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Bodh Gaya and Sarnath Update, photo links and information for January, 2017 retreats

Retreat Environments / Christopher / March 15, 2016

Bodh Gaya and Sarnath 2016 update, photo links

and information for January, 2017 retreats

We held our 42^nd annual Dharma retreat in India on mindfulness, insight meditation (vipassana) and liberation in India in late February. 2016.

Indian newspapers had been reporting a decline of around 5% tourists per year (outside Goa) for several years in India. For example, British tourists and travel agents were disgruntled with the £98.00 visa charge (the British government charge even more for Indian citizens to secure a tourist visa for the UK), plus sending in the passport, photo and visa forms to the Indian High Commission. One small error or oversight in the form could result in delays in securing the visa. …

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Totnes (UK) holds a silent walk to appeal to a halt to the bombing….

Retreat Environments / Christopher / July 20, 2014

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Photos show silent walk up Totnes high street and sharing circle. …

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Join A Pilgrimage to India from Feb 21 to March 7, 2014 with Denis Robberechts

Retreat Environments / Christopher / November 29, 2013

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Join Dharma teacher, Denis Robberechts in India on a journey to India, and the roots of the meditation tradition. …

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The Cold Wind of Death Brushes across the Back of the Neck of our Yatra

Retreat Environments / Christopher / August 12, 2013

It happens. Occasionally. Very occasionally. The cold wind of death brushes across the back of the neck. Not only of the individual but of the collective. In this case, the collective refers to the participants in our annual 10 day French Dharma Yatra (teachings and pilgrimage) held in late July. …

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Why End the Retreats in Bodh Gaya after 38 years?

Retreat Environments / Christopher / February 10, 2012

Every year, the noise pollution in Bodh Gaya, the village of the Buddha’s enlightenment, increases due to use of rock festival style loudspeakers for weddings and Mahayana pujas. Our 70 retreatants between the two retreats endured very loud music from the other side of the monastery wall for 19 nights out of 20 nights. …

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