What The World Needs Now
DHARMIC RESPONSES TO CURRENT WORLD ISSUES
Welcome everyone to the What The World Needs Now (WTWNN) Follow-on course. Here you’ll be able to catch up on the evenings talks, meditations, resources and access the Home Practice for each week of the course. This is an aid for your efforts outside the evening sessions, it’s not mandatory, but we do encourage you to take on the home practice as best you can, within your circumstances, in order to make the most of the course. We hope this is of benefit to you.
Here is the zoom link for the sessions in case you lose it as well:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85869850547?pwd=OThQVkY3RHlqMGFJR3hDRytibHFxdz09
Meeting ID: 858 6985 0547
Passcode: 611299
Week 1– The Buddha and the Modern World: Ambedkar and the Dhamma Revolution
Welcome everyone to week 1 of What The World Needs Now: Follow-on Course. Here you’ll find recordings of all the content delivered on the evening, additional resources to support your efforts and this weeks Home Practice.
Week 2 – Consumerism and its antidotes
This week we introduced the Brahma Viharas, often translated as the divine abiding and known to be infinitely cultivated. We also looked at responses to the consumerist world we find ourselves in! Here you’ll find this weeks home practice. We hope you Enjoy!
Week 3 – Climate and Environmental Emergency
Welcome to week 3 of WTWNN and what a rich evening it was! We looked at Karuna (compassion) and the Karuna Bhavana, not to mention our exploration of Buddhist responses to the Climate & Environmental Emergency. Click here to catch up on the talks given last night and access the home practice. …
week 4 - Technology & Our Relationship with Money
Welcome to Week 4 of WTWNN, another very full and engaging evening where we looked at our relationship with money and how technology can become a distracting, even an addiction. As usual you can catch up with all the talks given on the evening, including the lead meditation if you wish to practice that at home during the week. You’ll also find this week Home Practice.
Week 5
Week 5 of WTWNN saw us finalize our exploration the Brahma Viharas with the Upekha Bhavana, we also looked at topic such the Citizenship and Nationalism as well as conflict. Catch up with all the talks given here as well as accessing this weeks home practice.
WEEK 6
Welcome to the final week of What The World Needs Now. Find out what can be the next step in your journey with the Nottingham Buddhist Centre. Catch up with the talks given on the night, including the a full recording of our closing ritual in which Padmasakhi beautifully sang the song of the Brahma Viharas.