Dharma Glimpse by Izzy Sometimes I feel the Buddha’s hands at work in my life. A while ago now, I was sat at my laptop, as I am right now, scrolling through my emails, when I saw one from the RNLI. “Enter Our Million Pound House Draw! All profits go to the RNLI”. I went […]
Dharma Glimpse by Kusuma Last summer we began the stressful project of extending our tiny two bedroom house to make it a family home. We put some of our belongings in to storage and I mentally prepared myself for 6 weeks of mess and stress, which dragged out for more than 12 weeks. As foundations
Dharma Glimpse by Mat Osmond This is a glimpse that arrived in two halves. The first half came a few weeks ago as I was giving my daughter Zoe a driving lesson. We had the Sat Nav on, but for some reason we kept turning aside from the route it offered back to where we’d
A Dharma Glimpse by Mat Osmond This is a glimpse that arrived in two halves. The first half came a few weeks ago as I was giving my daughter Zoe a driving lesson. We had the Sat Nav on, but for some reason we kept turning aside from the route it offered back to where
Dharma glimpse by Dave Smith As part of the book study group, I have been reading ‘The Shamanic Bones of Zen’ by Zenju Earthlyn Manuel. There is a section in this book where she talks about communal chanting and the connections we make with other people who have repeated the same chants over the years.
Dharma Glimpse by Kusuma As part of a multi-faith open day I recently visited a children’s hospice for the first time in a number of years. There is a heavy price to pay for working in a palliative care environment with Compassion Fatigue a major contributing factor in staff being off sick or leaving the
Dharma Glimpse by Frankie This isn’t a meditation on death and my preparedness or otherwise for it, but about the lessons I am taught as I go about my every day mundane life. Shopping! I do a lot of my shopping on Amazon. Yes I know for many people this is objectionable but perhaps those
A Dharma Glimpse by Khema I have noticed a number of road works recently popping up on the road between my house and town and with them temporary traffic lights. I usually come across these when I’m running late and invariably the lights are always on red. I work predominantly from home these days which
By Elizabeth Some of you know that my daughter was found to have a shopping addiction this year, with its attendant lying, stealing and gaslighting. It was an effort to get over the shock and disbelief at first and then how to practice? It took time and hence my gratitude for the Dharma seal of
Dharma Glimpse by Paramita Last weekend I missed out on the Bright Earth Pureland Buddhist Convention, which was held in my hometown and hosted by my home Temple.It was not my fault and neither can I blame anybody else for this unfortunate state of affairs.I suffer with Fibromyalgia, which is classed as a “chronic illness”
