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Buddhist centres

Icarian · 2006-11-09 16:17:19

Anyone know any good places in Dublin you can go to learn about meditation and buddhism? i was looking for one earlier this year and found one, but they charged something like 90 euros for a 4 week course ive heard theres another which only charges 5 euro per class but i could never find it (think its near wexford street)…

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09-11-2006 5:17pm

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Icarian

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Anyone know any good places in Dublin you can go to learn about meditation and buddhism?

i was looking for one earlier this year and found one, but they charged something like 90 euros for a 4 week course

ive heard theres another which only charges 5 euro per class but i could never find it (think its near wexford street)

any other advice for someone starting out as a buddhist would also be welcome

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#2 10-11-2006 4:47pm
maitri

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Hi Icarian!:)

Maybe you'll find something in the links in this thread? http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055006238
I don't know about charges, but you could perhaps email them and ask about that?

As for advices, I think I'll leave that for those who are older and wiser than me (and who are actually buddhists!;) ) Only advice I can give is: follow your own heart and your own "nose".

But here's a thread with some reading-suggestions, if you should be interested:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054999070

Right now I myself have been reading a book by Osho which I found really helpful, but I am not sure whether he can be called a "buddhist".

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#3 13-11-2006 7:59pm
Icarian

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thanks man! i think its the Tara buddhist centre that i was looking for

i'll definitely check out some of those books when i get a bit of free time too!

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#4 15-11-2006 10:27am
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There is a centre at 12 Wicklow Street which runs an introductory course on Mondays, 7-9pm. The centre follows a Nyingma/Dzogchen tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and, in particular, of the teacher Sogyal Rinpoche. See www.rigpa.ie

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#5 15-11-2006 4:24pm
Icarian

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that sounds great, thanks Bou!

i finish college n ucd at 6 on monday, so i dont know if i can get in time though

do you know how much it costs?

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