Amida Buddhism Newcastle

January 2013 Newsletter

January Newsletter: Pureland Buddhist meetings in Newcastle upon Tyne - details of our meeting on January 15th - http://eepurl.com/tW9jj

Meditation For Relaxation at Newcastle University - new time from January 2012

The time for these sessions for staff and students has changed (by popular request) -

please look here for details

Meditation For Relaxation - a recording

You can find a recording of a guided Meditation For Relaxation session by following the link ::here

Northumbria University

You will find all information about Meditation For Relaxation and Buddhist sessions on the website ::here

Newcastle University

You will find all news of Meditation For Relaxation and Buddhism at Newcastle University on the website ::here

Meditation For Relaxation and Introduction to Buddhism at Newcastle and Northumbria Universities, January 2011

Meetings are suspended at the two Universities from the beginning of January 2011 due to personal circumstances. This website will be updated when they resume.

An extra guided meditation at Newcastle University

There will be an extra guided meditation session during the Stress Awareness days for staff at Newcastle University. It will be at 10:30 am on Wednesday 3 November and will be held  in the Kirton Room in 9 Kensington Terrace.

There will also be an exhibition part of the Stress Awareness event in the first floor linkbuilding in Park Terrace and there will be signs outside Kensington Terrace on the day.

Dates for Meditation For Relaxation and Introduction to Buddhism at Newcastle and Northumbria Universities 2010/11

Dates for Meditation For Relaxation and Introduction to Buddhism

are here (Newcastle University)

and here (Northumbria University)

All meetings are open to all students and staff at either university.

No experience necessary. No cost.

Meetings May - July 2010: Amida Newcastle and Newcastle and Northumbria Universities

Amida Newcastle

Meetings on Tuesdays 7 - 9 pm

Amida Sanctuary ::where to find us

May 4 - Pureland Service & Sutra Study
May 11 - Pureland service & lesson from the Introduction to Pureland Buddhism series

May 18- Pureland Service & Sutra study
May 25 - An evening of Dance and Chanting
June 1 - Pureland service & lesson from the Introduction to Pureland Buddhism series
June 8 - Pureland Service & Sutra Study

June 15 - Pureland service & lesson from the Introduction to Pureland Buddhism series
June 22 - Dance/Pureland service
June 29 (No meeting)
July 6 - Pureland Service followed by Gathering

After the Summer Break
Meetings recommence on Tuesday September 7th

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Meetings at Newcastle University

::link

Guided Meditation For Relaxation on Tuesdays from 12:30 - 1:15 pm

Research Beehive: Room 2.20

May 4, 11, 18, 25

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Meetings at Northumbria University

::link

Guided Meditation For Relaxation on Wednesdays from 12 - 12:45 pm

University Chaplaincy, 4th Floor of Wynne Jones

May 5, 12

New Time - from 12:15 - 1:00 pm

May 19, 26
On June 2 feel free to use the CD

December 2009: Amida Newcastle, Newcastle University, Northumbria University

During December 2009 there will be no meetings at Amida Newcastle, Newcastle University and Northumbria University

We will be in Narborough, at the Bodhi Retreat. During this time Rachel Abel will be ordained as a Buddhist priest in the Amida Order - a Ganko-sha. Please keep her in your thoughts, particularly on December 9th between 7:30 and 9 am.

Amida Newcastle meetings resume on the evening of January 5th 2010.

