Acharya Sujatin (temple host)

Paolo replied to the topic Advice from Dharmavidya in the forum Dharmavidya’s Teachings 3 days, 18 hours ago

“it is vital to remain aware of one’s own frailty and limitations”: a beautiful, very deep teaching in plain, simple words. Thank you.
Rev. Satya Robyn (temple host) started the topic My book free today in the forum News from Amida Mandala 1 week, 4 days ago

“This book is a love letter. I don’t know you, but I can make a few guesses about you…”

This is the beginning of my book ‘What Helps’. Today I am offering it to you as a gift. Download one for yourself, or share this with a friend who’s been struggling (that’s all of us, sometimes). 🙏

Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2IMvS9F
Amazon US:…[Read more]
Andrew Cheffings (temple host) started the topic July Dharma Talk in the forum Share your creations 2 weeks, 3 days ago

The labels and storylines I give to all the sights, sounds and events which unfold around me determine to a large extent how I will experience them.

Moments of open awareness which sometimes occur when I am surprised out of my habitual labels, storylines and responses by events which break through my routines can reveal unexpected, more fluid…[Read more]
Andrew Cheffings (temple host) started the topic Festival of Faith in the forum Share your creations 1 month, 1 week ago

This is a practice track for this year’s Festival of Faith at Holland House, Cropthorne.

Here’s the web address: http://www.hollandhouse.org/

This year’s performances are from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday June 23rd 2019. The Malvern Temple Community Choir performance is from 4.00 p.m. to…[Read more]
Vajrapala Moerman started the topic Amida Purelandmeeting june 2019 in the forum Amida Belgium 1 month, 1 week ago

Very little Amida-group comes together this weekend: I think we will be four of us. Theme : The Summary of Faith and Practice. Big theme!!! Much commentaries on the Eleusis-site of Dharmavidya, so I studied a lot on it…. and translated things into dutch to understand better and help others to understand better with Dutch texts … and after all,…[Read more]
Jeaunice Tribue Burnette posted an update 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Hi Everybody,

I just wanted to thank Kaspa for leading me through the refuge ceremony, and say I appreciate all who attended today. I have been longing to take refuge formally for years. I am so thrilled to be a Pureland Buddhist. Again thanks.
- Rev. Satya Robyn (temple host) replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
  It was wonderful to see your face and hear your voice Jeaunice. Welcome to the family!!
  - Acharya Sujatin (temple host) replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
    
    That’s such lovely news
- Acharya Kaspalita (temple host) replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
  Hi, it was a pleasure. Namo Amida Bu
Andrew Cheffings (temple host) started the topic Chanting Session, June 22nd, Amida Mandala in the forum Share your creations 1 month, 3 weeks ago

On June 22nd, 2019, 10.30-12.00, at Amida Mandala Temple, Malvern, I am leading a session on choir arrangements of Pureland Buddhist Mantras for Malvern Civic Week. It would be lovely to see you there. But if you can’t make it (or if you can), here are the three parts of an arrangement of a Jizo mantra that I have…[Read more]
Jeaunice Tribue Burnette posted an update 2 months ago

Hi Everybody,
I really appreciate this Sangha. You all are fabulous people and have always made me feel welcome. I know I have probably said that before, but I believe you can never show enough gratitude. In other news, I have began to relax into my practice. Before I obsessed with whether I was practicing correctly. Now I realize that this isn’t…[Read more]
- Acharya Sujatin (temple host) replied 1 month, 3 weeks ago
  
  Lovely to return home after my holiday and to read this – Namo Amida Bu!
Rev. Satya Robyn (temple host) started the topic Sky kiss in the forum Buddhist Teachings 3 months ago

Early mornings used to be All Mine. I wake before Kaspa to the luxury of choosing what to plant in a golden hour – playing in my journal, reading books that light me up, or giving my tight muscles the gift of stretching.

