Buddhist Society of Western Australia

Wednesday night meditation at Dhammaloka Centre with Dennis Sheppard on the 7th April 2021. These ongoing guided meditation classes are suitable for both beginners and experienced meditators and offer an opportunity for visitors and online listeners to chat with our Care Group members during and after the class.

The topic of this guided meditation is Maturing Mindfulness (part 2).

Our Care Group members can be reached at +61 (08) 6270 4671 during the operating hours listed on here. 

Buddhist Care Group: https://bswa.org/care-group/

More Care Group Teachings can be found here.

Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.

To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.

Wednesday night meditation at Dhammaloka Centre with Dennis and Louisa on the 31st March 2021. These ongoing guided meditation classes are suitable for both beginners and experienced meditators and offer an opportunity for visitors and online listeners to chat with our Care Group members during and after the class.

The topic of this guided meditation is maturing mindfulness. We apologise for the soft audio during the mediation. Please wear headphones. 

Our Care Group members can be reached at +61 (08) 6270 4671 during the operating hours listed on here. 

Buddhist Care Group: https://bswa.org/care-group/

More Care Group Teachings can be found here.

Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.

To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.

Wednesday night meditation at Dhammaloka Centre with Dennis Sheppard (President of the Buddhist Society of WA) and Louisa on the 24th March 2021. These ongoing guided meditation classes are suitable for both beginners and experienced meditators and offer an opportunity for visitors and online listeners to chat with our Care Group members during and after the class.

The topic of this guided meditation is The Four Brahma Viharas.

Our Care Group members can be reached at +61 (08) 6270 4671 during the operating hours listed on here.

Buddhist Care Group: https://bswa.org/care-group/

More Care Group Teachings found here.

Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.

To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.

Wednesday night meditation at Dhammaloka Centre with Dennis Sheppard on the 17th March 2021. These ongoing guided meditation classes are suitable for both beginners and experienced meditators and offer an opportunity for visitors and online listeners to chat with our Care Group members during and after the class.

The topic of this guided meditation is understanding consciousness. 

Our Care Group members can be reached at +61 (08) 6270 4671 during the operating hours listed on here. 

Buddhist Care Group: https://bswa.org/care-group/

More Care Group Teachings can be found here.

Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.

To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.

Wednesday night meditation at Dhammaloka Centre with Dennis and Louisa. These ongoing guided meditation classes are suitable for both beginners and experienced meditators and offer an opportunity for visitors and online listeners to chat with our Care Group members during and after the class.

The topic of this guided meditation is "Working with the Paramitas."

Our Care Group members can be reached at +61 (08) 6270 4671 during the operating hours listed on here. 

Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.

To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.

Wednesday night meditation at Dhammaloka Centre with Dennis and Louisa. These ongoing guided meditation classes are suitable for both beginners and experienced meditators and offer an opportunity for visitors and online listeners to chat with our Care Group members during and after the class.

The topic of this guided meditation is Knowing “Dependent Origination” from stillness.

Our Care Group members can be reached at +61 (08) 6270 4671 during the operating hours listed on here. 

Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.

To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.

Wednesday night meditation at Dhammaloka Centre with Dennis and Louisa. These ongoing guided meditation classes are suitable for both beginners and experienced meditators and offer an opportunity for visitors and online listeners to chat with our Care Group members during and after the class.

The topic for this guided meditation is Buddha's Reflection on the 32 Body Parts

Our Care Group members can be reached at +61 (08) 6270 4671 during the operating hours listed on here. 

Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.

To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.

Wednesday night meditation at Dhammaloka Centre with Dennis Sheppard (President of the Buddhist Society of WA). These ongoing guided meditation classes are suitable for both beginners and experienced meditators and offer an opportunity for visitors and online listeners to chat with our Care Group members during and after the class.

The topic of this guided meditation is: Planting Metta into the Still Conscious Field

Our Care Group members can be reached at +61 (08) 6270 4671 during the operating hours listed on here. 

Buddhist Care Group: https://bswa.org/care-group/

More Care Group Teachings can be found here.

Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.

To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.

Wednesday night meditation at Dhammaloka Centre with Dennis Sheppard (President of the Buddhist Society of WA). These ongoing guided meditation classes are suitable for both beginners and experienced meditators and offer an opportunity for visitors and online listeners to chat with our Care Group members during and after the class.

The topic for this guided meditation is: Observing the Five Aggregates inside Beginnings and Ends

Our Care Group members can be reached at +61 (08) 6270 4671 during the operating hours listed on here. 

Buddhist Care Group: https://bswa.org/care-group/

More Care Group Teachings can be found here.

Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.

To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.

Dennis Sheppard introduces the BSWA Care Group's Buddhist Care Line, a confidential telephone listening service staffed by lay Buddhist practitioners. The service offers a safe space to talk about any issues that may be happening in your life without fear of judgement. We invite you to visit the Buddhist Care Line's website for our hours of operation and phone number: https://bswa.org/buddhist-care-line/

Following the introduction, Dennis provides a talk and guided meditation on anxiety and fear, a topic which many are experiencing during COVID-19. An accompanying text is provided here.

Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.

To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.

Wednesday night meditation at Dhammaloka Centre with Dennis Sheppard (President of the Buddhist Society of WA). These ongoing guided meditation classes are suitable for both beginners and experienced meditators and offer an opportunity for visitors and online listeners to chat with our Care Group members during and after the class.

