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Join the Heart of Inquiry Retreats with Radha in Tiru, south India in early December, 2013

Heart of Inquiry

Teachings of liberation with Radha Nicholson

Two 7 day Silent Insight Meditation Retreats

4th-11th and 11th -18th December 2013 at Anantha Niketan Ashram Tiruvanamali, Tamil Nadu, South India. …

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From Mindfulness to Meditation and Love. Sunday May 26, Hove, Brighton, UK.

From Mindfulness to Meditation and Love. Sunday May 26, Hove, Brighton, UK. Read More »

I asked a friend. Why do you want to live in Totnes and South Devon, England?

A Dharma friend moved from southern France to Totnes in south Devon, England at the beginning of the year. For several years, he spent some months living in a lovely Dharma centre in France and some months a year in India. I have lived in Totnes for 30 years.

Why would he want to move to Totnes and south Devon? What does south Devon have to offer?  …

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In case you are in Mother India or en route, do join our retreats. Just send email or turn up

TO REGISTER FOR BODH GAYA RETREATS

See www.bodhgayaretreats.org for more information on our programme for Bodh Gaya

shravastiretreat@gmail.com

PLEASE REGISTER YOUR NAME FOR BODH GAYA BY E-MAIL. Bodh Gaya manager is Maria from Australia. You are also guaranteed a place if you simply arrive in Bodh Gaya for the start of the retreat. …

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Is attachment to maximising income in the West corrupting the Buddhist/Yoga/Advaita/Mindfulness tradition?

Small incidents often go unnoticed. I recall staying in the Wat Suanmoke (the Monastery of the Garden of Liberation) in Chai Ya, southern Thailand, where I received my first Dharma teachings from Ven. Ajahn Buddhadassa, the most radical Thai teacher of the 20th century.

At the end of my 17 day stay there in February, 1970, I asked Ajahn Poh, the deputy Abbot, about making a dana (donation). He said: “Oh, buy a few kilos of bananas.”

We can’t live just on bananas.  …

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