Introduction to Meditation and Buddhism in Moscow:

All teaching and discussion is in English. English speakers welcome from all over the world. No previous experience of Buddhism or meditation is necessary.

 

Classes are held on Sundays from 4-6pm at Open World, Открытый Мир,
18 Pavlovskaya ulitsa, metro Tulskaya on the grey line, Moscow.
Cost 250 rubles per class.

Медитация и Буддизи в Москве на русском.

 

We teach two traditional Buddhist meditation practices:

The Mindfulness of Breathing:

using awareness of the body and breathing in four simple stages to develop a deeper concentration, awareness, calm and contentment.

Metta Bhavana:

using awareness of our emotional life to develop closer, more harmonious and receptive relations with others in our everyday lives.

 

As well as one of these practices, at each class we start with a Mindfulness of the Body meditation as preparation, and conclude with the study of a text on one aspect of the Buddha's teaching.

Suvannavira:

classes taken by Suvannavira, member of the Triratna Buddhist Order, founded by Urgyen Sangharakshita. Suvannavira was born in Russia and came to England as a young child with his mother. He started to practise Buddhism while travelling in South East Asia and Australia in 1990, and was ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order in 1994. He worked for 11 years in a Team Based Right Livelihood Buddhist Business in England, and 7 years at the Paris Buddhist Centre, before starting to very regularly visit Russia again in 2009.