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Kaspalita posted a new activity comment 9 months ago

That’s great to hear. Thank goodness for online connections in this time of keeping our physical distance from one another

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Kaspalita started the topic Realism (audio) in the forum Dharmavidya's Teachings 9 months ago

From Dharmavidya

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Kaspalita started the topic Moderation (audio) in the forum Dharmavidya's Teachings 9 months ago

From Dharmavidya, on 12th April.

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Kaspalita posted a new activity comment 9 months, 2 weeks ago

Yes, that’s how it is sometimes. Namo Amida Bu

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Kaspalita posted a new activity comment 9 months, 2 weeks ago

Hi Richard, greetings to you. Keep well and stay safe yourself. And more importantly, stay rooted in the light of Amida.

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Kaspalita posted a new activity comment 9 months, 2 weeks ago

Hi Andrew – I have been reading each time you have posted, but I’ve not been sure what to say. These are strange times. I’m glad you are able to find some solace and compassion through your faith.

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- Karmadeva (Temple Host) replied 9 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Thank you Kaspa, I try to let go and allow myself to be guided. That said as a foolish being I’m often taken off for short periods in panick and or confusion. NamoAmida Bu.
  - Kaspalita replied 9 months, 2 weeks ago
    
    Yes, that’s how it is sometimes. Namo Amida Bu
Kaspalita posted an update 9 months, 3 weeks ago

Here’s the recording of the online service we shared by Zoom last night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKhaoUuhABE&t=2s
Kaspalita posted an update 9 months, 3 weeks ago

Wednesday evening service now on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/185651235
Kaspalita posted an update 10 months ago

Sending love to everyone on Friends of Amida. I also wanted to let you know that all our our Malvern temple events are happening online so do join us for practice etc: http://www.amidamandala.com/events/
Kaspalita posted an update 10 months, 1 week ago

I enjoyed giving this talk on Saturday – hopefully that comes across in the video 🙂
Kaspalita started the topic Facing live and death in the forum Buddhist Teachings 10 months, 2 weeks ago

I have just sent out our community guidelines for managing the coronavirus. The headlines these past few days might bring our own mortality to mind.

I can still see the flooded banks of the river Severn from my window. They remind me of the risk all life faces from climate breakdown.

In my own lifetime, in my own country, I am lucky to have…[Read more]
Kaspalita posted an update 11 months ago

Download the latest Running Tide here: http://www.amidashu.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Running-Tide-Winter-2020.pdf
Kaspalita posted an update 11 months ago

Why are gifts so important? Is everything a gift? What’s the difference between a gift economy and a transaction economy? Why is it hard to stay grateful?

Rainforest Mind: Gifts, transactions and why it’s hard to stay grateful
Kaspalita posted an update 11 months, 1 week ago

Here’s the link to listen to or watch Sangeetashradda’s talk on hearing the sacred in the everyday: http://www.amidamandala.com/sacred-sound-and-the-cosmos/
- Sujatin replied 11 months, 1 week ago
  
  A beautiful talk
Kaspalita posted an update 11 months, 1 week ago

Listening to a nembutsu playlist on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4PEOqbcf8tB6uTkK5k8VSU?si=1YO8ovKZT7CjWk5mcab-NQ
Kaspalita posted an update 11 months, 3 weeks ago

Brand new episode of my podcast (after a seven month wait!) http://www.kaspathompson.co.uk/podcast/rainforest-mind-shhh-listen-being-doing-and-love/
Kaspalita replied to the topic Dog Shit and the Primeval Waters. in the forum Share your creations 11 months, 4 weeks ago

Thanks Dayamay, a lovely piece of writing.
Kaspalita replied to the topic Hello from Salisbury UK in the forum Introductions 1 year ago

Hi Stephen,

Welcome to the site. Glad you are enjoying the book. Satya has just announced that she is running some online services that you may be interested to join. Details online here: http://www.amidamandala.com/onlinepractice/
Kaspalita started the topic Things as they are in the forum Buddhist Teachings 1 year ago

Seeing things as they really are?

I’ve read this phrase in a few different pieces of Buddhist writing recently. What does it really mean?

When I first read words like this, many years ago, they highlighted the idea of process over static things: Things as they are is the rising and falling of things coming into being and fading away, both in t…[Read more]
Kaspalita started the topic Kaspalita's New Year Message in the forum Buddhist Teachings 1 year ago

Although it is in some senses an arbitrary date, created by the whims of Emperors and Popes, we are at the cusp of the old year and the new. In many senses it’s more meaningful to mark the winter solstice, and yet here we are. We are steeped in the culture that made us and so naturally tonight feels significant.

As well as celebration the New Ye…[Read more]
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