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  • THE FOUR REMINDERS

      The Four Reminders can help with facing the reality and preciousness of a human life, the importance of impermanence, and the imminence of death: Ringu Tulku’s words on the Four Reminders, from the Ngondro book: “Precious human life endowed with every freedom and assets. It is difficult to get and can be easily destroyed,…

  • RETURNING TO SILENCE: ZOOM RETREAT WITH DÓNAL CREEDON

    RETURNING TO SILENCE: ZOOM RETREAT WITH DÓNAL CREEDON

    We were deeply grateful to Dónal for engaging once again with a retreat through Zoom, due to the pandemic still raging throughout the world.

  • NEW LIFE THAILAND

    AN INTERVIEW WITH JULIEN GRYPE We’re sitting in a little room at the end of a row of units used as accommodation for the volunteers and residents of New Life Thailand. This room is commonly used for counselling, life-coaching and therapy. Julien sits across the table looking calm despite his busy schedule as a meditation teacher…

  • BILL GROSART: PHOTOS

    The following photos are part of a collection of plants and insects photographed by Bill Grosart. To enlarge, click on the photos.  

  • Bodhicharya Caribbean

    Rinchen came to the Caribbean from England when he was 22 and lived in the Leewards during the ’70s and ’80s working in the islands – and living the life of a lay Buddhist.

  • Karma Changchub: Photos from

    The following photos were taken by Karma Changchub in East Ayrshire. Enlightenment, inherent though it is in the mind, seems so difficult to unveil. But if you develop fervent devotion and fuse the guru’s enlightened nature with your ordinary mind, enlightenment can be realized. Truly, to meditate on the benevolent teacher is a spiritual practice…

  • Meeting with Jack Niland

    Our latest article is an account by Yumma Mudra of her meeting with Jack Niland and the profound effect it had on her life.   Her journey takes her from the streets of Paris in 1977, the influence of Trungpa Rinpoche and her establishment of the Danza Duende Network.  She speaks of her revelation: “As I…

  • A Musical Ramble

    Music has been always been important in my life. One of my earliest memories is, as a child, hearing Johnnie Rae singing “Cry”. The lyrics meant nothing but the melody stuck in my head. I would sing along with it but a three-year-old trying to copy the song must have looked and sounded a bit…

  • Tribute to Jack Niland with Love

    The whole story is a fairy tail and as such, it took place in quite difficult circumstances for both of us. But first we need to roll up in time, because the story starts in 1977.

  • Autumn Editorial

    Now that the Autumn equinox has passed, we are experiencing the darker afternoons and the late rising of the sun in the northern hemisphere.  Ianthe Pickles has brought us her recent memories of summer with her personal take on Summer Days on the Allotment: a mindful and relaxing observation of the animals, plants and the drama of…

  • The Practical Buddhist: Coming Home

    Teachings on The Joy and Comfort of Buddhism, of Finding Yourself _____________________________________________​ NEW Video Series Based on posts from ThePracticalBuddhist.com, this video series by Hanh Niêm, Ronald Hirsch, presents both an easy to understand overview of Buddhist thought on why we suffer and the path to end suffering, and practical techniques on helping you reach that…

  • More Than One Life

  • Summer Days on the Allotment

    “…Just had one of those cuppa teas I didn’t want to end!”… A past statement by a friend echoed in my mind as I quenched my thirst. The temperature has gone up by ten degrees since seven o’clock this morning. Every movement seems an effort, it’s hot, it’s humid, it’s June. I’ve seen three butterflies,…

  • Wasp on the Prayer Flag

    Maeve O’Sullivan is a Dublin-based member of Bodhicharya Ireland. In Wasp on the Prayer Flag, O’Sullivan’s fifth collection with Alba Publishing, the years 2018-2021 are chroniced in the forms of haiku and senryu verse.  The three sections, Seasons, Sequences and Senryu, bring to the reader Maeve’s lucid observations of life in Ireland and abroad.  This latest edition…

  • Editorial

    I am pleased to publish an extensive review by Vin Harris of Mindful Heroes-stories of journeys that changed lives. Vin states:  The book … makes the connection between the Hero’s Journey and the inner journeys of people who study and practice mindfulness. 

  • No Lockdown on the River Garry

    This short film by Sitar Rose is a contemplative study of the Scottish countryside during lockdown.  There is a series of still shots along the River Garry down to Loch Oich.  The river runs from the west of Pilochry to the north of Fort William.

  • Mindful Heroes – stories of journeys that changed lives

    Mindfulness is well recognised as an effective way to deal with the challenges of modern life. So many people have experienced for themselves the power of allowing things to get better by not making them worse. But hopefully the story doesn’t end there. Might the mindfulness journey also prove to be an expression of a…