Try looking in the monthly archives. June 2014

Post Image

The five great stages of the spiritual path

 
Sangharakshita has spent most of his life trying to communicate authentic Buddhadharma in such a way that it is appropriate to what might be called the western mindset although with the phenomena of ‘Globalisation’, ‘Western’ is a bit of a […]

Read More
Post Image

Guhyaloka journal entry #2

Now that the ordinations are over I am looking forward to things settling down to something more routine. With the exception of the ordination weekend,when I seemed to spend three consecutive days in the kitchen, the mornings are my own.
Starting […]

Read More
Post Image

“Does silence offend you?”

In the nineteen eighties there was a television comedy series called ‘Northern Exposure’. Set in Alaska, it primarily deals with a displaced New York doctor, and how he overcomes his conditioning. How, over time and with the, usually unwanted help […]

Read More
Post Image

Love (without the hang-up’s)

Peaceful solitude
Opens the heart
The rose, full bloom
Early summer 2014

Falling in love has, over some years, become an increasingly common experience. Placed in context, I meet the complete spectrum of individuals and I feel a deep love for them, quite often […]

Read More
Post Image

Thoughts from Heaven

The wonderful thing about the room we use at Heaven in Nutfield for our weekly meditation is that it has a glass ceiling. As I looked up after this weeks meditation, lead excellently by Dhruvamati, I found myself thinking about […]

Read More
Post Image

Guhyaloka journal entry #1

 

I have now been back in Guhyaloka for almost a week and have tackled three of the six meals a week that I am scheduled to cook. Fortunately the mornings are my own so I have been making the most […]

Read More