Buddhafield
Buddhafield

Buddhafield - At Home with the Elements - Voices of the Rain

By bethbuddhafield on Tue, 7 Nov, 2023 - 18:14

Buddhafield - At Home with the Elements - Voices of the Rain

By bethbuddhafield on Tue, 7 Nov, 2023 - 18:14

“Know the ways of the ones who take care of you, so that you may take care of them. Sustain the ones who sustain you and the earth will last forever.”

Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, 2013

This year, At Home With the Elements invites us to open our hearts, minds, arms and all our senses to the voices of the rain: the wisdom and the nourishment of the rest of the natural world. What...

Free Buddhist Audio
Free Buddhist Audio

FBA Podcast: Entering the Sangha

By Centre Team on Sat, 9 Sep, 2023 - 11:00

Sangharakshita goes to Buddhafield! A first for him, and a first for the fabulous Buddhafield Festival that takes place each year at the height of the English summer. This talk was given in a tent in Devon - and the sounds of this great Dharma celebration are everywhere around as Sangharakshita marks his entry to the ‘Dharma Parlour’ with a rolling set of thoughts and reminiscences and encouragements to practice. We move from India at the time of...

Windhorse Publications
Windhorse Publications

News from the Field!

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 19 Jul, 2023 - 10:00

News from the Field!

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 19 Jul, 2023 - 10:00

Windhorse Publications had an amazing time participating at Buddhafield! 🙏✨

Check out this heartwarming picture of our incredible volunteering team (from left to right Walter, Hilary, Tara, our trustee Dhivan and Fi), who worked tirelessly to spread the wisdom of Buddhism through our books.

Buddhafield was a transformative experience, offering us the chance to not only connect with ourselves but also forge deep connections with fellow seekers on the spiritual path. The festival provided a nurturing environment for self-discovery, exploration, and growth.

We feel...

Buddhafield
Buddhafield

Buddhafield Festival 2023 Full Programme out now!

By bethbuddhafield on Mon, 26 Jun, 2023 - 17:08

Buddhafield Festival 2023 Full Programme out now!

By bethbuddhafield on Mon, 26 Jun, 2023 - 17:08

Buddhafield Festival 2023 Full Programme out now!!

With Workshops, Meditation, Yoga and Body work, Dance, Ritual, Buddhist talks, Land and Social Change, Spoken Word, Live music and DJ’s, Green-crafts, Healing Gardens, Kids Area, Teen Area, Somatic movement all under a canopy of trees, sun and stars.

https://www.flipsnack.com/6ED8D766AED/buddhafield-festival-2023/full-vie…

Buddhafield is an alcohol and recreational drug free Festival which helps to create a different vibe from your standard festival. As a community, practising conscious connection together, we can create a truly loving, life affirming...

Buddhafield
Buddhafield

Songs from Silence Retreat - 24th-28th Aug

By bethbuddhafield on Fri, 19 May, 2023 - 19:03

Songs from Silence Retreat - 24th-28th Aug

By bethbuddhafield on Fri, 19 May, 2023 - 19:03

Songs from Silence Retreat 

24th-28th August

Frogmill, Nr Throwleigh, Devon

“We must bear silence before we can feel in our bodies the deep joy of what the world is always already singing to us”

Led by: Mokshayogin, Sraddhadipa, Jo Spence, Joe Hill and yoga/movement with Ruth Coutinho.

Starting with the premise that vibration is the beginning of all things, this retreat will explore how we might work and play with sound, resonance, vibration and the voice as Dharma practice.

Together, we will explore how harmony singing and vocal play can support us...

Windhorse Publications
Windhorse Publications

Volunteer for us at Buddhafield and join in the fun

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 26 Apr, 2023 - 10:00

Volunteer for us at Buddhafield and join in the fun

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 26 Apr, 2023 - 10:00

Buddhafield Festival is a joyful gathering of people, celebrating community and connection with the land. Song, dance, arts and crafts, yoga, meditation, and play blend together, without alcoholic drinks or recreational drugs, to create a loving and life-affirming space. There will be Buddhist teaching, workshops and ritual, under sun and stars. The festival is family-friendly and open to everyone, however you practice.

The theme for 2023 is ‘Liberation Through Imagination’.

Sounds good?

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Buddhafield
Buddhafield

Buddhafield South East Family Friendly Spring Retreat 2023

By bethbuddhafield on Fri, 24 Feb, 2023 - 21:24

Buddhafield South East Family Friendly Spring Retreat 2023

By bethbuddhafield on Fri, 24 Feb, 2023 - 21:24

The Bluebell Retreat!!

Buddhafield South-East’s family friendly retreat is back this Spring.

28th April - 1st May

This retreat will be held in beautiful woods near Herstmonceux in East Sussex, camping among the trees and surrounded by the sights, sounds and smells of the season in spring and autumn. Families as well as adults without children are welcome.

There is a focus on little-and-often practice with meditation, talks, discussion groups, rituals and, most importantly, play. We explore how to weave dharma into our practice of being together.

Activities for the...

Community Highlights
Community Highlights

Buddhafield 'At Home with the Elements': Be with the Trees - Online Retreat 2023

By Centre Team on Tue, 17 Jan, 2023 - 11:40

Buddhafield 'At Home with the Elements': Be with the Trees - Online Retreat 2023

By Centre Team on Tue, 17 Jan, 2023 - 11:40

“The imagination is the rich ground into which the truth roots and out of which pours forth image, symbol and riches.”

- Maitridevi, Imagining the Earth - Free Buddhist Audio, 2022

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Our yearly journey with the elements takes us through the forest in 2023. Our relationship to the trees that we depend on and share our world with is special – and often unseen. Our exploration takes us from the soil and mycelium up to the leaves and...

Free Buddhist Audio
Free Buddhist Audio

Dharmabyte: We Are Already Enough

By Zac on Mon, 5 Dec, 2022 - 06:00

Vajrasara explores sufficiency, attitudes around plenty, and the creative spiral of abundance.

From the talk Enough Is More Than Enough given at Buddhafield Festival, 2011.

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Buddhist Voices
Buddhist Voices

Fifty Years, Fifty Voices: Samasuri (Highlights)

By Zac on Wed, 24 Aug, 2022 - 15:48

It’s the wounded healer myth. I guess part of me wanting to be Doctor is my psyche trying to sort all that suffering out… Helping others like I’ve been helped or am being helped.

Samasuri’s Annals:

In 1968 I was not born yet!

In 1978 I was 4 years old, so probably at a play group and living in South Devon with my parents.

In 1988 I was 14 years old. Living with parents and younger brother in South Devon still. At private girls’ school in Exeter.

In 1998...

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