A personal response by Abs I came along to the Buddhist centre in 2010. I loved everything about the sangha and dharma, but the building is somehow a challenge for me. I often get headaches there and quite stressed. It was suggested to me that I might like Buddhafield East.… Read More »Buddhafield East
A personal response by Trish It was during the time of Covid that I first attended meditation in the park. I wasn’t sure about meditating outside. I wasn’t sure if I would be able to meditate with all the different outside noises and people walking past.A group of people meditating… Read More »Meditation in the Park
recommended by Liz Farthing Restoring imaginal ground through embodied Buddhist Practice In his latest book The Myth of Meditation, Paramananda grounds us in the felt sense, connecting us to the earth through meditation. He encourages us to turn towards our experience with kindly awareness and leads us to see through… Read More »‘The Myth of Meditation’ by Paramananda
A review of the Free Buddhist Audio podcast This is a classic talk on Free Buddhist Audio, recommended to us by Viryamati in our mitra study group, as a resource to come back to, perhaps when we are facing some spiritual challenges and looking for a seed of inspiration. Vessantara… Read More »Here be Dragons: Pitfalls, Disasters and Dead-Ends on the Spiritual Quest by Vessantara
recommended by Wendie Alexander A Buddhist Way Through the Ups and Downs of Life This small, novella sized book gives the impression it’s just a quick and easy read but it actually has real depth and insight into the Dharma, the teachings of the Buddha. The sheer density of information… Read More »‘Sailing the Worldly Winds’ by Vajragupta
Recommended by Sheena Vessantara is one of my favorite Triratna authors. His relaxed writing style is very easy to read. The Breath is a short introduction to the Mindfulness of Breathing. Vessantara begins with exercises exploring the breath, before introducing the four stages of the Mindfulness practice. Having covered the… Read More »The Breath by Vessantara
recommended by Andy There is such a vast array of Buddhist Teachings I often wonder where to start? How do I make sense of it all? Sangharakshita, our movement’s founder clearly understood these questions when he founded what was to become the Triratna Buddhist Order and began presenting the traditional… Read More »The Essential Sangharakshita
Recommended by Eric It was Luke, (who helped me along the Dharma path), who gave me my copy of this classic Buddhist text. I am not a great reader and often find the reading required for Dharma study a bit of a chore as well as a delight. The beauty… Read More »Dhammapada ‘The Way of the Truth’ translated by Sangharakshita
recommended by Lisa This is a biography of a remarkable woman known as Dipa Ma. In her lifetime she was seen as a great spiritual master and someone who reached profound levels of meditation, practice and insight. The biography goes into her early life, the hardships she encountered and tragedies… Read More »‘Dipa Ma’ by Amy Schmidt
recommended by Barbara A selection of moving accounts of life experiences in which ‘ordinary’ people find support from their Buddhist practice. Facing illness or chronic pain, meditating at Auschwitz, coming to terms with Alzheimer’s, forgiving a sister’s murderer: these powerful stories of courage and hard-earned wisdom show the rewards of… Read More »‘Challenging Times’ by Vishvapani
