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Blog
After (begrudgingly) starting a gratitude journal, Rachel Hilton discovered things about herself that had remained hidden for years.

Audio Course: Learning to Chant

This is an online course designed to allow participants to learn to chant the Heart of Great Wisdom Sutra and the Four Great Bodhisattva Vows
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Books, films, exhibitions and assorted media.
Welcome to our review page where we review books and other media that we hope will be of interest to our readers.

Troubleshooting Zen Study & Practice

Welcome to our interactive series of Q&A podcasts.

The Purification of the Buddha Field

The Vimalakīrti Sūtra
In this episode the buddha demonstrates how impurity can exist, in the purity of the Buddha field.

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Audio Talks

The Ever Turning Wheel | Part II

Master Taian and the Old Gentleman

The Ever-Turning Wheel | Part 1

Practice

The Long & Short of It

Exercises in Mindfulness
While we tend to look at things in terms of good or bad, better or worse light or dark, the separation of one thing between another has its roots in the delusion of I.

The Five Hindrances: 5 | Skeptical Doubt

Exercises in Mindfulness
'The Great Ball of Doubt’ is one of 3 great requirements of Zen, yet skeptical doubt is a hindrance to mindfulness and meditation. How can we differentiate between the two?

The Five Hindrances: 4 | Worry and Flurry

Exercises in Mindfulness
By creating a subtle shift in awareness, we can begin to ease some of the worry and anxiety in our lives.

The Five Hindrances: 3 | Sloth and Torpor

Exercises in Mindfulness
When apathy or laziness strikes, it can feel like our energy has suddenly been drained away. If however, we can become aware of the heart mind and its effects on the body, we may realise that this energy is still very much with us.

Under the Bodhi Tree

Exercises in Mindfulness 
How do we find the place inside ourselves which allows us to transcend suffering? The answer is much more straight forward than you may imagine.

Magazine

News Round Up for w/e 21st May 2022

News & snippets from Zen cyber-space
This Week from Zen Cyber space, The white house celebrates Buddhist holiday Vesak for the second year in a row and investigations into when meditation can become dangerous.

You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone!  

Blog
After (begrudgingly) starting a gratitude journal, Rachel Hilton discovered things about herself that had remained hidden for years.

News Round Up for w/e 16th May 2022

News & snippets from Zen cyber-space
This week from Zen cyberspace, celebration of the Buddha’s birth, death and enlightenment and a talk from meditation master Ajahn Sumedho.

News Round Up for w/e 7th May 2022

News & snippets from Zen cyber-space
This week from Zen Cyber Space, redefining the relationship between science and religion plus an interview with John Daio Loori, Abbot of abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery

News Round Up for w/e 30th April 2022

News & snippets from Zen cyber-space
This week from Zen Cyber Space...

Buddhism

The Purification of the Buddha Field

The Vimalakīrti Sūtra
In this episode the buddha demonstrates how impurity can exist, in the purity of the Buddha field.

The Holy Scripture of Vimalakirti

The Vimalakīrti Sūtra
A popular sutra within the Chan/Zen school, many of the core components of the Buddha’s teachings can be found I this text.

Dhammapada Verse 406

Verses from the Dhammapada
While violence seems to be escalating throughout the world, the Buddha’s teachings show us that anger and desire can be transformed into the warmth of the Buddha nature.

Dhammapada Verse 3

Verses from the Dhammapada
As compassion is an inherent quality of the heart, by simply doing the practice it will quite naturally reveal itself.

Bodhidharma Reverence -  The Way to the One Heart.

Dharma Talks
When we hear the word ‘reverence’ in a religious context, this may give the impression that we should be apologetically meek in the face of a god who may smite us at any moment. This is not so Buddhism.Dr Alan Sidhi Investigates.

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