Upcoming Online Events

Here are some of the events upcoming in the DBC. More will be added over time, so check back regularly.

Triratna Day Online – What the World Needs Now: Triratna’s Gift

Saturday 9th April 2022
11am – 1pm
Led by Members of the Triratna Buddhist Order

Triratna Day 2022 focuses on our community’s contribution to the world: a vision of truth, communicated in a culture of kalyana mitrata (spiritual friendship), for the benefit of all. The day will be an experience of that, especially of being part of a global network of friendships for the good.

There will be six events—meditation, talk, a ‘tea break’, an ‘India visit’, a seminar and a puja—hosted from Adhisthana, Berlin, and Nagpur. Translation will be available for some sessions.

The symbol for the day will be the Thousand-armed Avalokitesvara. ‘Avalokitesvara in the World’ is the name of the £1 million appeal that FutureDharma will launch at the event.

Join in a very special day, with a chance to explore with experienced Order Members around the world what it means to be part of a global spiritual community.

Transforming Work – Buddhism Course

Four-Week Course Online Course
Starts Tuesday 12th April, 2022
7pm – 9pm
Led by Rijumuni

For most people work is an unavoidable fact of life. Work makes people and breaks people. Work can be extremely challenging and is often where our values and ideals come into direct conflict with outside forces and objective demands.

This course will explore how we can meet these challenges meaningfully and effectively by bringing Buddhist principles and practices into our work. We’ll be developing an insightful attitude to work that will help us to be more genuinely creative and productive. In particular we’ll be looking at how to make the most of working in lockdown conditions.

Rather than seeing work as a necessary evil we’ll see how we can embrace work as an opportunity to create positive connections with others and free ourselves from unhelpful habits.

Suitable for: Open to anyone who has learnt the Mindfulness of Breathing and the Development of Loving Kindness. You can book on to this course in the Sangha email or email us at info@dublinbuddhistcentre.org.

All our online events are offered for free but you might consider making a donation to help us to continue to provide classes on a donation basis.

Buddhism and Science: The Quest for Truth Course

Five-Week In-Person Course
Starts Tuesday 12th April, 2022
7pm – 9.15pm
Led by Vajrashura

On this five-week course, we will be exploring the parallels and the differences in these two fascinating approaches in the quest for truth.

We’ll be exploring a variety of areas, from both traditions, including classical and modern physics, evolution, technology and its effects, clear thinking, materialism and eternalism, causality and conditionality.

This will all be lead by Vajrashura, a member of the Triratna Buddhist Order. Vajrashura completed his undergraduate degree in Theoretical Physics and a masters in High Performance Computing before becoming interested in Buddhism, and is passionate about what both approaches can bring to our lives and to making the world a better place.

The course is open to everyone. No experience of meditation is necessary. While an interest in Buddhism is assumed, you don’t have to be a Buddhist to do the course. And you don’t have to be a scientist either!

This course is offered as an in-person course. While all of our events are offered on a donation basis, to attend our courses in-person we ask for a deposit of €30 to secure a place as space is limited.

Note that there will be no class on Tuesday 3rd May 2022. The course will run for five classes over six weeks, with week four being on Tuesday 10th May 2022 and week five being on Tuesday 17th May 2022.

Tuesday Night Meditation & Puja
and
Sunday Morning Puja

Tuesday Nights 7.00pm – 9pm

Sunday Mornings 11am – 12 Noon

Update: You can now come along in-person to our Tuesday evening and Sunday morning pujas, as well as join in online.

The evening usually consists of a little input, a long meditation sit and a Puja after a short tea-break, and Sunday morning with a short sit and a Puja.

For March the Tuesday and Sunday pujas will be dedicated to Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion to whom we pray to for peace wherever there is war in the world!

Join Tuesday Nights via Zoom (password if required is medandpuja )

Join Sunday Mornings via Zoom (password if required is sundaypuja )

Frontline Workers Support Package

Here you will find resources that the Dublin Buddhist Centre are offering to support our frontline workers in these challenging Covid times.

More information about the resource

Drop-In Meditations

Morning Meditation 7:30am – 8:25am, Monday to Saturday

More details
Join via Zoom (password if required is dropinmed)

Lunchtime Meditation 1:15pm – 1:45pm, every weekday
More details
Join via Zoom (password if required is dropinmed)

Online Guided Meditations

Did you know that we have online guided meditations of various lengths for you to use at home?

Check out our Guided Meditations Page.

You’ll also find all the notes for our meditation courses there if you need to brush up on your technique!

A Dharma Toolkit for Uncertain Times

You can also check out an excellent resource on The Buddhist Centre Online –
A Dharma Toolkit for Uncertain Times.

Here you’ll find resources, podcasts, inspiring talks and led meditations to help you in these uncertain times!