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 […]
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
Dharma Glimpse by Sheila Maund I feel very aware of the seasons changing this week and the approach of September, which always heralds s time of new beginnings and bigger changes. I went to Colwall Orchard Group to pick my husband up from a community meeting and arrived a little early. Initially I sat on
Dharma Glimpse by Sam Johnson My sister has just bought a new house with her partner, and I am going to be moving in with them. They do not need to move out of their old place for another couple of weeks, but the house had been left in a poor state, and lots of
Dharma Glimpse by Frankie Carboni I’m fortunate to have a spare room which I use both as a sacred space for my Buddhist practice and as a sort of studio for my creative practice. Now, we live on the ground floor of a small apartment block and it so happens that this room is directly
Dharma Glimpse by Chris Conway I had a bit of Dharma Glimpse on a recent run. I’m very lucky to live by the sea and there’s nothing I love more than going for a run down the seafront to unwind, after a long day. Unfortunately, a mile into the run, my Bluetooth headphones gave me
Dharma Glimpse by Olly Henwood I was recently on Lundy Island which provided a peaceful environment for reflection and embracing the Dharma. We spent some of the time diving, looking for and finding marine life. I found it interesting that when observing the sea from land it appeared vast, empty and barren. It wasn’t until
Dharma Glimpse by Satya Robyn This morning I went down into the temple garden to do my usual twenty minutes of nembutsu in front of the garden Buddha. As I sat, my brain lurched from one project to another. I have a lot on my plate at the moment – my dad is in hospital,
A Dharma Glimpse by Chris Earle-Storey I’ve had a difficult couple of weeks and have been finding it hard to concentrate on things. The current hot weather does not help; normally I would refresh myself by spending time working in the garden, but the fierce heat of the sun makes it too uncomfortable. Yesterday morning
Dharma Glimpse by Maria Trotter My husband and I spent most of last week in London. It was a hectic combination of work and shows that we’d arranged to attend a while ago, and some that were just spontaneous. Obviously as the railway strikes were announced shortly before our visit, we had to adjust our
