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The Buddhist-Christian Network is growing and this page will contain links to other websites which share our ethos. Categories:
Consciousness Research Links
Allan Wallace is the founder of the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies. He is a teacher of Tibetan Buddhism. There are audio talks and retreats available on the website which are excellent for people interested in deepening their meditation practice. There is also much of interest on psychology, science and meditation.
The International Shamatha Project is an international Buddhist research project modeled after the Human Genome Project.The International Shamatha Project will bring together dedicated Buddhist teachers and meditators from both Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism to collaborate in exploring the most effective methods and conditions for achieving shamatha in today's world.
The AICS is dedicated to interdisciplinary research and education to advance understanding of the nature and potentials of consciousness. Its comprehensive approach integrates the insights and techniques of contemporary science with those of the world’s classic contemplative and philosophical traditions.
Building a scientific understanding of the mind to reduce suffering and promote well-being.
A Community by Alan Wallace's students. A group of Alan’s students will work together to create the first international Contemplative Observatory. It will offer a place for long-term retreat, at a very low cost, for his international students that will come out from the 2 months retreats from the Mind Centre at PIA (Phuket International Academy) every year.
Cultivating Emotional Balance is a research project which arose from a dialogue between biobehavioral scientists studying emotion and the Dalai Lama, Buddhist monks, and scholars at the Mind and Life Institute in Dharamsala, India in March of 2000.
Buddhist Christian Links
This group is an ongoing dialogue among Christians and Buddhists who feel that, for one reason or another, their lives are enhanced by aspects of both traditions. We also discuss the similarities, or differences, between Christianity and Buddhism. Please Note: This group's archives are open and the messages are searchable.
This is a group for people who are practicing both Christianity & Buddhism. This is a safe, respectful, private place to support each other in our spiritual paths while trying to develop how to follow both of these religions as an individual within the larger community.
The European Network of Buddhist Christian Studies is an association of scholars in Europe involved in Buddhist-Christian Studies. Its main activity is to hold a bi-annual international conference on a theme important to Buddhist-Christian Studies.
Buddhist Links
Located off the west coast of Scotland, Holy Isle has an ancient spiritual heritage stretching back to the 6th century. Visitors are welcome all year round. At the north of the island there is the Centre for World Peace and Health where an ongoing retreat and course programme takes place. We also welcome guests to stay at the Centre for personal retreats or holiday breaks. A closed Buddhist retreat takes place at the south of the island.
Located in a peaceful valley on the banks of the river Esk in Scotland, Kagyu Samye Ling was the first Tibetan Buddhist Centre to have been established in the West. It is a centre for wisdom and learning within the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and is open to people of all faiths and none.
Kagyu Samye Dzong London Tibetan Buddhist Centre opened in April 1998 and provides peace and tranquillity for all at its two centres in central London. We run a programme of courses and workshops focusing on meditation, Buddhism, and holistic therapies. We also provide venues for community activities and alternative practitioners.
Jamyang is a centre for meditation and the study of Tibetan Buddhism in the heart of London. Since its establishment in 1978, our main aims are to provide Buddhist teachings to everyone interested, and to develop local community services.
A Buddhist monastery in the tradition of Ajahn Chah and Ajahn Sumedho, located in Hemel Hempstead.
The buddhist centre of Thanissara and Kittisaro in South Africa.
Upaya Zen Center is a residential Buddhist community located in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s vision for the future of international Buddhist study and practice, Labsum Gomdrub Ling will be a truly international Buddhist institute where people of all nationalities and traditions can live and learn together, in India, the land of the Buddha.
Christian Links
International Satsang Association, founded by Sr Ishpriya
The World Community for Christian Meditation
The World Community for Christian Meditation in the UK
The Contemplative Way: Retreats with James Finley, Ph.D.
Susan Stabile's Blog “Creo en Dio!” Susan was brought up Catholic, became a Tibetan Buddhist nun and has now returned to Catholicism.
The Contemplative Spirituality Network is seeking to explore, and participate in, the modern recovery of the ancient and essential Christian contemplative, mystical or wisdom tradition in our time.
The hope of all our work is that, through encounter, listening, learning and reflection, understanding and trust may grow between people, including Christians and those of other faiths, who may then work together to overcome injustice. The hope of all our work is that, through encounter, listening, learning and reflection, understanding and trust may grow between people, including Christians and those of other faiths, who may then work together to overcome injustice.
Interfaith Links
Monastic Interreligious Dialogue (MID) is an organization of Benedictine and Trappist monks and nuns committed to fostering interreligious and intermonastic dialogue at the level of spiritual practice and experience between North American Catholic monastic women and men and contemplative practitioners of diverse religious traditions.
The Awakening Foundation is a vehicle for teaching and support in the field of spiritual unfoldment. Its primary commitment is to the "direct path" - this acknowledges our inherent wholeness which may be realised NOW!
The world's best selling guide to retreats from Christian and Buddhist to Alternative Healing places. Now in its 20th year and available in book and Online.
Sources of information and materials on Buddhism.
The centre aims to provide a space where inter faith meetings, study and dialogue can take place amongst different world religions.
Other Links
East West Detox offers an alternative treatment for addiction with mindfulness meditation as the key to relapse prevention. We work closely with the Benedictine monks at Douai Abbey in Reading, as well as the Buddhist monks at Wat Thamkrabok in Thailand and Samye Ling, Scotland.
The website of Simon Small, the author of From the Bottom of the Pond - The forgotten art of experiencing God in the depths of the current moment.
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