Corona Dhamma - links to Dhamma resources

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A good sutta which might alleviate some anxiety, where the Buddha reassures Mahanama that even if his mindfulness is muddled and he dies, his demise wont be a bad one as he has long cultivated skillful qualities.

https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn55/sn55.021.than.html

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Greetings @Kusal and welcome to the forum :smiley:

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Looking forward to seeing you around

Metta :slight_smile: :sunflower:

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OK, thanks for the welcome @Viveka :pray:

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Ajahn Brahm and the monks from Bodhinyana, are now providing a daily teaching, to help us all through the current crisis,or as Ajahn Brahm has said, through the current opportunity :slightly_smiling_face:

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Wonderful indeed! As always, so comforting and inspiring :anjal:
Thank you so much for sharing @dougsmith

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[Edits: formatting & update]

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Venerable Canda is now leading online sessions with various themes that you can find here, the events are London time:
https://anukampaproject.org/events/

  • Zoomi Bhikkhuni: Guided Metta Meditation and Sharing Group
    Saturdays: 9 am - 10 am (every Saturday from 28th March, via Zoom)
  • Zoomi Bhikkhuni: Delving Deeply Into Dhamma
    Sundays: 7.30 pm - 9 pm (every Sunday from 29th March, via Zoom)
  • Zoomi Bhikkhuni: Chanting & Blessings Group
    Wednesdays: 5 pm - 5.30 pm (every Wednesday from 1st April, via Zoom)
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Bhante Bodhidhamma at Satipanya retreat centre will be livestreaming every night beginning on Sunday 29 March, 2020. The programme will be:

20:00 Q&A / Dhamma talk
20:30 Chanting refuges and precepts and sit for 40 mins
21:10 guide a compassion, metta and joy meditation session.
Evening will finish at 21:30

Link to YouTube channel

:pray:

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  • Metta message from from Bhante G (Ven. Henepola Gunaratana, founder of the Bhavana Society).
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While it is very considerate to post links to help facilitate the dhamma, could people please include a description of what is in the link and, if not immediately obvious, then how it is relevant to the topic, so people can make an informed choice about clicking onto it :slightly_smiling_face: :pray:

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The request is for a simple list of options, easy to read. Please post only Dhamma resources here, with a BRIEF description. Discussion can be made directly w/others in private messages.

– Thanks all who responded to this request by removing conversational posts!

[Edited to add emphases, add update]

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Please follow this very reasonable request by @Charlotteannun to keep the thread on topic, everyone! :slight_smile:

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For those interested there was another wonderful short talk by Bhante Bodhi out yesterday:

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https://bhavanasociety.org/news/bhante-gs-metta-message-and-online-zoom-meditation-session-information-lieu-bhavanas-closure

Zoom guided live meditations with Bhante Gunaratana morning and evening.

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A post was split to a new topic: Corona Virus and the Buddhist world

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Bhante Bodhi put out a third video yesterday on living with lockdown during the Coronavirus. He answers the questions of how best to live with others or to live in solitary confinement, using skills learned during monastic life.

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“Living With Uncertainty” - great talk on anicca & Coronavirus by Bhante Jayasāra.
https://youtu.be/rZhafpagkgM. Talk doesn’t start for 1st 5 minutes of the video! (go to 4.53)

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Live course by Ven Bhikkhu Bodhi on AN 4s started today on Zoom (med 9:30am, teaching 10am-11:30am EDT)

It’s every Saturday - but skipping next Sat.
He asks participants to register at Contact@Baus.org.

[Edited to add/correct details.]

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