Dharma Reflections

Finding Fault with Others. Points to Remember

Finding Fault with Others. Points to Remember

The inner life has the capacity to contain a range of different voices, sometimes diabolically opposed to each other, as well as opposed to the voice of others, personal and public figures/organisations. …

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What are the steps to save the Earth?

What are the steps to save the Earth?

Headings:

Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, 2009

Carbon Emissions

Nuclear Power, Fossil Fuels and Long Term Vision

A Green Economy

Transition

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FOUR TRUTHS OF THE NOBLE ONES (often simplified as the Four Noble Truths)

FOUR TRUTHS OF THE NOBLE ONES

(often simplified as the Four Noble Truths)

These four truths of the noble ones (a precise translation) constitute a primary interest for those living a wise and noble way of life. These four truths summarise the heart of the Buddha’s teachings.  …

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The Seeker

Summary of opening talk for experienced meditators at

Retreat at En dor, northern Israel, September 6, 2015

The Seeker

For a long, long time, human beings have engaged in a search. People have felt their limits, their mortality and sense of finiteness – a feeling of being small, vulnerable creatures on this Earth. …

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Secular Buddhism. – Has a new Buddhist sect been formed in the West?

I recall more than 30 years ago asking Gaia House, the much loved meditation centre, a few miles north of Totnes, south Devon, England, to display only beautiful plants and flowers in the front of the meditation hall rather than a Buddha image. Trustees and co-Dharma teachers kindly agreed. I also requested that we name the meditation centre as Gaia House. Gaia, a Greek goddess, means ‘Living Earth’ and, coincidentally, has the same pronunciation as (Bodh) Gaya, the place of the Buddha’s awakening. Co-teachers and trustees also kindly agreed to this proposal. …

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