Tag: wildflowers

Adhisthana
Adhisthana

September at Adhisthana

By Maitriyogini on Thu, 3 Oct, 2024 - 10:12
  • Planting daffodils
  • Birthday celebrations
  • New cut-flower beds
  • Operations Team Tea Break
  • The Moon over the Malvers
  • Picking and de-stoning the Adhisthana Plums

September at Adhisthana

By Maitriyogini on Thu, 3 Oct, 2024 - 10:12

The Maltese sangha, who joined us for the combined sanghas retreat on Living with Kindness, have made a beautiful new contribution to the alcoves in the main shrine. The atmosphere on-site was as warm as you’d expect from an international gathering of sanghas practicing metta bhavana.

We were also delighted to welcome Shubhavyuha back after her six-month sabbatical in Australia, where among other things, she helped run an ordination retreat. The women’s community is enjoying her positivity and kalyana mitrata, and celebrated...
Buddhist Action
Buddhist Action

Nature-based practice @ wildflower meadows

By Christine on Tue, 2 Jun, 2020 - 17:39
  • Camas and Garry oak
  • Garry oak meadow_Victoria BC

Nature-based practice @ wildflower meadows

By Christine on Tue, 2 Jun, 2020 - 17:39

June is the best time to be alive in the northern hemisphere. The optimism of spring is reaching a crescendo, the daylight continue stretching a bit longer with every day. As well, the creative life force that is so unique to this planet is perceptible in the smallest details. As a botanist, I relish the gradual witnessing of plants breaking dormancy, and progressing from green shoots to flowering and onwards to berries once pollinated.

Being underemployed in Vancouver BC during pandemic lockdown...