The topic for this guided meditation is: Grounding to Earth. Connecting to Universe. Noticing the Five Hindrances.

Our Care Group members can be reached at +61 (08) 6270 4671 during the operating hours listed on here. 

Buddhist Care Group: https://bswa.org/care-group/

More Care Group Teachings found here.

Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.

To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.

Wednesday night meditation at Dhammaloka City Centre with Dennis Sheppard (President of the Buddhist Society of WA), on the 20th January 2021. The focus of the class is on listening to oneself, with an opportunity for visitors and online listeners to chat with our Care Group members during and after the class. This ongoing guided meditation class is suitable for both beginners and experienced meditators.

The topic for this guided meditation is: Introduction to Care Group, listening to others & listening to yourself and finding the Still Consciousness Datum.

Buddhist Care Group: https://bswa.org/care-group/

Buddhist Care Line: https://bswa.org/buddhist-care-line/

Buddhist Care Line Recordings: https://bswa.org/care-group-videos/

Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.

To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page: https://bswa.org/teachings/, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.

Dennis Sheppard speaks about suicidal ideation and its root causes. If you are experiencing active crisis or thinking of attempting suicide, please call 000 or your local crisis line.

The Buddhist Care Line is a free, confidential telephone listening service staffed by lay Buddhist practitioners. The service offers a safe space to talk about any issues that may be happening in your life without fear of judgement. We invite you to visit the Buddhist Care Line's website for our hours of operation and phone number:

https://bswa.org/buddhist-care-line/

An accompanying text to this video is provided here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Pd0o22IghsMh20U3NabBSImMS5OcMvbB/view?usp=sharing

Teachings are available for downloading from the BSWA website, the BSWA Youtube Channel, the BSWA Podcast, and Deeper Dhamma Podcast.

Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.

Dennis Sheppard continues the introductory series on the BSWA Care Group's Buddhist Care Line, a confidential telephone listening service staffed by lay Buddhist practitioners. The service offers a safe space to talk about any issues that may be happening in your life without fear of judgement. We invite you to visit the Buddhist Care Line's website for our hours of operation and phone number: https://bswa.org/buddhist-care-line/

The guided meditation and talk in this video looks at loneliness and depression, its causes, its effects on the mind, and finding peace. An accompanying text is provided here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1d0GhZNlLYFnJgzazbDS8GBXNddDEb62C

Dennis Sheppard continues the introductory series on the BSWA Care Group's Buddhist Care Line, a confidential telephone listening service staffed by lay Buddhist practitioners. The service offers a safe space to talk about any issues that may be happening in your life without fear of judgement. We invite you to visit the Buddhist Care Line's website for our hours of operation and phone number: https://bswa.org/buddhist-care-line/

In this video, Dennis goes into detail on the practice of effective listening. Listening is a skill that can be either intellectual and brain focused, or heart based and emotional. They all come together in our humanity when we are present in the moment, listening from a place of still consciousness. An accompanying text is provided here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y8QQR6_V7hzA6gxoWeWYaW1dfMTZFiz1/view?usp=sharing

Dennis Sheppard continues the introductory series on the BSWA Care Group's Buddhist Care Line, a confidential telephone listening service staffed by lay Buddhist practitioners. The service offers a safe space to talk about any issues that may be happening in your life without fear of judgement. We invite you to visit the Buddhist Care Line's website for our hours of operation and phone number: https://bswa.org/buddhist-care-line/

In this talk, Dennis talks about the practice of being our own listener, attending to ourselves, and listening lovingly whilst experiencing the difficulty of grief and loss. An accompanying text is provided here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Wnp4vy65kYfF4A2zbOc5lqtBsDmuulnx/view?usp=sharing

Dennis Sheppard speaks about the BSWA Care Group's Buddhist Care Line, a confidential telephone listening service staffed by lay Buddhist practitioners. The service offers a safe space to talk about any issues that may be happening in your life without fear of judgement. We invite you to visit the Buddhist Care Line's website for our hours of operation and phone number: https://bswa.org/buddhist-care-line/

After the introduction, Dennis continues the a series of guided meditations to help our audience and and supporters in being their own friendly listener within one's personal meditation practice. In this time of self-isolation, it is an offering that will help us to better understand this human condition and more importantly to understand the Buddha’s teachings. An accompanying text is provided here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kZnXdR_Q3p-4RsoGJftwE-va2tRYFBNe/view?usp=sharing

Dennis Sheppard introduces the BSWA Care Group's Buddhist Care Line, a confidential telephone listening service staffed by lay Buddhist practitioners. The service offers a safe space to talk about any issues that may be happening in your life without fear of judgement. We invite you to visit the Buddhist Care Line's website for our hours of operation and phone number: https://bswa.org/buddhist-care-line/

Following the introduction, Dennis provides a talk and guided meditation on anxiety and fear, a topic which many are experiencing during COVID-19. An accompanying text is provided here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ctz5HzxGsk0TWhigiwTlj-Nx0AsaaOaM/view?usp=sharing

This is a workshop style session on the art of deep listening and being truly present with two of our listeners from the BSWA Buddhist Care Line, a free, confidential telephone Listening Service which offers callers a safe space to talk about any issues that may be happening in your life without fear of judgement.  The valuable skill of deep listening is not only of immense benefit when supporting others in these turbulent times, but a skill that is truly beneficial for one’s own spiritual practice. 

For the hours of operation and the phone number of the Buddhist Care Line, please visit https://bswa.org/buddhist-care-line/