September 2022

Natural Growth

A Dharma Glimpse by Dayamay Dunsby I had been feeling frustrated with myself recently after a perceived failure on my part to master certain behaviours that can be destructive. The tendency, for me, is to aim high and overwhelm myself with great expectations about becoming pure and perfect. Even though I know in my bones […]

I did not speak out

A Dharma Glimpse by Karmadeva Often we take things for granted. We continue with our own lives as though everything is fine, even when everything is falling apart for others. That’s not to say we shouldn’t be happy with our lives if things are comfortable and we are happy. I remember a retreat I completed

An invitation from the Eternal

Dharma glimpse by Helen Dakers Over the last two years my family life has evolved and I have reached the stage where I am now the mother to a teenager and the daughter of an elderly parent. A member of the Sandwich Generation as I have discovered this is called. These roles have posed an

Impermanence

Dharma Glimpse by Maria Trotter Steve (my husband) and I went away to Snowdonia for a few days last week. The weather unexpectedly dried up and we braved to go hiking up Snowdon itself. After about halfway up Steve got worried about his poorly back and stayed behind, while I carried on a bit further

HRH Queen Elizabeth II

Kaspa writes: In my role as Chairperson of the Network of Buddhist Organisations I was prompted to write to His Royal Highness King Charles III, following the death of his mother HRH Queen Elizabeth II. Here is the letter I have posted today. An earlier version of this appeared on the NBO’s website and social

Coming towards us

Dharma Glimpse by Katie Bow I was on the train back from work in London. It had been a long, hard day, well in fact a long hard few weeks. I was desperately trying to get something sorted to meet an urgent deadline by working with my laptop purchased on the pull-down table on the

Does my dog have Buddha Nature?

Dharma Glimpse by Frankie Carboni One of my perpetual struggles is with posture during sitting meditation. Zen has very precise and detailed instructions about sitting posture that come from the Japanese monastic tradition and while they aren’t meant to create an endurance test of sitting, that’s exactly how it can sometimes feel. I can still

Trying to hard

A Dharma Glimpse by Imogen I’ve been considering all day what I might write for my dharma glimpse and nothing quite felt right. I found myself reading through other glimpses and wondering what I am supposed to write. In my journal, these things come so easily to me, but there is something about writing the

Learning to suffer

A Dharma Glimpse by Dayamay I noticed recently that the majority of the elderly people that I work with seem to have a very gracious attitude towards their, often very challenging predicaments. Many of them have extremely debilitating health conditions and are dependent on people like myself for some of their most basic needs. Despite

Rising Sun

A Dharma Glimpse by Beth H Early this morning I found I couldn’t sleep… The room is dark, so moving to the balcony window, I pull open the curtains to reveal the most amazing red orange sun rising from the Mediterranean. Mesmerised I sit outside and watch as it slowly rises and all around the

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