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Can We Know the End of the World? Christopher responds. Sangha Live. 90 minute Sessions. 7 February 2021 Do join on line.
You are invited to join two 90 minute sessions with Christopher.
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A wide range of international Dharma teachers offer sessions on a Sunday throughout much of the year.
A session consists of 30 minute guided meditation on the theme, 30 minute Dharma talk on theme with Questions and Answers.
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Session One
Sunday 7 February 2021
CAN WE KNOW THE END OF THE WORLD?
A 90 minute online meeting
We find ourselves concerned with the state of the world yet we do not live in one world.
Our inner world reveals significant differences of the outer world.
The outer world offers a variety of impressions to people.
it is not unusual to claim we live in different worlds.
The one world view seems to be another ideology.
Claims of what is true, half true and false abound.
Can awareness, mindfulness and meditation reveal the end of the world?
This question lies at the heart of the Buddha-Dharma.
Session includes a guided meditation, Dharma talk and Q and A.
Session Two
23 May 2021
IS THE BUDDHIST TRADITION GIVING UP ON COMPASSION?
A 90 minute online meeting.
The Dharma flies with two wings – compassion and wisdom. This talk will address suffering due to our social/political system, show that compassion involves action not feelings and concern about contraction of compassion into self- interest (self-compassion).
Session includes a guided meditation, talk and Q and A.
David Arnott. Buddhist activist. ( Born in Dewsbury, southern UK in 1943 – and died in Thailand in 7 December 2020)
The Guardian newspaper, UK, has published an obituary of David Arnott (1943 – 7 December 2020) who made an immense contribution to human rights in Myanmar. He had suffered with heart problems for several years.
David created a huge library of documentation of news and reports on Myanmar, some items dating back 130 years. An internationalist, he lived in the UK, Geneva, New York and Thailand. The library provided an immense resource for the people of Myanmar, researchers, journalists, universities and students worldwide.
Writer of The Guardian obituary, Colin Archer paid tribute to the work of David.
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Another obituary appeared in Frontier Magazine. substantial appreciation in Frontier magazine.
David and I met around 40 years ago, via retreats. I remember standing for Parliament for the Green Party in my constituency of Totnes in the mid-1980s. I asked David to be my campaign manager working out of my home. For several weeks, we worked together until the days after the vote. He was brilliant – organising public talks, door knocking campaigns, press releases, producing leaflets etc. A joy to work with despite our strong views on global issues.
We also met in his office/home, packed with papers, reports and books – a short walk from the UN in Geneva and in India. Through his UN contacts, David kindly made it possible for me to have a short meeting with Aung Sahn Suu Kyi in 1998 in her time of house arrest in Rangoon. I took with me packages for her handed to me by Myanmar students for democracy living in exile.
David always lived a minimalist lifestyle, often just scraping by with his finances including running costs of the Library.
People of Myanmar and internationals experience much gratitude for his dedication to compassionate and selfless service to others.
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81 Buddhists Speak on the Meaning of Life. A book. Buddha Life. Zenful Life. Nicolae Tanase
Buddhahood, Buddha Mind, Awakening, Enlightenment, Selflessness, infinite compassion, the highest happiness, vows, merits, the deepest wisdom… What is a life well lived?
The wind in the trees….listen…a Sacred Homecoming. Life….this moment…siting zazen…there is stillness. Like a Mudra….infinitely peaceful…unshaken…life is Silence. Breathing the moment… Does the question make sense? It is a silent mind… it is moonshine…other than this there is nothing you need to know. Awake! At the heart of life itself.
Between 2015 and 2020 I (author) asked more than a thousand renowned and spiritual people from around the world one question: what is the meaning of life? This book is an anthology of eighty-one poised and peaceful answers on the Meaning of Life, written by renowned Buddhists.