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Six Reflections to Wake Up our Life. Join our Zoom course starting Saturday17 June 2023

We need time to reflect instead of constant thinking about ourselves, about our likes and dislikes. We get immersed in views about others, money, work and state of the Earth. Continue reading 



What does the Dharma offer the West?

I spent 10 years engaged in exploration of the spiritual, religious and cultural traditions of the East, including six years as a Buddhist monk. The privilege of listening, reflecting and meditating upon a range of teachings served as the backbone for a transmission of teachings from East to West. Continue reading 



Silence. Some attend retreats for the silence. Others resist. Join the Seminarhaus Engl retreat, near Munich, Germany. 30 June to 6 July 2023. With Christopher

Suitable for beginners and experienced meditators.

I sometimes hear the voice. “I would love to attend a retreat but I don’t think I could go a week without talking.”

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The Cicadas interrupt the Dharma Talk. Reflections on Forest Meditation Centre, near Lismore, NSW, Australia.

Published in November 2022, Living and Working Together tracks the 50-year-old history of the Dharmananda Community in The Channon, near Lismore, NSW Australia. Continue reading 



Self-Compassion. A Critique. Is Compassion the end of self-preoccupation – not the perpetuation of it?

Western society often has an obsessional tendency to adapt every issue of life to the needs of the self.

Self-compassion. Self-help. Self-acceptance. Self-interest. Love for myself. We hear about a connected Self. A separate Self. a True Self. Self- Actualisation. A Spiritual Self. Self-Enlightenment. Self, self, self. I, I, I, My, my my. Continue reading 




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