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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All the calendar events for August and September. The temple will be closed twice in September, between Tuesday 6th – Tuesday 13th and Friday 23rd – Thursday 29th,, no events, on Zoom or in person will be available during these dates. For the rest of the month the schedule will continue as usual. Introduction sessions
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All July calendar dates for Dragon Bell Temple, Cross Farm. Look forward to seeing anyone who can make it. Memorial day for Reverend MyfanwySaturday 2nd July 9.00amdetails here – Memorial day Introduction sessions• Saturday 9th 10.00am – 12.30pm• Tuesday 12th 7.00 – 8.30pm• Tuesday 26th 7.00 – 8.30pm Meditation day• Saturday 16th 9.00am – 4.00pm
Because the way of zazen is indivisible from everything, it is the activity of faith. If there’s any division, then faith in enlightenment cannot take effect and it becomes belief. Faith opens up experience, effecting a receptive and responsive engagement within time and place. There are aspects of trust in this but this trust is
Without impermanence, there would be no beauty. If it were possible to eradicate impermanence, from that point on there would only be a hellish eternity where nothing moves or breathes. My shoes Then and now, now Doubting impermanence, we may attempt to create a permanence and imagine that it is working. This could be a
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