by Vessantara | Oct 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
Next month I shall be leading another online retreat for Order members, following on from the very successful one on the Bodhicitta Practice we held last month, which had 135 participants. Dates are the 7th – 12th of November, and we’ll be going deeper...
by Vessantara | Jul 3, 2020 | News, retreats, Uncategorized
I’ve spent nearly the whole of 2020 doing personal retreat at home. I had a personal retreat scheduled anyway for January to March, which went well. Then I emerged just in time for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to announce the beginning of the Covid 19 lockdown....
by Vessantara | Jan 31, 2020 | Uncategorized
Vijayamala and I will be leading a 2-month retreat, open to all Order members, at Dharmagiri, Triratna’s Swedish retreat centre, from the 15th May to 13th July this year. Some people have recently dropped out and there are now 2 places available. If you’re interested...
by Vessantara | Dec 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
I recently spent a very enjoyable day with my friend Jinamitra (Nicolas Soames). He runs Dharma Audiobooks, which has some very good recordings of Dharma material. We were making an audio recording of my book The Breath, which is an in-depth introduction to the...
by Vessantara | Nov 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
31st October 2018. My teacher and friend since 1973, Sangharakshita died yesterday at the age of 93. After hearing the news, last night I dreamt that I was in a large garden with several people. I looked around and there was Sangharakshita, walking down a flight of...
by Vessantara | Sep 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
As we all know, modern life can be overwhelming, especially as we move into very troubled times. It’s an issue that comes up often when I’m teaching, and I’ve found myself responding by coming up with a number of ways of working with it from a...