Summary of opening talk for experienced meditators at
Retreat at En dor, northern Israel, September 6, 2015
For a long, long time, human beings have engaged in a search. People have felt their limits, their mortality and sense of finiteness – a feeling of being small, vulnerable creatures on this Earth. …
I recall more than 30 years ago asking Gaia House, the much loved meditation centre, a few miles north of Totnes, south Devon, England, to display only beautiful plants and flowers in the front of the meditation hall rather than a Buddha image. Trustees and co-Dharma teachers kindly agreed. I also requested that we name the meditation centre as Gaia House. Gaia, a Greek goddess, means ‘Living Earth’ and, coincidentally, has the same pronunciation as (Bodh) Gaya, the place of the Buddha’s awakening. Co-teachers and trustees also kindly agreed to this proposal. …
Secular Buddhism. – Has a new Buddhist sect been formed in the West?Read More »
Secular Buddhism. – Has a new Buddhist sect been formed in the West? Read More »
Dear Readers,
Here are four questions leading into 80 questions to encourage an exploration of our phenomenal existence. We waste our life if we sleep walk through it. Let us exercise the quiet inner power of consciousness to inquire into our relationship to this field of human being and human activity. If you wish, read through the 80 questions. There is no single answer to any question. The genuine answer makes a real difference to your life. …
84 Questions to last a Lifetime Read More »
Lewis Thompson, an English poet and sage, spent 18 years in India from the age of 22 until his death in Varanasi in 1949, aged 40. He devoted these years to the exploration of consciousness, experience and truth. Aphorisms, carefully filed away in boxes, were found after his death. Here is a selection of his aphorisms. Clear, sharp and direct, his aphorisms serve as an important resource for reflection for sincere people committed to the exploration of the human experience.
Still largely unknown more than 60 years after his death, Lewis Thompson has much to offer in his expression of numerous timeless truths. His aphorisms certainly deserve a wider audience. (see review of Mirror to the Light in the blog of July 13, 2015). …
Lewis Thompson (1909 – 1949). A Selection of Aphorisms from Mirror to the LightRead More »
Lewis Thompson (1909 – 1949). A Selection of Aphorisms from Mirror to the Light Read More »
Numerous people from every background came to the Buddha with questions on every conceivable issue. For example, he said five qualities were needed to attend the sick whether doctors, nurses, attendants, friends or family members. The qualities were the capacity to: …
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