Acharya Sujatin (temple host)

clare posted an update 3 weeks ago

A fortunate encounter!
There are a pair of crows who live close by and often graze on the green in front of my house. I noticed a third near them recently and realised it was their youngster. I have never seen a baby crow before or the interaction with the parents. The parents keeping watch and tending to it. Their baby behaved just like a child.…[Read more]
- Acharya Kaspalita (temple host) replied 2 weeks, 5 days ago
  
  Oh wow – that sounds like a beautiful encounter!
Dayamay started the topic Deep Nembutsu. in the forum Share your creations 2 months, 4 weeks ago

My daily meditation practice has been and continues to be an important and indispensable aspect of the connection that I have with Amida Buddha. It also helps me to find the balance that I need in my mind to process the challenges of a life of faith. Nembutsu is, for me, a meditative practice in its own right. It opens up latent dimensions of my…[Read more]
Acharya Kaspalita (temple host) posted an update 3 months, 4 weeks 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/
clare posted an update 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Just watched Dharmavidya’s talk on solitude. I found it very inspiring and I felt a sense of ease and acceptance because I find myself very much alone these days. Often feeling there is something wrong with this when in fact it can be very useful for the practice. I do go out to work and that’s enough interaction for me. The things people talk…[Read more]
Acharya Kaspalita (temple host) posted an update 4 months, 4 weeks ago

Download the latest Running Tide here: http://www.amidashu.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Running-Tide-Winter-2020.pdf
Sangeetashraddha Cheffings (temple host) started the topic Buzz in the forum Share your creations 5 months, 1 week ago

Buzz

Everything has a drone; a buzz; a humming note.

The Earth has a drone, made up of every vibration; every movement in it.

The Universe has a drone; The Cosmos has a drone. Listen.

This drone is Limitless Light – Amida.

I listen, I breathe, I hum, I sing, I vibrate In harmony with the Limitless

And the Limitless vibrates through me –…[Read more]
Stuart Young posted an update 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Hello, Thank you for allowing me to join the group. I am new to this school of Buddhism. I am quite experienced in other forms such as Zen and Tibetan Buddhism but not this one. I feel drawn intuitively to the Chant Namo Amida Bu. I am working my way through introductory books such as Call if the Infinite, Shin Buddhism and Buddhism of the Heart.…[Read more]
- Tommy Bradshaw replied 5 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Hello! Welcome! Namo Amida Bu.
  - Stuart Young replied 5 months, 2 weeks ago
    
    Thank You!
    Namo Amida Bu.
- John replied 5 months, 1 week ago
  
  Namo Amida Bu! Welcome Stuart.
  Enjoy your holiday… 😎
Dayamay started the topic Dog Shit and the Primeval Waters. in the forum Share your creations 5 months, 4 weeks ago

Do you ever see something so beautiful that you want to take a photo, but you know that there’s no way that the camera can capture the profundity and importance of what you’re experiencing… so you just don’t bother?! This happened to me this morning as I was wondering around the park in Malvern. It was early so I felt comfortable with walking…[Read more]
Acharya Kaspalita (temple host) started the topic Things as they are in the forum Buddhist Teachings 6 months 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]
Sangeetashraddha Cheffings (temple host) replied to the topic A word to inspire me throughout 2020 in the forum Reflections 6 months, 1 week ago

I love this idea in the New Year. I’m glad you remembered it and posted. I can’t think of a better word for me this year than ‘Listen’. Last year was so busy for me and listening was sometimes not at the forefront of my mind. I think I’ve got sucked in by business into being overly goal orientated, but how can I know the goal if I don’t listen? I…[Read more]
Acharya Kaspalita (temple host) started the topic New book available in the forum Dharmavidya's Teachings 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Some of you may have seen copies at our Bodhi retreat, but I wanted to let you all know that this collection of teachings is now available. You can order it from wherever you get your books in the following places: US, UK & the EU, Canada, , Australia, Brazil, Russia, South Korea, China and India

Authentic Life: Buddhist Teachings and Stories…[Read more]
Sangeetashraddha Cheffings (temple host) started the topic In the Depths of Winter in the forum Share your creations 7 months ago

This is my Buddhist take on “In the Bleak Mid Winter”

In the depths of winter, Existential fear – Looking around for those to blame – Becomes anger; Finding easy victims, And powering my strategies.

