Episodes
Friday Mar 26, 2021
The Four Brahma Viharas - Meditation | Dennis & Louisa | 24 March 2021
Friday Mar 26, 2021
Friday Mar 26, 2021
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.
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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.
Friday Mar 19, 2021
Understanding Consciousness - Meditation | Dennis Sheppard | 17 March 2021
Friday Mar 19, 2021
Friday Mar 19, 2021
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.
Friday Mar 12, 2021
Working with the Paramitas - Meditation | Dennis Sheppard | 10 March 2021
Friday Mar 12, 2021
Friday Mar 12, 2021
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.
Friday Mar 05, 2021
Friday Mar 05, 2021
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.
Friday Feb 26, 2021
Friday Feb 26, 2021
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.
Friday Feb 19, 2021
Friday Feb 19, 2021
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.
Friday Feb 12, 2021
Friday Feb 12, 2021
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.
Friday Jan 29, 2021
Anxiety and Fear | Dennis Sheppard | 28 March 2020
Friday Jan 29, 2021
Friday Jan 29, 2021
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.
Friday Jan 29, 2021
Friday Jan 29, 2021
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.
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Introduction to Care Group - Meditation | Dennis Sheppard | 20 January 2021
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
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.
Saturday Oct 10, 2020
Saturday Oct 10, 2020
Introduction to Buddhism Q&A Series for New Buddhists, kindly conducted by lay Buddhist Geetha Mendis.
Session 1: The Three Refuges (05-09-2020)
Session 2: The Five Precepts (12-09-2020) - apologies no sound was recorded, so not published.
Session 3: The Four Noble Truths (19-09-2020). (Slides on website).
Session 4: The Noble Eightfold Path (26-09-2020), audio failed, so it was recorded again on 09-10-2020.
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.
Find the whole series, including notes here: https://bswa.org/teaching/introduction-buddhism-qa-series-new-buddhists-1-4/
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.
Saturday Sep 26, 2020
Saturday Sep 26, 2020
Introduction to Buddhism Q&A Series for New Buddhists, kindly conducted by lay Buddhist Geetha Mendis.
Session 1: The Three Refuges (05-09-2020)
Session 2: The Five Precepts (12-09-2020) - apologies no sound was recorded, so not published.
Session 3: The Four Noble Truths (19-09-2020). (Slides on website).
Session 4: The Noble Eightfold Path (26-09-2020)
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon.
Find the whole series, including notes here: https://bswa.org/teaching/introduction-buddhism-qa-series-new-buddhists-1-4/
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.
Monday Sep 21, 2020
Sol Hanna | Supporting Each Other | The Armadale Meditation Group
Monday Sep 21, 2020
Monday Sep 21, 2020
Sol Hanna speaks to us tonight on "Supporting Each Other" especially in these troubled times. Sol is quite involved in the running of the BSWA and has been for quite a while. He was also a monk for several years at Bodhinyana. (Give on the 8th September 2020).
Please support the BSWA in making teachings available for free online via Patreon. Visit the BSWA Stocker Road Project. To find and download more precious Dhamma teachings, visit the BSWA teachings page, choose the teaching you want and click on the audio to open it up on Podbean.
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Introduction to Buddhism Q&A Series for New Buddhists, kindly conducted by lay Buddhist Geetha Mendis.
Session 1: The Three Refuges (05-09-2020)
Session 2: The Five Precepts (12-09-2020)
Session 3: The Four Noble Truths (19-09-2020)
Session 4: The Noble Eightfold Path (26-09-2020)
Find the whole series, including notes here: https://bswa.org/teaching/introduction-buddhism-qa-series-new-buddhists-1-4/
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.
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Loneliness and Depression | Dennis Sheppard | 22 April 2020
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
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
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Effective Listening | Dennis Sheppard | 16 April 2020
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
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
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Grief and Loss | Dennis Sheppard | 8 April 2020
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
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
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Working with Emotional Noise | Dennis Sheppard | 31 March 2020
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
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
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Anxiety and Fear | Dennis Sheppard | 28 March 2020
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
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
Thursday Oct 17, 2019
Barry Gaskin | Comparative Buddhism | The Armadale Meditation Group
Thursday Oct 17, 2019
Thursday Oct 17, 2019
The last week of Rains has arrived. The monks will be with us again next week but we have one more guest speaker before then - Barry Gaskin. Barry has been an attendee at the Armadale group for almost 20 years. He has traveled much of South East Asia in his working career - Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.
Barry gave a background to his strange introduction to Meditation and Buddhism. He explained his observations as a Westerner living in Buddhist countries, his beliefs of Pre-Birth through to Post Death, how lucky we are and also how meditation can impact on happiness. Meditation is always taught "how to do" but he wants to explain "when to do" as a way of life, with difference and ease.
Barry then lead the group in a 30 minute meditation easily enjoyed by experienced and beginners alike. Barry began with a relaxing body scan, asking us to open our hearts to self-compassion and finishing with a difference.
After meditation Barry continued his talk on Buddhism in both the West and the East.
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