My garden is full of weeds,
yet some of them are attractive
if you have the eye
to appreciate their special qualities.
My mind is full of stray thoughts,
yet some of them
are not so crazy
when you take a second glance.
My life is a patchwork of many agend
Read more…This is my translation as it appears in my book The Dark Side of the Mirror/ Forgetting the self in Dogen's Genjo Koan
1. Birth and death, practice and daily life, delusion and enlightenment, ordinary beings and all the Buddhas; such is the Buddhas’s
Read more…Now, suddenly, the season turns;
the ice and winter rain have gone away;
Sun rises sooner, greens the ferns,
bids the world wake, rise, work and play.
Precociously, the spring-like air
now full conveys the scent of daffodil
dissolving stiff tension, dispe
Richard Ollier, head of training at Amida Shu, writes:
REFRESHING AND REVIVING THE ‘VOW 22’ PURELAND BUDDHIST TRAINING COURSE – AND A DATE FOR YOUR DIARIES
CURRENT DISCUSSIONS
Dharmavidya and a group of other interested people from the Global Sangha
Read more…I do not have time,
yet time has me
What an embarrassment
that can be - my life
unfolding free, easily,
ticking along,
each day a miracle song.
I watch the clouds
hanging over the trees
and time somehow
puts up with me,
breezily at ease,
doing as I please,
with
Podcast GS5: 14 décembre 2020 Traduction :Annete Tamuly
N'avons-nous pas eu la plus merveilleuse des retraites ? Donc, beaucoup de gens se demandent maintenant comment aller de l'avant à partir d'ici et se posent des questions comme :
«Que dois-je
Read more…Het is nieuwjaar. Natuurlijk, dit is volledig willekeurig. Er is geen bijzondere reden waarom dit punt in de tijd een begin of zelfs een einde zou zijn. Het ene tijdstip volgt het andere op. Elk moment is op zijn eigen wijze bijzonder. In zekere zin
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These podcasts will ve available here until 31st December
If you would like to have the original mp3 file, mail me at dharmavidya@fastmail.fm
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ONLY A FEW DAYS NOW until the start of the retreat.
The retreat begins on Tuesday. Several people hqve bought tickets in the last few days and made generous donations to the India Fund. I apologise that I have not managed to write thanking everybo
Read more…The Retreat is now getting very close. If you have not got your ticket yet, go to
http://www.amidashu.org/Bodhi-2020/
especially if you are presenting an event and have not yet got a ticket.
You can get a ticket for free or you can make a generous don
Organising a retreat like this is a big job. Some people drop out, others drop in. Fortunately, we are getting more drop in than drop out, so it bodes well for the event. Do have a look at the latest timetable, attached, and make sure what you are
Read more…This is going to be a great Bodhi Retreat. Covid has forced us on-line and we are learning a lot. It is enabling us to bring in lots of new people with important experiences to share. There will be discussions about important issues, times for pra
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