Meditation posture, mindfulness of breathing and ‘metta bhavana’ meditations

Venue: Quaker Meeting House, 98-100 Crown Street

Date: Saturday 31st of August, 10:00 to 13:00

Cost: by donation

05 Sep        Khemaka – Feelings

12               Ian – How I Came To Buddhism

19               Meditation and reading by Thilini

26               Julian – Death of a Cat

03 Oct        Alan – Self and Non Self

10               Nigel – Metta Bhavana

17               Khemaka – Elements

24               Double meditation

31               Mhairi – subject to be confirmed

07 Nov       Nigel – The Breath

14               James – Practicing the Four Contemplations

21               Dan – Buddhist Global Relief

28               Sangha Day Festival

05 Dec        Julian – Being Peaceful, Peacefully

12               Alan – Deceit and Self Deception

19               Double meditation

26               Closed

The Thai Buddhist community in Aberdeen is working towards building a temple and have started a programme of events. You can read their new website here.

The Wednesday evening meeting is back from its summer break, starting again on the 22nd of August. The first two meetings will be:

22/8/12 – Introduction to meditation – Alan
29/8/12 – Working in meditation – Nigel

The September-December programme isn’t quite ready yet, but will be kicking off with a talk by Khemaka on the 5th.

Our Sunday study group is going on to a new book, making it a good time to join if you’re interested. It’s open to all members of the group – the only requirement is that you have read the chapter that we are discussing. The next meeting will be on the 30th of October and we usually meet every two weeks after that.

The book is ‘In the Buddha’s Words’ by Bhikkhu Bodhi. It’s a selection of writings from the Pali Canon, grouped together by subject and given a short introduction in each chapter, building up to a comprehensive picture of the teachings.

The book is available from Wisdom Books.