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Guided Meditation For Relaxation at Newcastle University: Autumn 2013

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meditation for relaxation at newcastle university - new time from january 2012

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

please look here for details

'unconditional love': an evening with dharmavidya, 20th may 2009

'Living in the Light of Unconditional Love'

Rev Dharmavidya David Brazier is the Spiritual Teacher and Head of the Amida Order, a Socially Engaged Pureland Buddhist School. He is the acclaimed author of a number of books including The Feeling Buddha, Zen Therapy, Who Loves Dies Well and The New Buddhism.

Donations  welcome  suggested amount £5/£3 students, unwaged, retired

Date: Wednesday 20th May, 2009

Time: 7 - 9 pm

Venue: Northumbria University Chaplaincy

Room 116, Wynne Jones Building (1st floor - there is disabled access)

Northumbria University

Ellison Place

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE1 8ST

no 17 on the Campus map

Donations welcome: Suggested amount £5/£3 students, unwaged, retired

Contact: Reverend Sujatin Johnson, Buddhist Chaplain - sujatin[at]gmail[dot]com

Hosted by the Buddhist Chaplaincy at Newcastle and Northumbria Universities

This is an open meeting - All Welcome!

'Living in the Light of Unconditional Love'

Rev Dharmavidya David Brazier is the Spiritual Teacher and Head of the Amida Order, a Socially Engaged Pureland Buddhist School. He is the acclaimed author of a number of books including The Feeling Buddha, Zen Therapy, Who Loves Dies Well and The New Buddhism.

Donations  welcome  suggested amount £5/£3 students, unwaged, retired

Date: Wednesday 20th May, 2009

Time: 7 - 9 pm

Venue: Northumbria University Chaplaincy

Room 116, Wynne Jones Building (1st floor - there is disabled access)

Northumbria University

Ellison Place

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE1 8ST

no 17 on the Campus map

Donations welcome: Suggested amount £5/£3 students, unwaged, retired

Contact: Reverend Sujatin Johnson, Buddhist Chaplain - sujatin[at]gmail[dot]com

Hosted by the Buddhist Chaplaincy at Newcastle and Northumbria Universities

This is an open meeting - All Welcome!

newcastle and northumbria university degree ceremonies

Yesterday I was a guest, as a member of the Chaplaincy team at Northumbria University, at the Congregation at which Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, was awarded an Honorary Doctorate. As Buddhist Chaplain at Newcastle University, I was a member of the academic procession at two Congregations last week, at one of which Rachel Abel, Amida-shu member, received her degree. This was the first time that Buddhist robes have been worn in the academic procession at the University.

university buddhist groups - meetings summer term 2008

Buddhism at Northumbria University - meetings here

Newcastle University Meditation For Relaxation - meetings here

buddhist chaplaincy at northumbria university

I'm very happy to have been appointed as a member of the Northumbria University Chaplaincy team on Friday. This Chaplaincy was set up as multi-faith but has only had Christian chaplains to date.  I am a full member of the team, acting as Buddhist Contact person, with responsibility for the needs of Buddhists at the university, for the first year, after which I will be Buddhist Chaplain, with responsibility for the spiritual needs of all students and staff.  I have been Buddhist Chaplain at the other university in the city, Newcastle University, for the past four years

taking a moral stand against poverty

'Real poverty is despair and hopelessness, and it is also a moral issue', said Professor Brink (the new Vice-Chancellor of Newcastle University). 'Universities should take part in these issues, and I am pleased to have joined an institution that is taking a moral stand against poverty'.

Last Tuesday I joined the  World Poverty Day walk, which started at Newcastle University, walked through the city centre and ended at the Millennium Bridge. The university reported it thus:

Students and staff have marked the official United Nations day of action for the eradication of world poverty, known as World Poverty Day, with a 'stand up and speak out' event on the University campus.

The event was organised by Nicola Martin, President of the Union Society's U8 International Development Society, and Ethics and Environment Officers, Katie Whitehouse and Jen Miller.

World Poverty Day 2007 was designated as a day of action in support of the United Nations Millennium Campaign to promote fulfilment of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

service at newcastle university

On Monday evening Sujatin attended a Service of Welcome and Commissioning for the Honorary Chaplains (Christian) attached to the Chaplaincy team at Newcastle University. As the only non-Christian chaplain on campus, she represented both Buddhism and All Other Faiths.

amida trust applied buddhist studies course

For those interested in engaged Buddhism, the following may be of interest.
For details, see the web site at www.amidatrust.com or email
[email protected]

Come and join us for this stimulating course at
The Buddhist House. A Pureland Buddhist college
where learning is both formal and informal

24-25 February 2007: Amida Buddhism as
Cultural Analysis

Can ordinary people of faith change the world
for the better or do we all have to be enlightened first?

It has been said that culture is all about attributing
identities and endlessly elaborating them in new
dimensions of expression and interpretation. If
this is so, then one might hypothesise that spirituality  

a day of many parts

We started the day with Morning Service. How soft the heart feels to have Dharmavidya lead and Sally be Bellmaster and me a participant in my own shrine room. Then breakfast together with Peter. After this, fitting in two loads of washing, I walked down to Gosforth High Street to catch the bus to the University, where I attended a Welnet (Welfare Network) meeting. Home for 12:30 to make lunch for Sally and I. Sally had made soup for tonight. Dharmavidya was away, in Jesmond, meeting Mary Midgley. After lunch Sally and I rearranged and tidied the shrine room, so we can accommodate all the extra people who are coming tonight. Then we went to the supermarket to buy bread, biscuits, milk, pizzas, tea etc for tonight, and flowers for the new Quan Yin shrine we made earlier in the afternoon. I have had a half hour rest and am now about to go down to the kitchen to finish the soup and get the communal meal ready for 6pm. This will be followed by our meeting at 7:30pm