David Brazier at La Ville au Roi (Eleusis)2024-03-29T15:08:46Zhttps://eleusis.ning.com/group3/our-friends/forum/topics/feed/allSANGHA AMIDA (ESPANA)https://eleusis.ning.com/group3/our-friends/forum/topics/sangha-amida-espana2021-08-19T14:15:23.000Z2021-08-19T14:15:23.000ZDharmavidyahttps://eleusis.ning.com/members/Dharmavidya<div><div dir="ltr">
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<div>Sangha en español. Guiada por el Acharya Ganendra Óscar Martínez. En Vitoria, Pais Vasco, España y Online para todo el mundo. </div>
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<div>Seguimos el camino del Budismo Tierrapura, tal como es transmitido por Dharmavidya David Brazier. Nuestra práctica es una práctica abierta, enraizada en el Dharma. Nos reunimos presencialmente y online y a través de un grupo de Whatsapp. Tenemos también un programa de introducción al Budismo Tierrapura. Podéis escribirnos a <a target="_blank">amidasangha@gmail.com</a>. <a href="https://amidasanghablog.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">https://amidasanghablog.wordpress.com</a></div>
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<div>Namo Amida Bu</div>
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<div><span style="font-size:12pt;">Es la sangha que sigue las enseñanzas y el acompañamiento del maestro zen Rafael Redondo. Rafael practica y enseña una espiritualidad abierta siguiendo el espíritu del zen. Se reúnen en su zendo de Bilbao. <a href="http://www.iparhaizea.es/" target="_blank">http://www.iparhaizea.es</a></span></div>
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<div>Founded by Will Holcomb and Carol Corey</div>
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<div>A meditation practice group dedicated to the teachings of the founder of the Soto Zen tradition, Dogen Zenji, and to the expression of Buddhist principles through speech and action in the wider community.</div>
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<div>Services are held via Zoom every Saturday beginning at <strong>11am Central Standard Time/6pm Rome time. </strong> Visit the website for more information and the Zoom link.</div>
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<div><span style="font-size:12pt;">Il Gruppo Italiano è uno spazio di condivisione e di pratica. Ci incontriamo ogni due settimane sulla piattaforma zoom per la pratica del nembutsu e per la meditazione. E' un piccolo gruppo di persone che vivono in città diverse, che si è formato durante il primo lockdown tra alcune di noi che avevamo in comune l'amicizia e gli insegnamenti di Dharmavidya. Siamo impegnati nel percorso spirituale come parte della nostra vita. In questo spazio di condivisione abbiamo avuto modo di conoscerci meglio e si è creata una certa intimità nel gruppo che è di supporto alle nostre vite quotidiane.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:12pt;">Informazione: Jisshas <<a href="mailto:jisshas@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">jisshas@googlegroups.com</a>></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em>The Italian meeting is a space for sharing and practice. Every fortnight we meet for the practice of nembutsu and meditation. It is a small group of people who live in different cities, it was formed during the lockdown and as a result of the common friendship of some of us with Dharmavidya following his teachings. We are involved in the spiritual path as part of our lives. In this sharing space we have had the opportunity to know each other better and a certain intimacy has been created and it is supportive of each other in the personal experiences of daily life. </em></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em>Contact can be made via Jisshas <<a href="mailto:jisshas@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">jisshas@googlegroups.com</a>></em></span></div>
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<p><font color="#111111"><font face="inherit"><font>Henk Goossens is zenleraar. Vanaf 1976 praktiseert hij de beoefening van zen en de toepassing daarvan in zijn werk en het dagelijks leven.</font></font></font></p>
<p><font color="#111111"><font face="inherit"><font>Zen Centrum Den Bosch is the home of the Metta Sangha. The Metta Sangha has a zendo in the city centre where there are meetings several times per week and longer courses. They also organise serveral sesshins each year.The Metta Sangha is my home sangha in Holland. Henk Goossens and Anja Fonck are the founders and leaders of Zen Centrum Den Bosch.</font></font></font></p>
<p><font color="#111111"><font face="inherit"><font>Henk Goossens is the Zen teacher. He has been practising Zen meditation in his work and daily life since 1976.</font></font></font></p>
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<p>You can see key documents relevant to Amida Shu <a href="http://eleusis.ning.com/group/buddhism/page/important-amida-shu-documents" target="_self">here</a>.</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1148761124?profile=original"><img width="300" class="align-right" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1148761124?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="300"/></a><strong>The Amida School: Doctrine & Mission</strong><br/> 1. The Amida Shu is a form of original Buddhism, affirming the trikaya nature of Buddha, the bombu nature of the adherent and the primacy of taking refuge, especially by reciting the nembutsu, among Buddhist practices.<br/> 2. The Amida Shu is a sangha, understood to be a communion of persons practising faith in Amida, Buddha, Dharma, Sangha and Pure Land.<br/> 3. The Amida Shu is led by the Amida Order. The Amida Order is a fellowship of immediate and descendent disciples of its teacher, head and founder.