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The Nelson Buddhist Centre (NBC), based near the centre of Nelson, New Zealand, was established in 2004 for the Nelson community.

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The centre is under the guidance of Amnyi Trulchung Rinpoche, who teaches here regularly.

Senior students of Amnyi Trulchung Rinpoche provide courses in Buddhist philosophy and meditation for beginners and programmes for those wishing to explore the Buddhist path more deeply. Visiting speakers regularly offer instruction.

The Centre consists of a meditation hall, a library, a shop and a sitting room with tea making facilities. The library is available as a reference library for all visitors but books are only available for loan to members except by special arrangement.

Contributions to this site are welcome.

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Location: 87 Nile Street, Nelson (Opposite Central School)

MOVIES AT THE NELSON BUDDHIST CENTRE

We have some great movies to show again this year. Note that they now show every TWO weeks at 7.00pm.

COST: $5 each session

One Track Heart : The Story of Krishna Das

7.00 pm. Thursday 14th. June

Jeremy Frindel's film One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das documents the life and musical career of American kirtan singer Krishna Das. In 1970, while struggling with drug abuse and depression, Das left his native Long Island, New York for India, selling all his possessions and turning down the opportunity to record as lead vocalist with the band that would later become Blue Öyster Cult. While in India he formed a close relationship with the guru Neem Karoli Baba (Maharaj-ji), setting him on a new spiritual course and eventually leading to his emergence as Krishna Das – the world-renowned spiritual teacher, chant master, and Grammy-nominated musician. The film features interviews with Be Here Now author and spiritual guru Ram Das, Grammy-winning producer Rick Rubin (The Beastie Boys, Metallica, Jay-Z), New York Times bestselling author Sharon Salzberg and two-time Pulitzer Prize nominee Daniel Goleman.

Kedi

Co-Hosted with SAFE the animal welfare charity. Proceeds to both Safe and the Nelson Buddhist Centre.

7.00 pm. Thursday 28th. June

KEDI is not a documentary about house cats or the strays you occasionally see in your back yard. KEDi is a film about the hundreds of thousands of cats who have roamed the metropolis of Istanbul freely for thousands of years, wandering in and out of people's lives, impacting them in ways only an animal who lives between the worlds of the wild and the tamed can. Cats and their kittens bring joy and purpose to those they choose, giving people an opportunity to reflect on life and their place in it. In Istanbul, cats are the mirrors to ourselves. All kinds of cats, roam the city, free, without a human master. Some fend for themselves, scavenging from dumpsters, living in abandoned buildings, others are cared for by communities of people, pampered with the best cat food and given shelter for the cold months. Cats have been a part of the city for thousands of years, and so, everyone who grows up in Istanbul or lives in Istanbul has a story about a cat. Stories that are memorable; sometimes scary, sometimes spiritual, but always very personal.

Contact: nbc@rigdzin.org

Mind Training Cards

We now have a new stock of boxed sets of the LoJong - Mind Training - aphorisms. All 59 sayings appear on individual cards with a brief explanatory commentary. (Card size is 7 x 7 cm. approx.) The enclosing box unfolds to show a brief introduction to the cards and how to use them. A wonderful way to bring these profound and practical contemplations into your living practice.

$20 per set from the Centre or contact: keith@rigdzin.org to arrange set(s) to be mailed to you. ($5 p&p per set in NZ)

Study and Practice Group

Every Sunday, see our calendar of events for session times (they vary).

Each week we will start with a 45+ minute meditation practice, followed by a study/discussion group. You are welcome to join in even if you missed the earlier sessions.

Skilful Patience

Our emotional world can be one of delight but also of torment. The Buddha discovered and taught that our emotional responses to situations, especially painful negative ones, can be altered for the better through our own efforts. The question is how to skilfully apply ourselves to that task.

The answer is to develop Patience. Not grit-your-teeth patience but a naturally arising relaxed attitude based on sensible analysis of what is going on.

Each week we will study, verse by verse, the wonderful teachings from the book ‘Bodhisattvacaryavatara’ - The Guide to the Way of Life of a Bodhisattva by the great Indian Buddhist teacher, Shantideva. Amnyi Trulchung Rinpoche requested in his last message to us that we do this study. That aside, the ideas given by Shantideva are for the most part not even "Buddhist." They are fresh and relevant for anyone wanting to train to overcome negative emotional responses and the damage they cause to ourselves and those we meet with.

Everyone is welcome to join but we ask that attendees are able to commit to attending regularly each week. You can come to either one or both parts of the programme.

Schedule:

1st hour - Refuge Prayers and Vajrasattva Purification practice.

2nd. hour - Study/discussion

Cost: Donation at the door. Free to members.

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