A guided loving kindness meditation, or kindfulness meditation.

When we are happy inside, we get to sit for a long time, and the longer we meditate, the more stillness and clarity is created for our development of wisdom.

One way of looking at the training is called the gradual training, which is a gradual refinement of wholesome happiness and freedom.

Letting be meditation is really simple, and works wonders on an active mind.

DNBF was invited to Stavanger to conduct a weekend retreat with a focus on kindness, joy and happiness - and why this is important.

It was a captivating weekend in Arendal - both instructor and retreat leader had long been wanted, and after prisoner numbers were assigned, they had to endure isolation - at least two days.

With a new board in place after the AGM and a successful 7-day retreat outside Trondheim, the focus going forward is kindfulness in Arendal and Stavanger, and Ajahn Brahmali's focus on Satipatthana in Oslo. In addition, there is the big spring's retreat at Venabu with Venerable Canda and Nitho, and a 9-day retreat in Finland.

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The society is constantly creating new teaching that we want to publish on podcasts. We are looking for someone who has some time to edit recordings of teaching, and publish these on our three podcasts.

Anukampa's growing role as a haven for deep practice, inner peace, and wisdom.

DNBF annual report for 2024 - activities, future, chair's report, spiritual leader's report and accounts.

Here is the agenda for DNBF's annual general meeting 2025.

Troset outside Trondheim could offer everything this week in February 2025 - peace and quiet, beautiful nature, great weather, northern lights and a sparkling starry sky - as well as many who managed to expand their comfort zone on the way to a beautiful mind.

There are many hindrances (nīvarana) in meditation, and if you are not aware of these, or do not understand them, you can waste a lot of time. Podcast episode can be found in the article.

The Eightfold Path, and hindrances in meditation was the theme in Stockholm February 2025.

The committee convenes DNBF's annual general meeting on Friday 7th of March, at 17.00 CET, at the premises of Wahl Larsen Advokatfirma, Fridtjof Nansens plass 5, 0160 Oslo.

It seems like every center in Finland has a sauna, including retreat centers - and often combined with ice bathing. This was also the case at Friendship Inn.

Lumbini, Bodh Gaya, Sarnath and Kusinara are four places in India for inspiration and motivation, and in 2024 DNBF made its first trip to India.

Prior to the pilgrimage to India, we visited the first woman in Thailand to be fully ordained as a bhikkhuni in modern times.

We received a happy announcement from Apple Podcast - the podcast 'dnbf enigma' has been ranked number 2 in its category in Norway!

For those who seriously want to cross over, we are now starting the fjord group. There will be an residential weekend retreat in Finland, an 8-day retreat outside Trondheim, an advanced weekend retreat in Stockholm, for deeper inspiration we are planning an intensive Pali language course - and we will meet at a café in Oslo in the pre-holliday rush, while others are now start their trip to India!

Johanneshov in Stockholm was the district, Kroppsverkstan was the center, and 30 people came to join a weekend retreat. Bhikkhuni Vimala also made the trip from Belgium.

From the opposite side of the planet, the retreat's instructor Bhante Sujato came by plane to Oslo, and he was transported straight to the mountains to rest and overcome jet lag, before the retreat at Venabu started.

How does the mind work? Often we don't understand, and we create problems for ourselves and others. But it IS possible to develop wisdom and to be free!

Jhana has become popular, but often dumbed down. So then it helps to have an overview of how aspects of the path fits together.

A longing for freedom is the first of the four bases of spiritual strength—energy, awareness, and understanding are the other three.

This talk is about the process the Buddha went through learning to meditate, starting with an experiences he had as a child, which teachers he met and learned from and how he was conditioned by other schools.

Metta meditation is the practice to develop the mind in such a way that this feeling of metta, this most exalted of human potentials, becomes a reality.

Mindfulness is not really meditation, but can be used as a type of meditation where we simply are aware of what is happening in your body and mind.

We're now inviting everyone into our podcast world, which includes this summer's teaching from Ajahn Brahmali on early Buddhism, as well as inspiration from Venabu - and a long list of upcoming activities is starting to fall into place.