Dharma Glimpse by Kaspa This morning I have to send a new Chromebook back. We bought it to run Zoom practice sessions on and the network card isn’t good enough. I’ve been anticipating this with lots of resentment. It took a long time to set up the Chromebook when it arrived (in retrospect, because the […]
A Dharma Glimpse by Aidan Last week, I unexpectedly reconnected with an old friend with whom I had once been very close but fell out with five long years ago. We had made apologies for what happened and spoken on and off since then, but my anxieties, my clinging to old memories and fears, held
Kaspa has written an article/Dharma Glimpse for the XR Buddhists website based on his dharma talk from last night’s practice session. How can we welcome all of our reactions to the climate crisis, and move towards compassionate action without expectation of results? Read it here: Hope and Hopelessness in the Face of the Climate Crisis
A Dharma Glimpse by Philip At the start of the year I remember telling Satya how doing prostrations at home on some mornings, in addition to at practice, started to feel intuitively important and profound. They were probably the strangest thing when I first started practiced. And probably the most vulnerable. Conversely, I wondered if they are a
A Dharma Glimpse by Paul I recently paid my folks a visit and my mum proceeded to dig out the old photo albums. There I was, new born in a 70s living room, held by a proud father… an 80s kid clutching Star Wars toys… an early 90s 6th former…graduation cap n’gown… the millennium came
A Dharma Glimpse by Fi One of the things I love about my home town is how close we are to the hills. When I have a day to myself I love to pack some food and drink in my rucksack and spend a whole day walking them slowly all on my own, just existing
A Dharma Glimpse by Fi As part of last year’s Bodhi Day I sat with fellow sangha members and Extinction Rebellion activists at a regular vigil for the Earth in the middle of my home town. Round our necks we wore the placards that said ‘in Love and Grief for the Earth.’ At some point
Dharma Glimpse by Katie I fell of my path I take a deep changing breath as I put the words together to write this, I have been promising Satya to take up the challenge but have been avoiding actually completing the task. I find myself with some very unusual time off and this now has
A Dharma Glimpse by Chris Earle-Storey Timothy is relaxing on the sofa. Timothy does a lot of relaxing; like most cats, it’s a skill he has down to a fine art. Timothy doesn’t worry about mistakes he’s made in the past: he won’t be agonising over that time when he accidentally upset a mug of
By Maria Chumak The role of a Teacher (with a capital T!) has been celebrated and explored in many Eastern cultures. There is usually an image of a struggling searcher, often suffering and lost within the troubles of their life, and at the point when they are about to lose all hope there appears a
