by Dayamay The word salvation is related to the word commonly used for sodium chloride – salt. In alchemy it refers to the ‘fixed-salt’, which is central to the intimacies of the tri-unity principle and mediator between the other two substances of great symbolic significance, sulphur and mercury. There is an immense amount of quite […]
Bodhi Day The Buddha’s awakening was supported by the Earth: a great naga serpent cheered the Buddha on towards enlightenment, he was awakened under a Bodhi tree and when challenged called upon the Earth goddess to witness and verify his awakening. What can we learn from the Buddha’s relationship with the natural world and how
By Kaspa This Saturday as part of our morning practice in the shrine room we’ll have a refuge ceremony. Refuge is what we call it when we place our trust in the three jewels: The Buddha, The Dharma and the Sangha. Refuge is when we stop being taken in by our defensive, calculating mind and
From Wednesday the 21st of July, in line with government advice, we will be opening up our shrine room to the public for the first time. We will be leaving coronavirus safety up to the individuals who attend. There will be sanitising hand gel on entry, which we’d encourage you to use. We won’t make
Remembering Suvidya. I was very sad to hear the news that our dear friend, colleague and dharma brother Rev. Suvidya, from the India Sangha, has passed away. I knew he was very I’ll but somehow had assumed that he would be one of the lucky ones who pulled through. I have very fond memories of
We have a couple of rooms available for new temple residents from mid-May in our Pure Land Buddhist temple in Great Malvern. We’re looking for someone who’s already connected to our Buddhist practice, or someone who’s willing to come along to practice sessions and see if what we offer here is a fit. Find out
