In this digital age occupied by emails and social media, we spend so much time focusing on sadness about the past and worries towards the future. Our minds keep jumping from thought to thought. Have you ever tried to live in the present? Do you long for a tranquil retreat, a getaway in the green […]
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Musings on Mindfulness and Metta
Graham Lock Last December, I took part in an 8-day metta meditation retreat at the Hong Kong Insight Meditation Society’s meditation centre at Fa Hong Monastery on Lantau Island. The retreat was led by Visu Teoh, an experienced and well-respected teacher of vipassana and metta meditation based in Penang, and well known in Hong Kong […]
Dance with No Dancer: Part 2
LiAnne Hunt Opening of Dharmata House Malaysia In 2014, they published a book and CD in Chinese of Rinpoche’s talks entitled Your Original Face. Now, in 2016, a mere four years since beginning this sacred dialog, the sangha has opened Dharmata House in time for Anam Thubten’s annual visit. Dharmata House is located smack in […]
On Alan Wallace
Graham Lock Over the last few years I have participated in a number of retreats, ranging from two months to a few days. And I have developed some pretty firm views on what is most useful to me and is what least useful to me. On my list of ‘least useful’ comes the dharma talk. […]