Meditation – true form of the self There are no difficulties in the heart of meditation. Meditation, as practised in the Soto Zen way, is manifesting the true form of the self. As the true form of the self is formless, meditation is not limited to any particular posture, activity, situation or time. Hence, in […]
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Home Late September 2022, Our frail and pinched mum, sister and I, exposed on the sweeping expanse of Godrevy beach. A place thinly transparent to everything beyond sight, at least for a time. We come together, we move apart, no one is in charge or knows how it’s going to go. The three of us
May, June & July Newsletter Hello, What’s coming: Temple dates for May, June and July, are up on the website calendar. I look forward to seeing you here in person or on Zoom. You may see that the temple is closed for three weeks in July, when I’ll be away. There are still places available
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The Dharma Gate of No Restriction If you want to realize what the Buddha taught, then simply: when eating, just eat; when walking, just walk; when sitting, just sit; when thinking, just think; when talking, just talk, and so on. That’s it, gather yourself together, diligently apply yourself to directness, and let your intrinsic nature
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Compassion and a dreamlike world The material and physical world is as dreamlike as the world of the mind. So the self of a human being is dreamlike too. Dreamlike – but not – a dream. Though both are equally valid aspects of experience, they are not the same. Part of the ongoing examination of
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Hello, Before we get to the news for March and April, here’s a quick review of some of what’s happened in January and so far in February; On the 29th January we had a funeral ceremony at Cross Farm for Ian and Judy’s companion of 16 years, Cora. Photo by Judy Over the last six
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Hello, Temple events for Jan and Feb are now available on the booking calendar A time of year some may find naturally conducive to, ‘Withdrawing within and reflecting upon yourself’, as advised in Zen Master Dogen’s, Rules for Meditation. All good wishes for 2024 Willard
What do I get? ‘And what is blind ignorance? All wordly beings from time immemorial have matters turned around in a variety of ways so that they keep returning to the same place, just as anyone does who is lost and wanders off in all directions. They mistakenly perceive the four elements to be properties
Hello, Dates for November on the Dragon Bell website. And while we are here, might as well do December a bit as well. https://dragonbelltemple.org.uk/activities/ 6th – 10th December we have the Eden Rise retreat, if you are thinking of coming, please would you let me know in the next few days (deadline is 6th November).
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Stages If you think of practice in the sense of a verb, then it’s an activity. The activity of practice is the giving of yourself to respecting (being attentive to), allowing for and immersing yourself in, your true nature. Your true nature manifests as you are respecting and loving it. The meaning of true nature
