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 […]
Dharma Glimpse by Dayamay Dunsby Aine, the new Temple dog, joined us for walking meditation in the garden on Saturday. And as we were slowly shuffling round amongst the flowers and shrubs in the gentle rain, she found an old newspaper that she liked the look and smell of. It was already wet and as
Dharma Glimpse by Paul Riley I get the bus to work each morning and pass through some of the most impoverished parts of Liverpool. The buildings are falling down. People look beat. Crime, addiction and deprivation are everywhere. The place I’m heading to – Liverpool prison – is a condensed microcosm of this pain and
Dharma Glimpse by Kim Allard When I was young I asked my Dad if prayers work. He replied that they might but they weren’t like a gum ball machine where you put something in and get something out. Today I would reply “maybe.” As I turn to Amitabha in meditation, gratitude and times of difficulty
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
Dharma Glimpse by Satya Robyn Yesterday Kaspa and I were tired after a long week, but I’d got it into my head that we could improve our bedroom, which I’ve always hated, by rearranging the furniture. It’s a small room and so the options were pretty limited, but after few hours of lugging furniture around, a
Dharma Glimpse by Maria ChumakAs an opening I’m going to confess of being pescatarian – so I have relinquished eating any meat but I do eat fish. We all have something to work on! On our recent holiday Steve and I went to a seaside town Barmouth in Wales. There’s apparently quite a few seafood
by Chris Earle-Storey I’m busy digging over a corner section of my garden. I haven’t quite decided what to do with it; I have a vague idea of a small pond, or perhaps some more plants to attract the bees and butterflies. The ground is heavy with clay and so digging is hard work. I
Dharma Glimpse by Dayamay Dunsby I am beginning to explore the possibility of dating again, after a long period of celibacy and recovery from compulsive patterns, some of which are related to relationships both platonic and romantic. This effort to consciously engage with prospective partners has opened up a whole new dimension in my encounters
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
