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Andrew Nicholls (Temple Host) replied to the topic Interfaith meeting st the Wat Mahathat temple in September 2018. in the forum Reflections 2 days, 16 hours ago
Looking at the photo made me wonder if anyone is having an event for Interfaith Week 2018.
11th – 18th November
Put your event on this site and let people know about it.
Namo Amida Bu.
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Andrew Nicholls (Temple Host) started the topic Interfaith meeting at the Wat Mahathat temple in September 2018. in the forum Reflections 2 days, 16 hours ago
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Andrew Nicholls (Temple Host) started the topic Monday 15th October 2018 in the forum Monday Nembutsu 2 days, 16 hours ago
Today is wet and windy in my part of the world-Birmingham- Makes me think of all those people who have been affected by the recent storms around the world.
Sending love and kindness to all.
Namo Amida Bu
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Andrew Nicholls (Temple Host) posted an update 3 days, 19 hours ago
Really nice service in Birmingham yesterday and talk after on Honens writing.
Acted as bell master which went well. Namo Amida Bu. -
Andrew Nicholls (Temple Host) posted an update 1 week, 4 days ago
When meditation and preceptual living bear fruit, our entire outlook on life begins to change, and this is the arising of the mind of the Bodhisattva. What seemed to “matter” before no longer seems important; what comes to the forefront instead is the necessity to live by a few very simple things: charity, tenderness, benevolence, sympathy, and…[Read more]
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Andrew Nicholls (Temple Host) posted a new activity comment 1 week, 6 days ago
Looking forward to it.
Namo Amida Bu.-
Wonderful! Me too 🙂
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Andrew Nicholls (Temple Host) replied to the topic This year's meeting with the European Buddhists in the forum News from Amida Mandala 2 weeks ago
Namo Amida Bu.
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Andrew Nicholls (Temple Host) posted a new activity comment 2 weeks ago
Hi Satya
Yes I know. Had a volunteer do the meditation he’s trained. It’s true you need to be careful wouldn’t want to harm anyone. Even with him there one woman became a little nervous.-
Great. NABx
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Andrew Nicholls (Temple Host) posted an update 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Nembutsu, Namo Amida Bu.
Anger hatred and delusion. Looking for a solution.
Nembutsu, Namo Amida Bu.
Desire clinging and denial. Hoping to find perfection.
Nembutsu, Namo Amida Bu.
Depression obsession repression. Hoping to find a way out.
Nembutsu, Namo Amida Bu. Namo Amida Bu. -
Andrew Nicholls (Temple Host) posted an update 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Attended a mindfulness group this evening. I helped organise it as part of my job with a mental health charity.
Strange to see the distractions; several people just bored one quite traumatised as we sat in near darkness for a short time. Two people who really enjoyed it and intend to look further into it.-
Glad you could organise this. You might already know that silent meditation can be tricky for those with certain mental health problems – it can be good to help them focus on something outside themselves, eg. an object or the sounds in the room.
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Hi Satya
Yes I know. Had a volunteer do the meditation he’s trained. It’s true you need to be careful wouldn’t want to harm anyone. Even with him there one woman became a little nervous.-
Great. NABx
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Andrew Nicholls (Temple Host) replied to the topic Monday 1st October 2018 in the forum Monday Nembutsu 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Thank you Andrew.
Thats such a lovely song and gives us so much to think about. It’s hard at times to know what is truly real in terms of our lives, faith, and our interactions with others
Namo Amida Bu.
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Andrew Nicholls (Temple Host) started the topic Monday 1st October 2018 in the forum Monday Nembutsu 2 weeks, 2 days ago
attended an inter faith forum meeting yesterday at the Wat Mahathat temple in Kings Bromley. The focus of the meeting was Living with Death as the morning session and Securing the Environment for Future Generations in the afternoon
Nice to hear all the different views from the various faiths but also to see how alike we all are.
Also nice to…[Read more]
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Andrew Nicholls (Temple Host) started the topic Monday 10th September in the forum Monday Nembutsu 1 month, 1 week ago
The weekend goes so quickly. Birmingham service on Saturday was nice.
Nano Amida Bu.
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Andrew Nicholls (Temple Host) started the topic Monday 3rd September in the forum Monday Nembutsu 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Today Monday Nembutsu for me will be a visit to a local temple for meditation this evening. Nice to visit Malvern on Saturday. The service by Kaspa was worth the travel down there.
Namo Amida Bu.
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Andrew Nicholls (Temple Host) posted an update 1 month, 2 weeks ago
My niece is in the last stages of cancer she has a brain tumour. Her dad is asking for some positive thought to help her. As he says just sending some love can do no harm. They did this last Saturday and she has now been able to stop her painkilling treatment. That could be psychological but she has. He is asking for people to try again this…[Read more]
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Thank you for sharing Andrew, so sorry to hear about your niece. Sending many blessings. Namo Quan Shin Yin Bosat.
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Andrew Nicholls (Temple Host) replied to the topic Report from the European Jodo Shinshu conference in the forum News from Amida Mandala 1 month, 2 weeks ago
For me I find being able to adjust slightly for people very important and to be able to offer pure land Buddhism from a western perspective. Shakyamuni saw that in the future people would be too busy to sit for hours meditating, or to spend long periods of time on retreat etc. He called this the dharma ending age. In the world today we have many…[Read more]
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Andrew Nicholls (Temple Host) posted a new activity comment 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Sounds great. Thought you would have changed the Skype name by now.
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Andrew Nicholls (Temple Host) started the topic Monday 20th August in the forum Monday Nembutsu 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Monday Nembutsu for me today. Visited the pagoda, meditated with Theravada monks. Didn’t make their retreat this year. Feel I missed something but had to work.
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Andrew Nicholls (Temple Host) posted an update 2 months, 1 week ago
Yesterday I was fortunate enough to be invited to a consultation meeting with Lord Bourne, who is the minister for faith.
He had come to Birmingham as part of a national tour of faith organisations to consult on the recently launched integration green paper and talk of his hopes for inter faith working to support integration and community…[Read more] -
Andrew Nicholls (Temple Host) posted a new activity comment 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Namo Amida Bu.
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Good to hear. Well done on the bells!