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Issue 35 American Zen update

Mon, 27 Jan, 2020 - 13:22

Issue 35 American Zen update

Mon, 27 Jan, 2020 - 13:22Issue 35 has reached the layout stage. We have much exciting material in the pipeline. An interview with with the remarkable Peter Cavaciuti a Western master of Japanese brush painting with wonderful photographs by Jeremy Peters. A feature about the American abstract expressionist who were influenced by zen Buddhism including the inimitable John Cage. A fantastic selection of poetry made by Dharmavadana has just come in and I have begun laying out. A personal appreciation of the aesthetics of emptiness...
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Urthona Sci-Fi and Fantasy issue JUST PUBLISHED

Mon, 28 Aug, 2017 - 11:50

Urthona Sci-Fi and Fantasy issue JUST PUBLISHED

Mon, 28 Aug, 2017 - 11:50

URTHONA ISSUE 34, the Science Fiction issue, OUT NOW:

LAUNCH EVENING: 16th February 7.30 prompt in Festival Theatre, Cambridge Buddhist Centre. 

Don’t miss this unique arts evening of cosmic music, poetry, science fiction, & the dharma! (Don’t worry if you are not an SF fan especially this evening has something for all arts lovers with fine music, poetry and conversation.)

Programme:
Launch of Urthona Buddhist arts magazine issue 34 on Buddhism and science fiction
Readings by...
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Urthona Issue 33 launch event at WLBC 1st July

Mon, 26 Jun, 2017 - 10:43

Urthona Issue 33 launch event at WLBC 1st July

Mon, 26 Jun, 2017 - 10:43

Similar to last year’s excellent event at the West London Buddhist Centre (address below), on 1st July we have another issue launch of Urthona, the Buddhist Arts magazine. Introduced by its poetry editor, Dharmavadana. There will be readings from four poets featured in issue 33 - Caroline Maldonado, Cath Drake, Ian Marriott and Subhadassi – Satyadaka reading his brilliant new Rilke translations, editor Ratnagarbha with translations from Dante, plus music from the Bright Moments Duo: Jonathan Cohen (Piano), Francois Moreau (Double Bass) play...
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New Issue about to be published

Mon, 10 Apr, 2017 - 12:34
  • Front Cover, issue 33
  • Untitled photograph by Sahajatara
  • Green Tara by Amitajyoti, acrylic on canvas

New Issue about to be published

Mon, 10 Apr, 2017 - 12:34

NEW ISSUE

Urthona issue 33 – THE FRIENDSHIP ISSUE – will be in bookshops next month. Subscribe now to be sure of your copy.

Highlights include:

The Grey is Silver untransformed…. Haunting art photograph by new rising star, Brighton based Buddhist photographer Sahajatara.

Why is it not wonderful? Maitreyabandhu on his poetic mentorship with poet Mimi Khalvati.

New poetry from Subhadassi, Manjusura, Ian Marriott, Pam Cooper, John Danvers, Cath Drake, Lynn Hoffman and many others

Ed Piercy on friendships between children on screen. He also touches on the...
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Urthona Magazine Free Sample

Fri, 25 Mar, 2016 - 14:14

Urthona Magazine Free Sample

Fri, 25 Mar, 2016 - 14:14

Here is a link to a free sample of Urthona, the latest issue on Goddesses East and West

http://issuu.com/urthonamagazine/docs/sample_issue_32/1

Buy full issue at www.urthona.com

Electronic version for tablet / phone / desktop now available, see home page. 
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Urthona Appeal Launched

Thu, 17 Mar, 2016 - 18:01

Urthona Appeal Launched

Thu, 17 Mar, 2016 - 18:01

So we have launched the Urthona appeal at www.urthona.com

This unique journal where art, imagination and the Dharma meet needs to raise £100 a month in regular donations if it is to survive.

We have a £deficit of over £1000 and had to borrow to pay for the printing of last issue. And I the editor need a wee bit of support now the UK benefit system is being tightened up and Windhorse is no more….

You can give from £1 to £10 per...
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New Poetry Collection from Ananda

Mon, 8 Feb, 2016 - 10:15

New Poetry Collection from Ananda

Mon, 8 Feb, 2016 - 10:15

The Solitude of Small Doors, Ananda (Stephen Parr) 

Wolf at the Door, Bristol 2015, £11.52, pb, 250 pp

(To order go to Lulu.com and search for Stephen Parr

Reviewed by Ratnagarbha

Ananda’s major new collection, The Solitude of Small Doors has a distilled reflectiveness about it. We get the feeling that this is the fruit of a lifetime of reflection, observation and wrangling with the intractibles of this precious, confusing all to brief event we call human life. But human life, in Ananda’s universe, is always reflected and refracted through...
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New Urthona, issue 32 Just Published

Mon, 7 Dec, 2015 - 13:28
  • Cover of Urthona 32

New Urthona, issue 32 Just Published

Mon, 7 Dec, 2015 - 13:28

New Urthona, issue 32 Just Published

Subscribe at www.urthona.com

Issue Theme: Goddesses East and West. Including: Anne Baring on the awaking of the goddess, Sorita De Este – priestess of Hekate, Hollywood goddesses Cleo and Helen of Troy. Dhivan on Ted Hughes and the goddess. Plus reviews of the new Herbie Hancock and Philip Glass memoirs and poetry from Maitreyabandhu, Linda France and many others.  From the editorial by Ratnagarbha:

The symbol of ‘The Goddess‘, with many names and  forms, is one of the most...
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Edward Thomas master of prose

Fri, 4 Dec, 2015 - 10:51

Edward Thomas master of prose

Fri, 4 Dec, 2015 - 10:51

Edward Thomas – master of prose
 

Edward Thomas has been much celebrated in recent years for the short lived but vital output of his poetry before he headed for the Western front and into memory. The influence of his prose writing – nature writing and literary reviews has been downplayed. This is regrettable. I would argue that in some ways his prose is more accomplished than his poetry. It is certainly true that he wrote too much prose in...
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The Cosmic Goddess - preview extract from Editorial for issue 32

Wed, 5 Aug, 2015 - 10:17

The Cosmic Goddess - preview extract from Editorial for issue 32

Wed, 5 Aug, 2015 - 10:17

An extract from the editorial for Urthona Buddhist Arts Magazine, issue 32, due out November 2015….

I believe that the modern goddess image is not primarily a figure to be worshipped, but a symbol that embodies a vision of the entire cosmos that is deeply, desperately needed in this age. In turning our hearts to the goddess, we are turning towards a sacred cosmos, in which each object and event is intimately connected to an interwoven Whole. This interwovenness, or interconnectedness, or...