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Find out all the latest news from the Centre, and read articles written by our teachers.

• To the mountains….. WLBC’s Centre Manager invited for Ordination

  Published on Oct 23rd 2018, in Blog

  

  Hanka Dilley, our Centre Manager, has been invited to take part in a three month ordination retreat next year in the mountains of Spain. Here you can listen to her talking with others in the Centre team about what it was like to get the invitation letter, and what joining the Triratna Buddhist Order means to her at this important milestone in the ordination training process.

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• What’s the ‘big deal’ about mindfulness?

  Published on Oct 17th 2018, in Blog

  

  Ahead of the Mindfulness for Stress course starting next week and the mindfulness refresher session this Saturday, we interview Sophie Crocker, WLBC’s Mindfulness Coordinator, who shares with us her personal take on secular mindfulness and the surprising ways it can influence your life as a Dharma practitioner.

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• Parting words from Ratnaprabha

  Published on Oct 5th 2018, in Blog , by Ratnaprabha

  

    Dear sangha This is Ratnaprabha, waving as I vanish behind Primrose Hill on my way to the North London Buddhist Centre on the Holloway Road, having completed ten fascinating…

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• New departures in impermanence

  Published on Sep 20th 2018, in Blog , by Bodhilila

  

  Bodhilila shares her appreciation of Ratnaprabha as he approaches his last Sangha Night at WLBC on 2 October, and reflects on all the new meetings and partings happening this year…

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• Pioneering spirit

  Published on Sep 6th 2018, in Blog , by Hanka Dilley

  

  Hanka Dilley, WLBC’s Centre Manager, shares some personal reflections, prompted by the approach of autumn, on the journey that led her to working at the Centre. Dear sangha Walking through…

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• What’s in a name?

  Published on Aug 23rd 2018, in Blog

  

  Bodhilila writes about this week’s special Sangha Night to welcome back Vilasini from her recent ordination retreat, explaining the meaning of Vilasini’s new name and reflecting on her own experience of…

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• Bodhilila writes…

  Published on Aug 9th 2018, in Blog , by Bodhilila

  

  Dear sangha During the current heatwave I am really appreciating how cool it is in the Centre and particularly the fact that both our shrine rooms have air-conditioning, especially with…

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• Not just about silence…

  Published on Jul 6th 2018, in Blog , by Bodhilila

  

  Ever wondered why there’s a grand piano in the WLBC reception area? Bodhilila (Centre Chair) shares what it means to her personally, and how it embodies a particular vision for…

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