Best Free Meditation Centers In Dublin Near Me

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The Dublin Buddhist Centre is part of a world-wide community of Buddhist centres called the Triratna Buddhist Community. We are a not-for-profit charity, and have been helping people to learn about Buddhism, meditation and yoga in Dublin since 1990.

Buddhism is a path of practise and spiritual development leading to a liberating insight into the true nature of life. It enables people to fulfill their deepest potential, and to develop the qualities of Wisdom and Compassion.

4worldlovers: Meditation can help bring a greater sense of well-being and balance to your life...

Humans are facing unprecedented levels of stress and fatigue today and meditation can be a great way to unwind and get some sense of balance in life. There are however, many different forms of meditation practiced around the world. Sahaja Yoga meditation is about bringing our attention inside and awakening the primordial energy that lays dormant within. Meditation is a state where we are not thinking or imagining but our attention is on our Subtle System. It is not something we do, but a state we reach, known as the Thoughtless Awareness, ("Turya" or "Nirvichaar Samaadhi" in Sanskrit). We de-condition ourselves and move away from the reliance on the mind to another subtle, more powerful aspect of our own good self, the primordial mother energy, Kundalini. When we meditate, we try to get to this state (thoughtless awareness).

Meditating 10 to 15 minutes daily nourishes and improves the individual’s connection with their true spirit – the source of all peace and joy. There can be immediate benefits with the levels of stress & contentment. It has been scientifically shown that regular Sahaja Yoga meditation can cure ailments, attain balance, and enlightenment.

Improves the ability to remain balanced and clear-headed in stressful situations.

Focused attention and better concentration yield better results at work and in studies.

4worldlovers: Become happier just practising compassion or meditation for as little as half an hour a day over a period of two months has been shown to have a measurable affect on the parts of brain connected with happiness and well-being.

Better able to concentrate improving brain’s capacity to concentrate for an extended period of time

Better able to deal with things improving the capacity to deal with stressful situations and even uncomfortable physical conditions.

Peace of mind finding peace and stability in a complex world

Discover yourself coming to know your own mind and discovering who you really are

Although kindness and compassion are basic human qualities, it is not always easy to embody them in our lives, especially in today’s hectic, fast-paced world.

Fortunately there are several techniques that the Buddhist “training of the mind” in compassion has developed to help us evoke our own innate love and compassion. We can actively cultivate compassion.

Teachers and Practice Holders were formally introduced to the Rigpa sangha in August 2021 as those who are requested by Rigpa’s Vision Board & Spiritual Advisors to take the lead in guiding our community’s study and practice.

Try sitting upright in a comfortable and relaxed position. Leave your eyes open and allow your gaze to be relaxed and natural. Then, simply relax your mind…

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Brahma Kumaris Ireland offers an education in human, moral and spiritual values. To meet the challenge of change, it initiates dialogue and presents a fresh vision of the future. It recognises the intrinsic goodness of all human beings and teaches meditation to help each one rediscover their inner resources and strengths

Through its wide variety of programmes focused on understanding the self, Brahma Kumaris Ireland aims to develop the highest level of personal integrity and attributes of leadership. The primary tool for this is Raja Yoga Meditation, a simple form of meditation that puts you in touch with your inner resources. We teach meditation and related courses in spiritual and personal growth

The Brahma Kumaris has been active in Ireland for several years. In addition to regular courses and seminars, we hold monthly public lectures. All events are offered free of charge as a service to the community.

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Meditation is becoming more and more popular to manage stress but the true experience of transcending has a far more profound effect than just relaxation. Unfortunately, the knowledge of how to easily transcend had been lost to the world until recently. The ancient texts from the oldest tradition of knowledge in the world describe transcending as a supreme human experience, essential for our full human development. Today, we can confirm this, through modern science, by measuring what happens in the body and particularly the brain during the practice of Transcendental Meditation. We see –


1. A profound state of rest: much deeper than ordinary relaxation, even deeper than sleep.

When the mind transcends the finest impulse of thought, it comes into a state of complete inner silence. This happens in a completely natural and effortless way. We can’t try to make the mind silent, nor do we have to. With the right technique, the mind will go there by itself.


Mind and body go together, and where one goes the other has to follow. During this deep state of mental rest the body will also come into a deep state of physical relaxation. This state of rest has been measured to be significantly deeper than ordinary relaxation or eyes closed rest, often even deeper than the rest during sleep.

This deep rest can easily be objectively measured. This graph shows the average results in effect size of no less than 30 studies, performed around the world over 15 years. It shows that during TM practice respiratory rate, a measure of relaxation, goes down far more than during eyes closed rest. Other measures of relaxation, like basal skin conductance and the stress hormone plasma lactate, show similar decreases that indicate a far deeper rest than ordinary relaxation.Ref.

This deep rest activates the inner healing power in our own bodies. Relaxation means relaxing tensions. The body has a completely natural way to remove tensions that it accumulates. This is what we happens during sleep but the rest during sleep doesn’t always go deep enough to remove more deeply-rooted, traumatic stresses. Transcending gives a level of rest that can help dissolve those deeper rooted stresses.

Sometimes, the results can be most dramatic with those who need it most. A recent study with US Iraq War veterans showed a 50% reduction in PTSD and depression after only 8 weeks of TM practice. Ref. The results were so impressive that CNN TV did a feature on it on US Veteran’s Day.


This was a confirmation of earlier research with Vietnam war veterans that was done 25 years ago where the TM group saw such significant improvements (in PTSD, anxiety, depression, insomnia, alcoholism, family problems etc.) that, after only 3 months of practice, 70% of the war veterans required no further treatment. The control group that received standard psychotherapy showed no improvement.Ref.

These war veterans have problems that go far deeper than most people. If TM can help them, where all other approaches failed, it can probably help anybody.

The video below shows several more examples of just how powerful TM can be for those who are suffering from traumatic stress. It also shows why more and more scientists, educators, celebrities and governmental institutions are supporting the TM technique.

Stress disturbs the normal functioning of the brain, causing, amongst other things, a decrease in the production of the “happiness hormone,” serotonin. A lack of serotonin influences not only our inner sense of happiness but is also associated with migraines, sleep disorders, anxiety, anger outbursts, Alzheimer’s, eating disorders, addictions and many others. One can try to influence serotonin artificially (as anti-depressants seem to do) but this only treats the symptoms, not the real problem. The experience of transcending, on the other hand, activates the body’s own healing ability so that the brain can function normally.

The result? A completely natural increase in serotonin production during the TM practice and eventually a stabilization of higher levels even outside of meditation.Ref. This has implications in all areas of life as can be seen on this site.

Transcending not only has an effect on our health, our well-being, our self-esteem and our relationships but it also influences brain development, even in adults, whose brains are supposed to already be fully developed. How can a simple experience affect the brain in a way that was previously hard to credit, such as increased IQ and creativity in adults etc?