I gave a Dharma talk (unrecorded) this month (August 2022) on our Dharma Yatra, an eco-pilgrimage, in Germany on the importance of direct action despite any fears, doubts and excessive thinking. …
THE POWER TO ACT. Three Examples. A Poem Read More »
Quirky means eccentric, odd, whacky, unpredictable. Texts for a teenager,15, living with her grandfather….
A year ago (July 2021), our family talked about the wish of D’nae, 14, to move from Hertfordshire, 30 minutes north of London, to Totnes in south Devon. …
While teaching my current retreat here in Seminarhaus Engl, Bavaria, I had a 1-1 with a woman in her 20s who faces daily a challenging health issue with remarkable fortitude. We spoke about the importance of a vegan diet for the welfare of animals and for health. I appreciated her dedication to a plant-based diet. She inspired this blog I wrote soon after.
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Ah, chai, garam, garam, chai. It means tea, hot, hot, tea. We hear it chanted in India on railway station platforms, in the corridors of trains, at bus stands and from the chai wallahs sitting at their stall. …
How to make Indian Chai for One Person Read More »
The best of poems has the potential to offer us a depth of profound realisation with lasting insights. …
Bright Star. A Poem by John Keats (1795–1821). Plus line-by-line in Plain English.Read More »
Bright Star. A Poem by John Keats (1795–1821). Plus line-by-line in Plain English. Read More »
