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Curse of the Werewolf

The Alchemy of Transformation
Martin takes a look at how spiritual power can turn humans into monsters.

How to Sit Zazen (meditation)

Fundamentals of Zen
An instructional video on how to achieve the correct posture and perform the correct mudras for Rinzai Zen meditation, finishing with instructions on how to count the breath.

Monkey | Chapter 15

Stories Retold: Journey to the West
Everyone is blaming Monkey for their misfortune again but surely this time it isn’t his fault?

How is the Zen Practice going? Tips for 2023

Exercises in Mindfulness 
With the Winter break over it’s time to get back to the training. We have some tips and tricks to get the ball rolling again and how to identify areas that need a little bit more effort.

Three Omens from Yama

Stories from the Buddhist Tradition
Yama, Lord of Death, gives one lucky man another shot at life but will the young man recognise the God when he appears again?

Latest Articles

Audio Talks

Throwing Oneself Into Fire to Avoid Being Downed

Daito Kokushi's Admonition - A Dharma Talk

Rinzai’s Neither Outside nor Inside

Practice

How is the Zen Practice going? Tips for 2023

Exercises in Mindfulness 
With the Winter break over it’s time to get back to the training. We have some tips and tricks to get the ball rolling again and how to identify areas that need a little bit more effort.

What is Rohatsu?

Exercises in Mindfulness
The memorial to the Buddha's Enlightenment is a week long Zen retreat that tests the monastic's inner strength to the full.

Bamboo on the Mountain: A story of patient endurance

Exercises in Mindfulness
How can we connect with the natural flow of things?

Know Thyself and then Get a Move On!

Exercises in Mindfulness
While the Buddha taught the self is delusion, if we get to know this self instead of denying it’s existance we can find a powerful way to form new habits.

The Seven-Part Worship of Shantideva

How does Shantideva's formula for worship relate to the different parts of Zen Practice?

Magazine

Curse of the Werewolf

The Alchemy of Transformation
Martin takes a look at how spiritual power can turn humans into monsters.

Monkey | Chapter 15

Stories Retold: Journey to the West
Everyone is blaming Monkey for their misfortune again but surely this time it isn’t his fault?

Extract | The Four Noble Truths by Ajahn Sumedho II

Book Extracts
Ajahn Sumedoh remembers discovering the reason he could not wholeheartedly give himself into life and its tasks.

Monkey | Chapter 14

Stories Retold: Journey to the West
In this episode, the monk Tripitaka stumbles across a particular Monkey who has been trapped under a mountain…

Monkey | Chapter 13

Stories Retold: Journey to the West
In this episode the monk Tripitaka sets out on his long journey to retrieve the lost Buddhist texts but what will the naïve monk do when he comes face to face with the horrible dangers he was warned about?

Buddhism

Three Omens from Yama

Stories from the Buddhist Tradition
Yama, Lord of Death, gives one lucky man another shot at life but will the young man recognise the God when he appears again?

Dhammapada Verse 59

Verses from the Dhammapada
The pitch black of the darkness holds many secrets, some terrifying but others sublime. Jenny Hall explores what it really means to bring light to this darkness.

Ananda and the Untouchable Woman

Parables
What is it we are escaping from when we get bored? Martin explores the deeper processes that are taking place that can show us the way to awakening.

Verses from The Dhammapada 147

The Buddha said, ‘Look at the body, sickly racked with pain, which does not endure.’ Jenny Hall investigates... 

Verses from The Dhammapada 217

Jenny Hall examines the passing away of Queen Elizabeth II and her long reign as the Monarch of the United Kingdom.

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