Right Speech, Right Send
Reflections on how to apply Right Speech to communication via modern technologies. Based on a talk
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Time to Live?
This article talks about the problem of ‘busyness’, and came about through discussions with the Huddersfield and Leeds meditation groups and members of the www.brightmoon.org forum.
Continue reading →What is it Good to Do?
This article is an edited version of the third of three talks given to the retreatants at the New Year Retreat 2011— 2012 at Throssel Hole Buddhist Abbey.
Continue reading →How We Find Help through Buddhism
When we first encounter Buddhism as the result of a personal search for meaning in our lives, we can feel straight away a deep connection with what we meet. We can feel an immediate sense that in practicing the teachings … Continue reading →
Retiring from Work
This article takes a look at the ideas of the unskilful actions stemming from the poisons of greed, hate and delusion in relation to the process of retiring.
Continue reading →Practice and the Media
Mia talks about how she grew up with various form of social networking, and then goes onto describe how she uses various forms of media as part of Buddhist practice “….As Buddhists we
Continue reading →Inspirations and Fabrications
In this article Fer distinguishes between ‘Fabrication’ which relies only on cognitive thought and ‘Inspiration’ which is more intuitive and connects us with your inner and outer world. PDF to download: Inspirations and Fabrications
Continue reading →My Home Altar
In response to one of the suggested topics from our survey, we asked the lay ministers and others for some thoughts on the use of home altars in their practice. We were delighted with
Continue reading →Internal and External Work
From a Letter to a Lay Trainee Rev. Master Jiyu-Kennett April 22nd 1979 Dear _________, Thank you for your letter. It has taken some time to digest the questions you put to me, so I hope this reply is still … Continue reading →
Continuing Practice after a Retreat
This is intended mainly for those who are quite new to practice though I hope some aspects may be helpful in a wider sense. Each of us continues to train with the sorts of issues discussed
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