West London Buddhist Centre Blog
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The Heraclitean Fire
Due to furloughing, I’m having to write this blog nineteen days in advance of publication. If I trace back nineteen days I get to the start of lockdown in the…
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A Door onto Wilderness
I arrived in London fifteen months ago after a decade of living in the countryside. At the time I wondered how I was going to adjust to my new urban…
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An Open Sky behind the Clouds
In the next months our weekly Saturday morning Buddhism-in-the-City class addresses a pressing need in these times of lockdown, isolation, anxiety and loss: Buddhist methods for relating to difficult emotions…
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Dharma bites – Ratnadeva asks ‘In such times of uncertainty, where do we place our trust?’
In daily conversation, on social and mass media, we are getting used to a new and unsettling vocabulary – ‘lockdown’, ‘self-isolation’, ‘social-distancing’, ‘furloughing’. Other more familiar words ride piggyback –…
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‘Open Up The Thatch’
“If the thatch is leaking, open up the thatch.” – The Buddha The above words are found in the Pali cannon and have for many years been one of my…
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The Dharma Gives Me Perspective
Dear Friends, It saddens me that at a time of such uncertainty and fear, when so many people can benefit from the teachings and the practices we offer, the doors…
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The Next Generation
I am very, very excited about the Ebenos ensemble concert this Saturday, 25 January. I love all our concerts – as a musician myself it has meant a lot to me personally…
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Bodhilila’s Blog
The City Retreat starts next Wednesday! Somehow that shocks me, even though the date has been in my diary all year. In my mind it’s always been somewhere in the…
