and ground-breaking group affiliated with London Insight - is organising a day retreat led by Yanai Postelnik. It’s called “Ageing with wisdom: a gradual letting go” and attendance is open to people of all ages.
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Sitting all night - for Africa
Sunday, October 14, 2012
This Saturday, 20th October, meditators at Gaia House and in Brighton will be sitting all night in order to raise funds to address the huge food shortages currently affecting West Africa. Money raised will go to Oxfam, who are aiming to provide emergency support to 1.8 million of the hardest-hit people in an area where up to ten times that number face some degree of food shortage.
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