The Guru’s Advice: Sub35 Festival Retreat
Thu 26 - Mon 30 Aug
Combining meditation, talks from experienced Buddhist teachers, collective rituals, storytelling, silence, discussion and (probably) volleyball; over this long-weekend, gather with other people aged 18 to 35 to delve into the mysteries of the Guru’s advice.
We’ve got over 100 people coming but there are still both camping and indoor places left!
This will be a wonderful opportunity for the right person - someone who is a Breathworks accredited teacher and wants to contribute to strengthening the training department and work with a wonderful team. The role is initially for 15 hours per week.
Breathworks is going from strength to strength. Our CEO has just been ordained and become Sripaksini.
Mokshalila is in conversation with Samantabhadri about her work as a massage therapist on a palliative care unit, being alongside those who are nearing the end of their life.
What does Buddhism have to say about death and dying? How can this be applied to life? Prasannavira shares how he has been influenced by the Root Verses of the Six Bardos from the Bardo Thodol, the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Talk given at Windhorse:Evolution, once a large Buddhist team-based ‘right livelihood’ business based in the UK, 2013.
A wonderful set of talks from Sanghadhara, Saddhanandi, Chittapala, Maitrijyoti, Dhivan, Kusaladevi and Joanna Spence.
The theme of the festival was “Kiss the Earth”. When we connect with the earth, we are also connecting with ourselves and with other beings, recognizing we are part of a greater whole. We can begin to let go of...
Continuing in the series on Perfect Mindfulness, Maitrisara gives a Sangha night talk exploring three doorways into mindfulness; integration, surrender and simplicity.
Continuing in the series on Perfect Mindfulness the Birmingham Buddhist Centre was joined for a Sangha night talk by Vajradevi to explore how we are aware followed by a meditation.
Dhammachari Amrutketu from Dapodi, Pune in India has given his resignation letter to me through his chapter, stating that he wants to resign as an order member. He has been finding it difficult to practise the ten precepts taken at the time of his ordination, and even after trying hard to practise them, they get broken from time to time. He said “I feel I don’t want to deceive myself and the sangha. That’s why...
This vegan riff on Irish stew is great warming, nutritious comfort food and can be easily adapted depending on what’s in season. Stock flavoured with tamari, nutritional yeast, bay leaves and lots of thyme (fresh or dried), along with potatoes, onions and garlic form the base (I add leeks and celery too if I have them). I like to include vegan sausages (with a robust texture that won’t disintegrate in the pot) and lentils (tinned, or dried and rehydrated by pre-cooking).
Suddhaka highlights how the thing we spend the most time doing in our lives, our livelihood, impacts our mental states and is therefore an integral part of the path. How can we make our work an expression of our practice? How can our livelihood be the doorway to true happiness?
