Dublin Buddhist Centre

LaMortis

A part of a world-wide movement of Friends of Western Buddhist Order (FWBO) centres.
I've been going there for a while and completed a couple of courses which left me highly satisfied. They have events called "mastering the basics" every tuesday which consist of meditation, tea and a little talk afterwards. Great way to continue your meditation. And it's on donational basis.
Did anyone have any experiences with them?
http://dublinbuddhistcentre.org/

RossFixxxed

LaMortis wrote: »

A part of a world-wide movement of Friends of Western Buddhist Order (FWBO) centres.
I've been going there for a while and completed a couple of courses which left me highly satisfied. They have events called "mastering the basics" every tuesday which consist of meditation, tea and a little talk afterwards. Great way to continue your meditation. And it's on donational basis.
Did anyone have any experiences with them?
http://dublinbuddhistcentre.org/

I have spoken to a gentleman that works there and he was a really sound guy. Very intelligent and good to talk to (no whiff of New Age smugness that I've encountered elsewhere ahem). We had a great chat, and I was going to sign up for a class but it was around new years and loads of resolutions had obviously been made so it booked out. TBH I wasn't too keen on the fact that they were charging a lot for short meditation classes (150 eur) I don't object to paying but generally I find the donation method makes more sense in the context and it should not elimiate people from going if they are broke/stuck.

However, given the converstion I had etc I'd be tempted to go still. They are not very big on the history etc of Buddhism 'you can read that in a book' and much more concerned with practice. It seems, perhaps, that they are more running classes in general than a Buddhist-centric temple (as it were).

Anyone else that attends drop us a line here, I'd also love to know more / pop in again!
R

LaMortis

Nah they're charging unemployed and students less (100, if that makes much of a difference to you ) I know, it's quite steep, but i understand why that is, they are a quite small branch of FWBO and they have a mortgage on top of their bills. They have donational basis after that when you want to continue with your meditation. When i did my meditation course there i was so amazed at changes in me, i became a much calmer person, became a lot kinder to people around me and my cramps (used to get really bad stomach cramps when stressed) completely went away.
And i love the people there, they're so chilled and nice.

RossFixxxed

The Dublin Buddhist Centre is a not-for-profit religious charity. As such, we set our charges to cover our costs of running the centre.

So the money you pay for courses helps to make possible a vibrant spiritual community, dedicated to growth and transformation and, in particular, pursuit of the Buddhist Path to freedom.

It allows us to offer a beautiful space in the heart of Dublin City where people can come and practice meditation, yoga and Buddhism.

We keep the costs as low as possible and apply concessionary rates to as many of our courses and events as possible.

However, we realise that at times people may still find the working or concessionary rates difficult to meet. If attending any of our classes would put you in financial difficulties then please let us know and we will work something out.

From their site. can't say much fairer than that I guess. They do seem very genuine!

lukester

I think they're good for teaching meditation and/or yoga, but if someone was seriously considering pursuing Buddhism I don't know that I'd recommend them. There are lots of established Buddhist centres with a demonstrable lineage that I'd consider first.

RossFixxxed

lukester wrote: »

I think they're good for teaching meditation and/or yoga, but if someone was seriously considering pursuing Buddhism I don't know that I'd recommend them. There are lots of established Buddhist centres with a demonstrable lineage that I'd consider first.

Hi, could you recommend a few in the Dublin area? Any that you have first hand experience of? I'd be interested in looking into it! Thanks very much!

lukester

Hi

In Dublin, I've attended Kagyu Samye Dzong, Rigpa, and Shambhala.

These are all Tibetan Buddhist centres, that offer meditation, teaching, etc.

I've also met people from Mindfulness Ireland. This group is associated with Thich Nhat Hanh's centre in France, Plum Village. They meet weekly for meditation- I just haven't gotten around to going along.

I've put links below for each of the groups.

Samye Dzong, Kilmainham
http://www.buddhism.ie/

Shambhala, Herbert St, D2
http://dublin.shambhala.info/

Rigpa Dublin, Wicklow St
http://rigpa.ie/lang-en/find-your-centre.html

Mindfulness Ireland, Northside, Stanhope St, Southside, Oscailt centre, Pembroke Rd
http://www.mindfulness-ireland.org/

There are various other Buddhist traditions/lineages represented in Ireland, but to the best of my knowledge most of these are outside Dublin.

Hope that helps.

RossFixxxed

Thanks a million Lukster, much appreciated!

OP let us know how you get on if you decide to go!