Sangharakshita tells the story of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha-to-be, up to the time of his Enlightenment, drawing out the significance of some of the key events. Here we encounter the Buddha receiving help on the path to Enlightenment. Excerpted from the talk The Way to Enlightenment given in 1972.
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The human body, at peace with itself, Is more precious than the rarest gem. Cherish your body - it is yours this time only. The human form is won with difficulty, It is easy to lose. All worldly things are brief, Like lightning in the sky; This life you must know As the tiny splash of a raindrop; A thing of beauty that disappears Even as it comes into being. Therefore set your goal; Make use of every day and night To achieve it.
With these inspiring words as a starting point, Sanghagita will be exploring how they support our practice of The Four Reminders, the preliminary practice of the Mind Training. How wonderful it would be to live like this! If only we could remember…
How would we act in every ordinary moment if we were Enlightened? How can we act to be more Enlightened? In this series we will be exploring a powerful, pithy teaching that tells us how to do just that.
According to the Buddha we see permanence where there is impermanence, substantiality where there is insubstantiality, see the unlovely as beautiful and the unpleasant as pleasant. How does this affect us? And even more importantly, what can we do about this? Yashobodhi makes the simple yet profound connection between ignorance and suffering. Excerpted from the talk Distortions of the Mind given at West London Buddhist Centre, 2017.
We are recruiting to the Operations Team at Dhanakosa, could that be you?
We are looking for people who are inspired by Dhanakosa and would like to work practically in maintenance and gardening to help look after this special place.
We are recruiting to two roles over the next 3-9 months:
Maintenance Manager – lead responsibility for maintenance of the site
Gardens, grounds and maintenance – gardening, groundswork and supporting the maintenance manager
You’ll be working as part of the House and Grounds team, alongside a Retreat Centre Manager and...
At Dhanakosa we have been creatively restructuring our working teams and rethinking support. We are now looking for committed Order Members to join the Senior Team with our most flexible and robust support package yet.
The Senior Team is a group of Order Members who work together to deliver the organisational, spiritual, and strategic leadership of the Dhanakosa Trust. We work primarily across six key work areas; organisational management, financial management, operational management, delivery of projects, spiritual leadership, retreat leading quality and...
Only the walker who sets out toward ultimate things is a pilgrim. The pilgrim resolves that the one who returns will not be the same person as the one who set out. Pilgrimage is a passage for the reckless and subtle. The pilgrim—and the metaphor comes to us from distant times—must be prepared to shed the husk of personality or even the body like a worn-out coat.
- Andrew Schelling
Pilgrims week is back, with the same epic ambitions. A continuous 108 hours of circumambulation,...
