
The Tara Sanctuary and Natural Burial Ground
On Wed, 26 September, 2018 - 12:33
“Nature is, in itself, a healing environment”.
During the 2018 Combined Order Weekend in Adhisthana, Dayajoti talks about a newly forming project - the Tara Sanctuary and Natural Burial Ground which has a vision of creating a beautiful ecological burial ground and retreat site. Here she speaks about the what the natural burial movement is about, the links between nature, death and the land, how it connects with Buddhist practice and where the project is currently at.
Find out more about the Tara Sanctuary and Natural Burial Ground: www.tarasanctuary.org.uk
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Responses
Thank you Ambaranta for your affirming words! Yes, a crucial conversation!! That’s a good way of putting it.
Hi Dayajoti,
It’s really great to hear this interview and to have more of a sense of this inspiring project. I hope you find the land you need and can soon start to anchor the Tara sanctuary in ‘place’ as well as in vision. May this project go from strength to strength.
Thanks Saddhanandi for taking the time to listen, and comment, with everything you have on! Thanks for your support.
Hi Amritavani, thank you for responding and for your well-wishing for the project. I’m gradually meeting more OMs involved in this work, as people hear about the Tara Sanctuary project. Yes, I’ve come across cardboard coffins, and currently my will says I’d like to be buried in one, but since writing it I’ve seen other beautiful eco options, including felt pods made on Dartmoor, and coffins woven from different materials, eg willow, or banana leaf, or a kind of rush that can be a byproduct of clearing clogged up rivers. You can do a workshop to weave your own coffin, and then in the meantime use it for storage or seating; that’s what I’d like to do at some point; have it there as a daily reminder…! I saw a wonderful one woman show by Liz Rothschild which incorporated musical interludes where she did some weaving of her coffin-to-be; powerful to watch.
Gosh that sounds incredible. You have made me think…
Thank you so much for posting this on here.
I very recently started to discover more about our spiritual lives and Buddhist practice and only today came across this site, I have seen so much change and had so much guidance over the past year thanks to a good friend at work opening my eyes and telling me all I saw and dreamt was not fantasy or insanity.
I had been thinking about a natural burial for some years and my guardian has sent me in the right direction again.
Thank you again for sharing this with everyone.
Dear Markajb, belatedly, thank you very much for your comment on the post. Sending all best wishes.