West London Buddhist Centre Blog
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Like attracts like
Like attracts like Feeling quite put out the other morning by deadlines, finicky printers, poor sleep and one challenge after another, I found myself quite cranky. Deciding that getting outside…
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Message from Bodhilila
Dear Sangha Friends, It is over 3 months since I shared with you news of my cancer diagnosis, just before I went to hospital for major abdominal surgery. I had…
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Death of Tarakarunya
Tarakarunya (‘she who is or has the compassion of Tara’) 31st August 1958 – 2nd August 2024 During the early hours of this morning, 2nd August 2024, the authentic gem…
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Do not disturb
do not disturb Who would have thought that the hotel housekeeping sign ‘Do not Disturb’ points to how we might live our lives? Not as a hermit, not on permanent…
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Golden-eyed fish
Golden-eyed fish People are here, they are gone. Communities thrive, they dissipate. A river roars mightily, it dries to a trickle. The perpetual impermanence of meeting and parting is beautifully…
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Filters of seeing
the wonder of how we choose what we see… a solar eclipse a circle in a washtub… summer heat – Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828) With a bow Maitripushpa from the WLBC…
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Take out your ear plugs
Snoring is one of the most wonderful and precious sounds we can hear (if we are fortunate enough). ‘What?’ you say. ‘Did I hear you correctly? Fortunate to hear snoring?…
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Square pegs and …
Square pegs and … In discussing his decades of practice and imminent death,* Kamalashila refers to the experience of being a square peg. This term ‘a square peg in a…
