What’s coming The calendar for May and June has been published on the website – https://dragonbelltemple.org.uk/calendar/ Currently it looks likely that we will be continuing at Cross Farm into the summer months, see property news below. There are likely to be an increasing number of works being carried out here in the coming months. The […]
In Praise of True Endeavour Spiritual awakening is not a fantasy, its activity is not conceptual. Awakening to the fullness in life, is realizing that there are no obstacles and no fundamental difficulties. Every day is an opportunity to study this in detail and to ease into the enjoyment of existence. With the slightest avoidance
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The calendar for March and April is now published here If things start happening with moving the temple, some of the calendar may have to be cancelled, I’ll let people know of course. The schedule of events is pretty much typical, two meditation days each month, two meditation mornings (one mid-week, one Sat) and the
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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
