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Join a Silent Pilgrimage in the Sahara Desert 15-26 November 2024Read More »
Join a Silent Pilgrimage in the Sahara Desert 15-26 November 2024 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 »
MINDFULNESS OF THE BODY SCAN.
In his masterly discourse on Mindfulness, the Buddha encouraged mindfulness of the body. …
MINDFULNESS OF THE BODY SCAN. The Reason. The Application. The Practice. The BenefitsRead More »
MINDFULNESS OF THE BODY SCAN. The Reason. The Application. The Practice. The Benefits Read More »
DELTA/OMICRON, STATE OF THE EARTH AND TRANSFORMING FEAR
We live in challenging times with two global pandemics, Delta and Omicron, and global uncertainty for the Earth. …
Edward Conze (1904-1979) ranks among the much loved commentators/translators in the Buddhist tradition. Although born in London, Conze came from a German family with their home in Langenberg, Germany. In the 1930s, he wrote The Principle of Contradiction, a Marxist inspired text on dialetical materialism. A fierce critic of Fascism, he found himself harassed for his views. In 1933, the Nazis burnt his books in Berlin among thousands of other books, as they were deemed “unGerman.” …
