articles, talks and pictures

audio

Free buddhist audio is a site on which you can find hundreds of great dharma talks, including all of sangharakshita's lectures, take a look and download some for your ipod.

some talks of mine to listen to...

Here are a few of my talks on free buddhist audio -

'a huge barrel of wine but no cups'
This is a rather mad talk based on some of the images Rumi uses in his poems.

'all one gorgeous mistake'
The mistake in question being the way we perceive the world out there as being separate from ourselves. I draw on Dogen, Joanna Macy, Nagajuna and again Rumi.

'the transitoriness of life and the certainty of death'
A very personal talk on death as part of a series we were doing at Tiratanaloka on the Four Mind Turning Reflections.

'everything matters - turning consumerism on its head'
A talk from the International Sangha Retreat 2010.

articles

wabi sabi here you'll find a short article on wabi sabi, the three laksanas and the vimoksa mukhas.

the red tanktop - more thoughts on wabi sabi here are some more thoughts on wabi sabi and on why everything matters.

yogacara teachings are basis for the 'lifting the veil' retreats, here I explain what, to me, makes the yogacara so exciting and relevant to practice.

the three fetters seeing the path in terms of freedom, we break these fetters by becoming ever more creative, clear and committed.

photos

emptiness here,
emptiness there,
yet the infinite universe stands always before our eyes..

This is a quote from Hsuan Tsang and I love this idea of exploring the true nature of our experience while at the same time engaging with the universe that lies before our eyes. I have a few pictures that, for me at least, tie in with this and with the themes that I am exploring. Some of these pictures you can find on my flickr site.