by Vessantara | Aug 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
A central principle of mindfulness and meditation is staying in the present and not letting mind speed off into the future. However, being a meditation teacher involves quite a bit of future planning, in my case up to two years ahead. So for those of you who also...
by Vessantara | Nov 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
I’ve recently added a couple of weekend events at Buddhist centres to my teaching programme for next year. Most of my teaching is done within the Triratna Order, so I try to highlight opportunities for mitras and others within Triratna to come along and...
by Vessantara | Nov 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
Back in the summer I led another retreat for Order members on Spiritual Receptivity. The retreat focused on formless meditation/just sitting, exploring it from different angles. The recordings are now all available here. Many thanks to Padmakumara, Akasajoti and the...
by Vessantara | Dec 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
At the end of September, I led a retreat about insight practice, for 90 Order members, at Adhisthana. Most of the sessions were recorded, and they have now been made available on Free Buddhist Audio. (You don’t have to be an Order member to listen to them.) So...
by Vessantara | May 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
I’ve just heard that there have been some cancellations for the retreat for Order members that I’m doing at Rivendell from the 17 – 24 June. The theme is The Four Immeasurables — so lots about the open heart and positive emotion, as well as...
by Vessantara | Apr 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
I recently gave 4 talks on sangha nights at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre. They were on Aspects of Going for Refuge, and you can find short descriptions of them and the audio recordings on the Free Buddhist Audio site. It’s been a while since I’ve given...