From London Buddhist Centre on Wed, 7 May, 2014 - 17:55Poetry East is new poetry venue at the London Buddhist Centre showcasing the work of well-known contemporary poets, exploring the relationship between poetry and spiritual life.
Marylyn Hacker is an American poet, translator and critic. She has won the US National Book Award and the PEN Award for ‘Poetry in Translation.’ ‘A major poet…exciting and true.’ (George Szirtes).
From International Retreat 2014 on Tue, 6 May, 2014 - 14:22If you’d like a wee flavour of the magic and mystery of the event, here’s a video from the online archive of our 2012 International Retreat on the theme of ‘Imagining the Buddha’. It was made by Lokabandhu (on his ‘not-smart’ phone!) very early in the morning on the last day of the retreat:
“On the last full day we held a 24-hour cycle of ceremonies to the Buddhas of the Four Directions, starting with a Dawn...
From Buddhafield on Tue, 6 May, 2014 - 12:40Here are the first two in a set of interviews I’m conducting with the Buddhafield Team this summer. In both cases I’ve tried to draw out the inspirations for the events that they support.
Ratnadeva is manager of Buddhafield Retreats and was ordained at Guhyaloka last summer. In my interview with him, we talked about how the planning for the 2014 season was coming along, in the midst of considerable personnel changes in Buddhafield. I...
Talk given at the LBCs Dharma Night Class Monday April 28th 2014