The joyful activity of the life of meditation cannot be taken away by anything. Whatever comes, pleasurable or painful, is liberated when freed from the tight grip of a self concerned with itself. The open way of what is good to do can always be found. This joy is not whimsical or reckless, within its […]
Words Sandokai1, a well known Buddhist teaching poem, contains the lines, “If from your experience of the senses basic truth you do not know, how can you ever find the path that certain is, no matter how far distant you may walk?” It’s straightforward enough to understand the logic of of such a simple piece
Dragon Bell Temple @ Eden Rise Eden Rise Retreat Venue, Sandwell Barns, Harberton, Totnes 4 nights: 22-26 May 4 nights: 6 -10 December Click here for more details
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I am returning to the temple on 20th Jan. New dates for the monthly calendar are up on the website and the regular weekly schedule will resume starting Sunday 22nd. Also on the website are the dates for a second 2023 Eden Rise residential, December in addition to May. I hope all is well with
So you want to be a meditator? The founder of the OBC, RM Jiyu, said something along the lines of, “it is better not to start at all, than to start and then try to stop”. Once the bliss of ignorance has had a little light shone on it, it will be painful to try
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The prior, Rev. Willard, will be away from the temple for most of December. No events will be running for a few weeks while he tries to help out his elderly parents. Hopefully, the schedule of meditation opportunities will resume in January. New calendar events will be posted as soon as the situation becomes clearer.
News for November Hello, Dates for November events at Dragon Bell are now up on the website: Saturday 5th : Introduction morning Tuesday 15th : Introduction evening Saturday 12th : Meditation day Tuesday 22nd : Introduction evening Saturday 26th : Meditation morning The booking deadline for the December residential retreat is 5th November. There may
Hi, Calendar dates for October have just been published on the temple’s website. There will be two meditation mornings and one meditation day at Cross Farm, plus the usual introduction sessions. Due to family commitments, I was only able to run two meditation days in September, one with the North Cornwall group at St. Eval
Dragon Bell Temple will be running two retreats at the venue Eden Rise, nr Totnes 3 nights: Monday 5th – Thursday 8th December 2022 4 nights: Monday 22nd – Friday 26th May 2023 For more details please see here
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No birth and no death What I am at now doesn’t know that it is alive, it has no need to see itself in this way and so it doesn’t fear or doubt death either. Sometimes this is clear, sometimes it isn’t. What is clear is that this life is not a possession of mine
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