Now I am on morning duty with Aiko. After taking her to her toilet spot in the garden and getting the bunnies up, we hang out…[Read more]
clare posted an update 3 months ago

Having to drive on many dark country roads now since moving. Have to use full beam when ever possible. Can be quite daunting. Use to be ok with it but now older not so sure. I take my chanting machine along with me now and chant Along with Amitabha’s name or rather Amitaufo as it’s in Chinese. Helps me remain calm and focused all the way home.…[Read more]
Rev. Satya Robyn (temple host) started the topic Hurricane Aiko in the forum News from Amida Mandala 3 months, 2 weeks ago

As you can see, our new family member Aiko has arrived. Friends have asked me how the past week has been, and I’ve used the word ‘rollercoaster’ a lot.

She’s brought broken nights, anxiety, arguments, frustrated tears and – once – a flash of deep regret.

She’s also brought enthusiastic nose-licking, huge learning, lovely new connections with…[Read more]
Rev. Satya Robyn (temple host) posted an update 3 months, 2 weeks ago

24 hours in to being a puppy-owner – what an adventure, for us and for Aiko. Still can’t quite believe she’s here! Look forward to introducing her to some of you in person… Namo Amida Bu xx
Ananda replied to the topic More Intensive Chanting in the forum Amida Shu Buddhist Practice 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Hi Chris,

You got it right. There isn’t a special mala necessary for reciting the nembutsu. I have a small wrist mala that I wear on my wrist and use throughout the day. I also have a 108 bead mala that I wear and use for more formal practice. The longer mala is nothing to look at, a simple rosewood mala that I got when I was 18 or 19. It has…[Read more]
Vajrapala Moerman posted an update 3 months, 3 weeks ago

This weekend we had a wonderful Amida-meeting with 8 of us.
We were so happy to have Dharmavidya with us and receive so much of his wisdom and light.
He told us several stories about the Buddha’s life, especially his young life and the confrontation of the young innocent Buddha with the reality of life in this samsara-world, the suffering he d…[Read more]
- Rev. Satya Robyn (temple host) replied 3 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  So wonderful to hear about this Vajra. Namo Amida Bu!
Rev. Satya Robyn (temple host) replied to the topic Why are you? ~ Dharmavidya in the forum Dharmavidya’s Teachings 4 months ago

JUST what I needed to read.
Vajrapala Moerman replied to the topic On Not Underrating The Dharma in the forum Dharmavidya’s Teachings 4 months, 1 week ago

Thank you to give us courage by the helpful words : “We can make faltering steps in the holy life and trust that whatever sincerity there may be in our hearts will not be fruitless.”

Namo Amida Bu
Rev. Satya Robyn (temple host) started the topic What kind of nembutsu do you chant? in the forum Buddhist Teachings 4 months, 1 week ago

I’m currently reading D. T. Suzuki’s second volume of selected works which centres on the Pure Land. He’s just described four different kinds of nembutsu, or ways of practising nembutsu, and I’d be curious to hear what you think and which of these you practice yourself…

The first is to say the nembutsu as a way of thinking “…of the Buddha as…[Read more]
Rev. Satya Robyn (temple host) started the topic Publication day! in the forum News from Amida Mandala 4 months, 2 weeks ago

My new book ‘Coming Home: Refuge in Pureland Buddhism’ is for anyone, Buddhist or otherwise, who would like firmer ground underneath their feet. *holding up a glass of fizzy elderflower if you’d like to clink it with me*

UK kindle: https://amzn.to/2ETsgA0
US kindle: https://amzn.to/2ETVKhe
Also in paperback (ignore the 1-2 months delivery…[Read more]
Acharya Kaspalita (temple host) started the topic Spring in the temple garden in the forum News from Amida Mandala 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Andrew Cheffings (temple host) started the topic Monday 21st January in the forum Monday Nembutsu 6 months ago

Yesterday I started week six of the mindfulness course I’m following at the moment and began a week of Metta Bhavna. It’s ages since I’ve done any and the version I am following is new to me. I found it really moving. I really don’t wish myself well very much, so it was a powerful experience. It reminded me of the first time I did it on a week…[Read more]
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