The calendar for February is live here: calendar feb I’m rather late with it, my apologies. There is a meditation day this Saturday 1st Feb. I haven’t gone into organizing March as it doesn’t seem worth planning too far ahead ‘cos……… the temple could be moving by then! Or maybe not until later, we’ll see. […]
Joy again Only it’s never— again. Joy-in-being doesn’t come and go, it is never in comparison to anything, including in time. And it’s never what I think it will be, there isn’t something that I can find to label joy. All the same, when I stop scratching around in habitual consciousness for a moment,
January 2025 Meetings will resume next week with the normal cycle of weekday meditation and Sunday meetings, starting Tuesday 7th. Otherwise, January will be a somewhat reduced schedule with one meditation day on Saturday 18th. The typical number and types of events should be resuming in February. Please see the calendar page for further details
Hello, At the beginning of the month, on behalf of Dragon Bell, I made an offer on a property. I’m pleased to let you know that the offer has been accepted and the conveyancing process is just beginning. I, and others, are delighted with the property and its potential. I am reluctant to widely spread
Space There is a quality of existence that doesn’t come, go, or stay. This quality has no shape, colour, or size. It manifests completely as the smallest things as much as the large. No location to this quality can be found. Space is a good likeness to this quality. If you are sitting
October news Hello, Temple dates for November are now on the calendar here On Wednesday 13th, there will be a meditation morning, a new addition to the calendar that may become a regular mid-week once a month thing. There are places available on the 10th-14th December residential retreat. Following this, the temple will be closed
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Kinds of Kindness In the 1990’s, in my mid – twenties and a new member of the monastic community at Throssel Hole Buddhist Abbey, I was asked by the temple officers to phone a long standing supplier and give notice that that the monastery was ceasing our regular order of tea. The community and guest
Hello website reader, I hope this finds you well. Temple dates for September and October are published on the website calendar. Would you be interested in there being a mid-week meditation morning or day, on the calendar? Let me know if you’d like to attend such and which kind, what day of the week. You
My aoplogies if you have been tring to join us on Zoom, these last few days. We are back online from Friday 26th with our usual schedule, please see the calendar for more details. Willard
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News from Dragon Bell Hello, We have the sangha outing happening this coming Saturday, here’s a reminder of the details; You are invited to join a social sangha gathering on Saturday 29th June. This will replace the scheduled meditation morning that was posted on the website calendar. We will be meeting in Exmouth at 11.30am,
