Conquered by Nature

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 […]

Sangha is a lifeboat

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

One Spring Morning

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

Snapping or Unwinding…

A Dharma Glimpse by Angie Pell-Walpole As I was preparing to leave for an appointment earlier today my scarf caught on a hook. As usual I was on the edge of running late and my initial reaction was to tug the scarf away, but the threads were strong and didn’t snap, they only pulled tighter

Worm therapy

A Dharma Glimpse by Beth Hickey Worm therapy  Who made the worm?  Why make a worm? Gendering is not an issue. When I first decided to start a compost I knew nothing about worms. In fact for the first few months they stayed well clear of my bin. Do you know that in an acre

Nothing to say, everything to see…

Dharma Glimpse by Philip Wallbridge I haven’t shared a Dharma Glimpse for a while.  It’s been on my mind for over a month now, along with a sense of guilt and uncomfortability. I have been busy with a university assignment which I handed in a couple of weeks ago so I have had a bit more

Autumn Cleansing

Dharma Glimpse by Beth Hickey Today I sneezed three times in a row and I knew it had began! I had not long returned from a walk in the woods with the dasies, kicking fallen leaves, examining strange and bizarre fungi and generally feeling the wildlife and landscape slowly closing down. More leaves below than

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

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