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December 2017

December 13, 2017
This time last week, the temple was full of people for our annual Bodhi retreat....
December 12, 2017
This Dharma talk features Dharmavidya, the Head of the Order of Amida Buddha, with...
December 08, 2017
"I want you to stop running from thing to thing to thing, and to sit...
December 06, 2017
Last night I went bowling. I only managed to knock over 35 pins with my...
December 04, 2017
This morning our copy of Tricycle arrived – the Buddhist equivalent of Vogue. In it...

November 2017

November 30, 2017
I was on my way out of the shop when my eyes were snagged by something glittery....
November 28, 2017
This morning as a part of our usual morning Buddhist service I introduced the congregation...
November 26, 2017
This morning we had our last ever Sunday nembutsu service here at the temple. From...
November 24, 2017
Yesterday I dropped into our local independent greeting card shop, run by Sean. I hadn’t seen...
November 22, 2017
Bhikkhus, with the manifestation of a Tathagata, an Arahant, a Perfectly Enlightened One, four astounding...
November 20, 2017
This is Poppet and Peter, the temple bunnies. I call them Pops and Peetle. As...
November 17, 2017
Today we find the Buddha instructing Kesi, the horse trainer. The Buddha is very good...
November 15, 2017
Vocation: “a summons or strong inclination to a particular state or course of action; especially...
November 13, 2017
Last night I had disturbed dreams, and this morning I couldn’t shake off a sludgy,...
November 09, 2017
This morning, after letting the temple bunnies out of their hutch, I wandered down into...
November 08, 2017
I've been reflecting on how I've changed over the past twenty years. In some ways,...
November 03, 2017
I am still on my retreat in Shropshire, writing like a demon. This morning I...
November 01, 2017
Yesterday I arrived at my week’s writing retreat at the Clockhouse in the Shropshire hills....

October 2017

October 30, 2017
This morning I noticed a new review on our book, Just As You Are. It...
October 29, 2017
My name is Satya and I am a Pureland Buddhist. The primary practice of Pureland...
October 26, 2017
I am a part of several different communities, as I’m sure you are too. Some...
October 24, 2017
I am not a fan of exercise. At school I hated games – the P.E....
October 21, 2017
My heart was banging. It was Thursday evening and I was preparing to do a live...
October 18, 2017
The wanderer Potaliya approached the Buddha and after they had exchanged greetings and ‘cordial talk’...
October 15, 2017
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all...
October 13, 2017
Every Sunday evening we hold something called a Listening Circle at the temple. In this...
October 11, 2017
I try to make a regular practice of dipping into the reams of suttas from...
October 09, 2017
Sometimes life feels hopeless. Maybe we are struggling with an addiction, or our hearts are...
October 06, 2017
This is not your week to run the Universe. Next week is not looking so...
October 04, 2017
I am not a good meditator. I rarely look forward to sitting meditation. I don’t...
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