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...
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 | Sep 1, 2017 | retreats
I’ve now updated my teaching schedule with all the retreats of more than a weekend that I have planned for 2018. As usual, most of what I do is for Order members. I feel sad that I’m not offering more for other people, but at the moment the Order is where...