In the depths of winter, As the fog thickens, Finding myself alone, My strategies…[Read more]
Vajrapala Moerman posted an update 7 months ago

Feeling very grateful for the wonderful Bodhi retreat we shared last week. The Pure Land was there very explicit at certain moments. Thanks to all who made this real!!! You all did such a beautiful job! What a fine teamwork! How good is it to celebrate the good things together and see old friends again! What a wisdom the Dharma-talks did…[Read more]
Acharya Kaspalita (temple host) started the topic Bodhi gathering talks 2019 in the forum Buddhist Teachings 7 months ago
Here are the links to the audio and video recordings of talks from our recent Bodhi gathering in Malvern. The theme for the retreat was In Less Than a Day
1. Rev Master Dharmavidya: Post-Mappo and Innocence of Heart
  audio link – YouTube link
2. Acharya Susthama: Queen Vaidehi’s Vision of the Pureland
  audio link – YouTube link
3. Acharya Kaspalita:…
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Sangeetashraddha Cheffings (temple host) replied to the topic Paravritti (part 8 – final part): Faith and Courage in the forum Dharmavidya's Teachings 7 months ago

Thought I’d better read this as faith is part of my name. Glad I did!
Sangeetashraddha Cheffings (temple host) posted an update 7 months ago

I have been contemplating my new name. Sangeetashraddha means ‘music of faith’. I realised that in this name, music comes out of faith, rather than faith coming out of music, so the ‘shraddha’ part of the name is like the seed of the whole name. I then thought about my Christian name (Christian in terms of the name given me by my Christian…[Read more]
- Rev. Satya Robyn (temple host) replied 7 months ago
  
  So it is, Shraddha. How wonderful. 🙂
  - Sangeetashraddha Cheffings (temple host) replied 7 months ago
    
    I’m thinking Shraddha for general usage and Sangeetashraddha for more formal times. Glad you like it. Enjoyed reading Dharmavidya’s article about the letter A and emptiness. Good to have a name with As in, I think. Also, that article made one of the Prajnaparamita sutras much more comprehensible. The one which goes something like, “The scripture…[Read more]
    - Sangeetashraddha Cheffings (temple host) replied 7 months ago
      
      And then I was thinking about the Nembutsu, which also has useful As in it. So, as I walked around Hay Green I alternated the Nembutsu with “A” and had a fine old time!
- Vajrapala Moerman replied 7 months ago
  
  Music comes out of faith, beautiful, yes, that is you! So happy for you with this meaningful name!!!!
Acharya Kaspalita (temple host) posted an update 7 months ago

And here’s my talk: http://www.amidamandala.com/acharya-kaspalita-just-as-you-are-outside-practice/
Acharya Kaspalita (temple host) posted an update 7 months ago

Here’s the link to Susthama’s talk from the Bodhi gathering: http://www.amidamandala.com/acharya-susthamas-bodhi-gathering-talk/

Will post them all in one place when they are all done.
Acharya Kaspalita (temple host) posted an update 7 months, 1 week ago

Here’s the link to Dharmavidya’s first talk from the Bodhi gathering: http://www.amidamandala.com/talk-one-from-dharmavidya/
- Rev. Satya Robyn (temple host) replied 7 months ago
  
  Thanks Kaspa _/\_
Sangeetashraddha Cheffings (temple host) started the topic December Dharma Talk in the forum Share your creations 7 months, 1 week ago

December Dharma Talk

This is not my regular Dharma talk, as this month, I was at the Amida Shu Bodhi Retreat at Amida Mandala Temple in Great Malvern. This talk is made of 4 hymns which I made in succession and which form the basis of the vows I made at my ordination at the temple at the end of the retreat.

Everything becomes damaged or broken,…[Read more]
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