{"id":229,"date":"2020-11-09T16:58:24","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T16:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/meditationkent\/?page_id=229"},"modified":"2025-12-07T14:48:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T14:48:19","slug":"resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/meditationkent\/resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Happiness In Daily Life<\/h3>\n<p>We were very pleased to welcome Ajahn Amaro, Abbot of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amaravati.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amaravati Buddhist Monastery<\/a>, to the University on 23 October 2017.<br \/>\n\u200b<br \/>\nIntroduced by Professor David Wilkinson, Ajahn Amaro spoke entirely without notes for about an hour on the subject of\u00a0<strong><em>&#8220;Happiness in everyday life&#8221;<\/em><\/strong>, before leading a Question and Answer session. \u00a0A variety of provocative and probing questions were\u00a0raised by members of the audience of approximately 100. \u00a0Our grateful thanks to Ajahn Amaro, to Professor Wilkinson, and to everyone else who helped to organise the event.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-229-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/meditationkent\/files\/2020\/11\/ajahn_amaro-23_oct_23_2017-university-of-kent_happiness_in_daily_life-1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/meditationkent\/files\/2020\/11\/ajahn_amaro-23_oct_23_2017-university-of-kent_happiness_in_daily_life-1.mp3\">http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/meditationkent\/files\/2020\/11\/ajahn_amaro-23_oct_23_2017-university-of-kent_happiness_in_daily_life-1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Buddhist Meditation<\/h3>\n<p>Ajahn Jayasaro, gives an introduction to Buddhist meditation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"kent-video-wrapper\"><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='1140' height='672' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rd7a9Ur2x0o?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Seven Wonders of the Buddhist World &#8211; BBC Documentary (2011)<\/h3>\n<div class=\"kent-video-wrapper\"><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='1140' height='672' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-WDG2DELq00?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Links<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebuddhistsociety.org\/page\/different-forms-of-buddhism\">https:\/\/www.thebuddhistsociety.org\/page\/different-forms-of-buddhism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accesstoinsight.org\/\">http:\/\/www.accesstoinsight.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/allisburning.org\/\">http:\/\/allisburning.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ajahnchah.org\/index.htm\">http:\/\/ajahnchah.org\/index.htm<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amaravati.org\/\">http:\/\/www.amaravati.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buddhacommunity.net\/\">http:\/\/www.buddhacommunity.net\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cittaviveka.org\/\">http:\/\/www.cittaviveka.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buddhanet.net\/\">http:\/\/www.buddhanet.net\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dharmaseed.org\/\">http:\/\/www.dharmaseed.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forestsangha.org\/\">https:\/\/forestsangha.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forestsangha.org\/teachings\/audio\">https:\/\/forestsangha.org\/teachings\/audio<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.londoninsight.org\/events\/\">https:\/\/www.londoninsight.org\/events\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.peacebeyondsuffering.org\/\">http:\/\/www.peacebeyondsuffering.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happiness In Daily Life We were very pleased to welcome Ajahn Amaro, Abbot of\u00a0Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, to the University on 23 October 2017. \u200b Introduced &hellip; 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