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...

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...

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...

Community Highlights
Buddhafield

Green Earth Awakening Camp 2022

By lotusbuddhafield on Fri, 12 Aug, 2022 - 11:39

Green Earth Awakening Camp 2022

By lotusbuddhafield on Fri, 12 Aug, 2022 - 11:39

14 - 18th September 2022 | Blackdown Hills, Somerset

Our more intimate gathering, at the turning of the summer season, delving into community, nature based practice, land-based skills, crafts, and creative ways to forge social and ecological resilience.

We are an off-grid, drug and alcohol free, temporary camping community of up to 500 people, with workshops, talks, movement, meditation and celebration.

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Here’s a sneak peak at what to look forward to at this year’s camp:

Turner Prize nominated...

Buddhafield
Buddhafield

The Peaceful Heart - Online Course with Dayajoti

By lotusbuddhafield on Tue, 14 Dec, 2021 - 09:57

The Peaceful Heart - Online Course with Dayajoti

By lotusbuddhafield on Tue, 14 Dec, 2021 - 09:57

Wednesdays, 7-8.45pm
January 12th, 19th, 26th, and February 2nd

A short course with small numbers exploring how to find a serenity that can hold the full range of our experience - through metta, mindfulness and insight.  

The four sessions will focus on:

  • Resourcing ourselves through finding space; leaning into places of pleasure and ease; and using the imagination.
  • Finding kindness towards painful experience, through opening to it on a bodily level; bringing an emotional attitude of welcoming and acceptance; and through ways of viewing the painful
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Jobs, Volunteering & Communities
Jobs, Volunteering & Communities

Work with Buddhafield

By lotusbuddhafield on Mon, 13 Dec, 2021 - 15:41

Work with Buddhafield

By lotusbuddhafield on Mon, 13 Dec, 2021 - 15:41

We currently have the following supported, part-time position open within Buddhafield. Come and join our lovely team and help us offer nature-based retreats as well as our festival and online offerings. 

IT Administrator

Please contact rose [at] buddhafield.com to apply for the above role

We’re also looking for someone to help us find a new home for Buddhafield to take us into the next 25 years. This role is mostly remote and expected to be close to full-time. 

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Buddhafield
Buddhafield

At Home with the Elements Online Event 2022

By lotusbuddhafield on Mon, 6 Dec, 2021 - 16:34

At Home with the Elements Online Event 2022

By lotusbuddhafield on Mon, 6 Dec, 2021 - 16:34

13th - 27th February, 2022

Our sense of identity is deeply rooted in the real nature of things. This is the fullness of contentment.
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Subhuti, Mind in Harmony

What is the antidote to deep feelings of separation? Of despair and loneliness? Without being able to control everything, how can we hope to gain any sense of security?
 
Connecting with deep identity means realising that we are nature, that we contain the six elements within us at the same time...

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