<br/> 4. The Amida Order consists of members of Amida Shu who take responsibility for the practical and spiritual affairs of the community, offer spiritual example and leadership, and practise humility and co-operation, under authority when appropriate, following the guiding power of all Buddhas, and especially of Buddha Amida, the Buddha of all acceptance, in whose vows we place our faith.<br/> 5. In the Amida Shu there is to be no discrimination on the basis of sex, race, age, sexual orientation or worldly status except as is necessary to protect the young and vulnerable.<br/> 6. The Amida Shu recognises the value of all Buddhist canonical texts and commentaries, regards none as infallible, and gives special attention to the Three Pure Land Sutras, together with the Lotus and Pratyutpanna Samadhi Sutras.<br/> 7. Ethics:<br/> (a) The Amida Shu respects the Buddhist ethical tradition and applies it to society as well as to the individual. The social stance of Amida Shu is set out in the document “Amida Shu: Social and Religious Manifesto”. (b) Members of Amida Shu are encouraged to follow lifestyles compatible with these ideals and aims. We hold to the vision of the Pure Land here and hereafter. (c) Meat, alcohol, weapons and non-medical mind-altering drugs shall not be allowed in premises under the control of the Amida Shu, nor in any meeting or event over which Amida Shu has control or jurisdiction.<br/> 8. The Amida Shu reveres Amida Buddha, Shakyamuni Buddha, Maitreya Buddha and all Buddhas of wisdom and compassion together with Quan Shi Yin, Tai Shi Chi and all the other great bodhisattva saviours and exemplars.<br/> 9. The Amida Shu honours all Buddhist sages and ancestors of all schools and particularly reveres the sages Shan Tao and Honen, their teachers and disciples.<br/> 10. Mission: The mission of the Amida Shu is to foster Buddhist faith and its application for the spiritual, social, psychological and practical benefit of all sentient beings, individually and collectively, past, present and future, here and hereafter.<br/> 11. Within the Amida School there is established the Order of Amida Buddha, also termed the Amida Order for short. All members of the Order are members of the Shu. Where membership of the Shu is a declaration of and commitment to faith and practice, membership of the Order is a commitment, lifelong in intent, to mutual support of other Order members through the vicissitudes of life that the Order may collectively serve the School and its mission. Shu members are practitioners and faith followers. Order members are Shu members who take responsibility for organising and conducting the affairs of the Amida community.</p>
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<p>ITZI is an alliance of trainers, centres and other people involved in promoting Buddhist Psychology. It is not confined to any one school of Buddhism. A branch of ITZI is the Amida Academy which offers distance learning courses. ITZI has sponsored on-going attendance training programmes in Korea, Peru and Spain and shorter course programmes in Belgium, Netherlands, Chile, Argentina, UK, USA, Canada and elsewhere. ITZI held its first international conference in Madrid in Spain in 2015 and has since held conferences in Netherlands and in Belgium.</p>
<p>Under the rubric of IBAP (Institute for Buddhist Analysis and Psychotherapy) the institute also offers individual and group psychotherapy supervision.</p>
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<p>Having taken care of the Amida sangha in Newcastle upon Tyne from 2001 until the end of last year, following Dharmavidya's move south, I have now moved to Scotland - and Kuvalaya leads the sangha in the NE of England.</p>
<p>I have a shrine room in my home and we have had three meetings so far. It's a delight to offer Pureland teachings and practice here. I look forward to our sangha growing and our activities expanding. Here is <a href="http://lotusinthemud.typepad.com/amida_scotland/" target="_blank">our website.</a></p>
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<p>Racines de la Presence is a project for spiritual aid and accompaniment (accompagnement & relation d’aide spirituelle) based upon the work and teachings of Hélène Lémery, who is known in Buddhist circles as Lama Wangmo. The project is based near the village of Saint-Martin-Lestra in South East France. Lama Wangmo is a close friend of ours.</p></div>OASIS DE LONGUE VIE Cher, Francehttps://eleusis.ning.com/group3/our-friends/forum/topics/oasis-de-longue-vie2015-12-04T17:03:24.000Z2015-12-04T17:03:24.000ZDharmavidyahttps://eleusis.ning.com/members/Dharmavidya<div><p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1148752125?profile=original"><img width="280" class="align-left" style="padding: 3px;" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1148752125?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="280"/></a><a href="http://www.yogi-ling.net/Oasis/oasisdelonguevie.htm" target="_blank">http://www.yogi-ling.net/Oasis/oasisdelonguevie.htm</a></p>
<p>Oasis de Longue Vie is a residence for persons of Buddhist faith in later years of life. In effect, the Oasis group are our neighbours, being situated only a couple of villages away from La Ville au Roi (Eleusis) in Cher in France. We are frequent visitors to each other and share much time and activity.</p>
<p>Le projet est de créer un lieu pouvant accueillir des personnes, pratiquantes du dharma, dont la motivation est de se retrouver dans un cadre favorable à la préparation spirituelle de leur vieillesse et de la mort.</p>
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