Past Events (53)

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May 28, 2018
Monday
  • AMIDA SUMMER RETREAT IN ELEUSIS

  • May 28, 2018 to Jun 2, 2018
  • Location: Eleusis France
  • Description:

    All Shu members are this year invited to this big event in the Amida calendar, at the home of Dharmavidya, Head off the Amida Order, here in France. This retreat is an opportunity to enter more deeply into the Pure Land practice and the fundamental t

  • Created by: Vajrapala Lut Moerman
February 18, 2018
Sunday
  • EQUANIMITY

  • Feb 18, 2018 to Feb 19, 2018
  • Location: Sarabanda Dance Therapy Centre, Milano
  • Description:

    Day with David Brazier (English with Italian translation) on the theme of equanimity: balance, calm, inner and outer peace, drawing upon Buddhist psychology & Co-Zen practice.

  • Created by: Dharmavidya
January 12, 2018
Friday
  • THE ALCHEMY OF COUPLE RELATIONSHIPS

  • Jan 12, 2018 at 19:00 to Jan 14, 2018 at 17:00
  • Location: Centro di Mindfulness
  • Description:

    A weekend with David Brazier
    (English with Italian translation)

    Intimate encounter changes lives. It may also stabilise or wreck them. We are shaped, challenged, fulfilled, defeated, comforted, upset, and transformed by the strange chemistry of love.

  • Created by: Dharmavidya
December 6, 2017
Wednesday
  • Bodhi Day - Enlightenment of the Buddha

  • Dec 6, 2017 to Dec 12, 2017
  • Location: Houston, Texas USA
  • Description:

    On December 6-11 I will be commemorating and celebrating the enlightenment of the Buddha in Houston Texas USA visiting four prisons and spending time with Buddhist inmates.  On Sunday the 10th of December I will join with Myokei Shonin and the member

  • Created by: Ryusho Jeffus
November 3, 2017
Friday
  • MINDFULNESS TO HEARTFULNESS THE CO-ZEN WAY

  • Nov 3, 2017 to Nov 6, 2017
  • Location: Pais Vasco, Spain
  • Description:

    A weekend workshop in Spain with David Brazier

    Friday evening to Sunday afternoon. Venue to be announced.

    Life can get dulled by convention, routine and stress. Zen is fundamentally encounter: the kind that lifts one far beyond such dullness. Mindful

  • Created by: Dharmavidya
November 1, 2017
Wednesday
  • A DAY IN THE DHARMA

  • Nov 1, 2017 to Nov 2, 2017
  • Location: Pais Vasco, Spain
  • Description:

    Day meeting in Northern Spain with David Brazier

    The word Dharma signifies reality. Yet the reality pointed out by sages is not the hard “realities” of materialism. It is the dynamic flow of love, compassion, joy and peace that animates, heals, resto

  • Created by: Dharmavidya
December 8, 2016
Thursday
  • Belgium Amida Sangha Bodhi Retreat

  • Dec 8, 2016 to Dec 12, 2016
  • Location: Frasnes-lez-Buissenal
  • Description:

    The Bodhi retreat is the main retreat in the calendar of the Amida Order. Bodhi Day is December 8th the day in the East Asian calendar that marks the night of the Buddha Shakyamuni’s awakening.

    The retreat - for those who live in Belgium, France & the

  • Created by: Jnanamati
July 4, 2016
Monday
  • ADORNING A PURE LAND: POETRY & IMAGERY

  • Jul 4, 2016 to Jul 9, 2016
  • Location: La Ville au Roi (Eleusis)
  • Description:

    led by David Brazier & Jnanamati Williams

    A workshop of contemplation and creativity, sharing images  and words just for the sake of it, reflecting upon them, letting their voice and form penetrate deeper, following the thread of spirit and beauty. T

  • Created by: Dharmavidya
June 28, 2016
Tuesday
June 25, 2016
Saturday
  • AMIDA ORDER ANNUAL RETREAT

  • Jun 25, 2016 to Jun 27, 2016
  • Location: La Ville au Roi (Eleusis)
  • Description:

    The annual gathering of the international Order at Dharmavidya's home and hermitage, La Ville au Roi, in France. A time for reflection, intensive practice and meeting, providing the opportunity to consider our individual vocations and wider issues ef

  • Created by: Dharmavidya
June 18, 2016
Saturday
April 23, 2016
Saturday
  • Touching the Depths - Spiritual Encounters in Art Making

  • Apr 23, 2016 from 11:30 to 18:30
  • Location: Amida Mandala Buddhist Temple
  • Description:

    In this retreat we will use art making to explore and communicate our relationship to spirituality. It will also be the vehicle by which we encounter each other in a shared symbolic space. Whilst art making is a physical activity performed by our bod

  • Created by: Jnanamati
February 10, 2016
Wednesday
  • Fire Monkey New Year celebration

  • Feb 10, 2016 from 11:00 to 18:00
  • Location: Oasis de Longue Vie Givardon (Cher) France about 15km from Eleusis
  • Description:

    Lama Sherab Namdreul will come to Oasis of Long Life on February 10th to celebrate the Fire Monkey New year. All Oasis friends are welcome! For more information, please consulte our blog 123siteweb.fr/SeniorsduDharma or facebook: Oasis de Longue Vie

  • Created by: Tamuly Annette
June 29, 2015
Monday
  • Order Retreat - Order of Amida Buddha

  • Jun 29, 2015 to Jul 4, 2015
  • Location: Eleusis, France
  • Description:

    The bi-annual gathering of the international Order. A time for reflection, intensive practice and meeting, providing the opportunity to consider our individual vocations and wider issues effecting the Order internationally. Open to all Order members,

  • Created by: Jnanamati
June 28, 2015
Sunday
  • Amida Order Conclave

  • Jun 28, 2015 to Jun 29, 2015
  • Location: Eleusis, France
  • Description:

    Annual conclave for ordained members of the Amida Order. This event is where decisions regarding individual advancements and matters pertaining to the organisation of the Order and its activities takes place.

    Accommodation costs: €25-35 per night

    Booki

  • Created by: Jnanamati
June 22, 2015
Monday
  • Naikan Sesshin

  • Jun 22, 2015 to Jun 27, 2015
  • Location: Eleusis, France
  • Description:

    Naikan or Nei Quan is a practice of reflection originally developed in Japan. Many people are born, live and die without ever taking the opportunity to reflect deeply on how they are living their lives, although it is not uncommon that a significant

  • Created by: Jnanamati