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Find out all the latest news from the Centre, and read articles written by our teachers.
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Guess what?
Guess what? Here’s the message that you’ve been waiting for… We’re opening up next week!!! Yes, it’s true! Thames Water has done their magic outside, Amlanadhi and so many of…
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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?…