Meditation For Relaxation resumes at Newcastle University on January 5th 2010

Meditation For Relaxation resumes at Northumbria University on January 13th 2010 (note new time), as does Lunch and Buddhism

Buddhism at Northumbria University

This is the Northumbria Buddhist Group website

Here are the dates and times for Meditation For Relaxation

And here are details of the fortnightly Lunch and Buddhism

Buddhism at Newcastle University

There's a website for Buddhism at Newcastle University

Here are the dates, times and venue for Meditation For Relaxation

These are the dates, time and places for our Drop-In sessions

During the Autumn Term I'm trying out Lunch and Buddhism at Castle Leazes to see how it goes

Meditation For Relaxation at Newcastle University: Academic Year 2009/10

We will, with one exception, be holding these sessions in the Research Beehive -

::dates, time and details here

No meetings week beginning May 11th 2009

Apologies: Meetings at Amida Sanctuary, Newcastle University and Northumbria University are canceled during the week beginning May 11th 2009 due to Sujatin having a flu virus

Meetings at Northumbria University Chaplaincy: April - June 2009

Guided 'Meditation For Relaxation' will start again after Easter on Wednesdays from 29th April 2009.

::further details here

Guided 'Meditation For Relaxation' will start again after Easter on Wednesdays from 29th April 2009.

::further details here

Guided Meditation For Relaxation at Newcastle University, Summer Term from 21st April 2009

Guided Meditation session on Tuesdays 12:30 - 1:30 pm

are held during term, Summer Term: beginning 21st April until 2nd June, 2009

Venue:  Newcastle University Chaplaincy -
 ::location of the Chaplaincy

Second floor of 3/4 Claremont Terrace.

::link to map - top left)

Ring the bell to the left of the door so I can let you in.

NOTE: Please arrive on time or a little early - if you ring the bell after the session has started I can't leave the group to let you in.

Once inside please sign in and out on the Volunteers sheet to the right of the door (This is for your own safety - in case of fire).

For the staff and students at Newcastle University.

Staff and students from Northumbria University are also welcome to join us

All welcome. No experience necessary. No cost

Dealing with the lively mind: 'training the puppy'

For some, [the] task of coming back a thousand or ten thousand times in meditation may seem boring or even of questionable importance. But how many times have we gone away from the reality of our life? Perhaps a million or ten million times! If we wish to awaken, we have to find our way back here with our full being, our full attention. In this way, meditation is very much like training a puppy. You put the puppy down and say, Stay. Does the puppy listen? It gets up and runs away. You sit the puppy back down again. Stay. And the puppy runs away over and over again. Sometimes the puppy jumps up, runs over ad pees in the corner or makes some other mess. Our minds are much the same as the puppy, only they create even bigger messes. In training the mind, or the puppy, we have to start over and over again.

~ Jack Kornfield, A Path with Heart

Diversity Week at Newcastle University 2nd to 6th March 2009

Newcastle University is a 'community of communities': national, ethnic, cultural, linguistic, religious and many more.

2nd to 6th March 2009

See our brochure for an overview of Equality and Diversity at Newcastle University.

The University is unequivocally committed to the goal of fostering mutual respect and understanding between individuals and its constituent communities and to promoting equality of opportunity among staff and students alike. It encourages all staff and students to enjoy and celebrate its diverse culture.

You'll find the programme of events here

and further information, including the events each day, here

Newcastle University is a 'community of communities': national, ethnic, cultural, linguistic, religious and many more.

2nd to 6th March 2009

See our brochure for an overview of Equality and Diversity at Newcastle University.

The University is unequivocally committed to the goal of fostering mutual respect and understanding between individuals and its constituent communities and to promoting equality of opportunity among staff and students alike. It encourages all staff and students to enjoy and celebrate its diverse culture.

You'll find the programme of events here

and further information, including the events each day, here

Northumbria University Chaplaincy is moving

From 26th February the Chaplaincy will be on 1st floor of the Wynne-Jones Centre,

no 17 on the Campus map

There will be no Meditation For Relaxation on March 4th, while we're in that 'just moved' semi-chaos, but do come and see our shiny, new premises on March 11th (12:15 - 1:10pm)

Meetings week beginning 2nd February 2009

There will be no Amida Newcastle meeting at Amida Sanctuary on the evening of Tuesday 3rd February

There will be lunchtime Guided Meditation For Relaxation sessions:

Newcastle University Chaplaincy, Tuesday 3rd - details here

Northumbria University Chaplaincy, Wednesday 4th - details here