March 2023

Look to the horizon

A Dharma Glimpse poem by Dave Smith Look to the horizon See the beauty in its outline Sharp black silhouettes of ancient ash and oak above soft rounded hills Look to the ground beneath you See the beauty in its complexity Each blade of grass and wild flower petal repeating patterns of nature’s symmetry A […]

Claw Marks & Letting Go

A Dharma Glimpse by Philip I have been listening to a track by Jon Hopkins, an English musician and producer of electronic and piano driven music, called ‘Sit around the Fire’ recently.  I love it the track has human connectivity; it was recommended by one templemate to another, who then played it to me in

A series of haiku inspired by River of Fire, River of Water

Dharma Glimpses by Sonia Hyacinth bulbs breakFree in darkness, seek out light —Dizzying blue heights. Dandelion clocks puffPretty drift; weeds gently checkedMake way for clover. Yarn pulled loose unravelsMy winter shawl: shape new skeins.Namo Amida Bu. Through flame, valley, wave,Cave, mount, maze, weaves golden thread —Namo Amida Bu. * Namo Amida Bu —Touched by light,

The warmth of the cup

Dharma Glimpse by Frankie Carboni Very early morning, before the sun rises, and before anything or anybody is awake, has always felt special to me. It has an intimacy, a quietness, a kind of privacy. I feel completely immersed in the solitude that I love. This particular morning, it must have been around 5.00am, I

Pace

A Dharma Glimpse by Maria Trotter Today has been a strange day indeed. It began with snow on the hills – in March – and a slightly annoying pulsing headache as I reluctantly got out of bed. “There has been so much going on recently!” – I thought as I went though the morning routine,

Blue sky, turning grey

Dharma Glimpse by Sonia There’s a regular walk I take, I enjoy it, but sometimes it’s just a tick list job, a kind of mental and physical health chore. How did these things become chores? I’ve done the walk many times without having the faintest idea where I am or how I got there. Sometimes

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