Dharma Glimpse by Mat Osmond I’ve left it late to write this week’s dharma glimpse partly because I’m still wondering what to say about it. I’ve been wondering all week what to say about it in fact. Years ago now I watched a snail, and realised something as I watched them that’s never really gone […]
Dharma Glimpse by Dayamay Dunsby As I sat in the garden at work this morning, getting some November sunshine and some fresh air, a redbreasted robin fluttered down into the bush in front of me. It could obviously see me and chirped boldly in my direction, as if asking me a question. Head tilted slightly
Dharma Glimpse by Jenn Ashworth I am only really just getting to grips with what a glimpse is. A question surfaces for me, which is ‘so what?’ If I glimpse some greater truth or wisdom or I learn something, does it matter if I am not altered by it in some way? What hides underneath
Dharma Glimpse by Dayamay Dunsby This time of year can really be a bit of a struggle for me. My psychological baggage relating to childhood and early manhood, wounded and exiled parts exerting their influence and dominating my thinking, and the impact of the dreary weather and shorter days with less sunlight. It is a
Dharma Glimpse by Dayamay Dunsby As I set out for a walk in the rain during a period of covid convalescence the other day, I realised that I was too cold without my hat. I had already walked about 100 yards but turned back and trapsed upstairs to find a suitable covering to protect my
As I sat alone the other evening after I heard that my cousin had passed away, I reflected on friendship, how we all rely to a certain extent on others. Some is through what we have now, and some what we had in our past. With me I tend to get confused to a certain extent with the two. Let me explain.
Dharma Glimpse by Dayamay Dunsby Can you remember the moment that you first grasped the profundity of what it means that you’re alive? One minute you’re not here – next minute you are. Like a puppy licking a strangers face. Confronted with an alien landscape. Each new thing engaging the mind of form and feeling.
A Dharma Glimpse by Jenn So I’m away this weekend finishing off the coast to coast walk. This is a walk right across the north of England from St Bees on the west coast of Cumbria right across Cumbria and Yorkshire to the North East coast at Robin Hood’s Bay. It was invented in the
A Dharma Glimpse by Dayamay Dunsby I recently had an interesting conversation with a fellow community member about the value of community – Sangha, in Buddhist terms. As is often the case in these community discussions, tantalising questions and ideas came up that made me think about how important the Sangha is, as a spiritual
A Dharma Glimpse by Izzy Ellis I woke up one spring morning and as I left the temple to get to an early shift, I found my car window had been smashed in the night. The stone that was usually used to weigh down the lid of the bin, to stop the lid blowing open
