26 May 2021. Full Moon. Millions of Buddhists worldwide pay tribute to the Buddha’s enlightenment.
The Buddha on War Continue reading
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26 May 2021. Full Moon. Millions of Buddhists worldwide pay tribute to the Buddha’s enlightenment.
The Buddha on War Continue reading
‘Quarantine’ comes from a French word referring to a 40-day period.
I have selected a range of 40 much-loved British poems. This is a small offering to those of you who spend much of the day at home. Continue reading
We live in times of a certain intensity in a world of the predictable and the unpredictable. The global epidemic impacts upon perceptions increasing the levels of thoughts around health/sickness and life/death. Continue reading
You move your love beyond your normal reach,
and hug your life into an austere fast,
renounce what forms so old that others preach,
to take upon this challenge. Act at last!
Where you face daily the trials anew,
and devotion knows those torments to repair, Continue reading
Twenty-three meditators attended each of the two retreats in the Thai Monastery, Sarnath, India, this February (2020). Far fewer joined the retreat this year than 2109 with many cancellations due to coronavirus, floods, firestorms, political unrest in India etc. Continue reading