We have been running Meditation courses and drop-in Buddhist Meditation classes and retreats in South Bristol for some years, and a small community of regular visitors and supporters has slowly grown up. This website has been designed to help everyone keep in touch, and let you know about our regular term-time Thursday evening classes and other retreats, events and meetings in South Bristol.
Click on the 3-Jewels opposite for news about the FWBO, the Buddhist organisation inspiring our classes in South Bristol.
As some of you may know, the FWBO is proposing a national Urban Retreat between 20th and 27th June 2009. An Urban Retreat is usually a week of meditation and study held in the City, rather than as usual in the countryside. Most people find it very difficult and challenging to maintain a practice in the City, so an Urban retreat is a good opportunity to go beyond these challenges and come together and actually meditate quite intensely for a period. Most people are quite surprised that meditating with others makes it much easier to establish or re-establish their Practice of Meditation, rather than trying to 'go it alone' while fitting it into busy daily routines? The commitment to practice regularly for a whole week while living in the City is a good incentive to show that it is possible to have a busy life style and also keep meditating.
We will be joining in with this Urban Retreat in South Bristol with these events:
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY DAY RETREATS ARE CANCELED.
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7.30am - 8.15am morning meditations from Monday 22nd - Friday 26th June at the Off-Centre Gallery or another Windmill Hill venue - free of charge. Please arrive just before 7.30am. See this website for directions. These are drop-in sessions, no need to book, but please arrive promptly just before 7.30am so you don't disturb others meditating!
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Saturday evening 20th - Meet at 7.0pm, then a quiet meditation together at 7.15pm, then evening supper and DVD about Milarepa. Venue at Achintya's home. Free of charge and open to regular visitors to our Thursday class. Only a few places left, please ring or email Achintya to book a place.
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Class as usual Thursday evening 25th June. Free of charge.
The meditation events are suitable for anyone you know who knows how to meditate or sit still in silence for 20 – 30 minutes.
Achintya
South Bristol Buddhist Meditation Classes
May 2009
OTHER RETREATS AND EVENTS IN 2009
Also, in 2009, we are running a Buddhist Vegan Cooking Weekend evening of 11th, 12th and 13th September. Please watch this website for more details being posted later in 2009.
NON-VIOLENT COMMUNICATION (NVC) COURSE FOR PARENTS IN 2009
In May and June, there will also be some NVC (Non-violent Communication) weekends for Parents. Details will be announced here. Please visit
http://seedofpeace.org for details of these Bristol NVC courses.
