by Martin Horan | Oct 10, 2024 | Blog
The practice of the five forces can also be adapted to help us prepare for the end of our life. In short, the five forces are: 1) the force of beneficial intention 2) the force of familiarity 3) the force of the white seed 4) the force of destruction and 5) the force...
by Martin Horan | Oct 10, 2024 | Blog
The five forces are five simple practices that we can use to bring Dharma into our daily life. If we use them as a focus for our practice day by day, we can also adapt them at the end of our life (see Part two). They are also sometimes known as the five powers. ...
by Martin Horan | Oct 29, 2023 | Uncategorised
We hope everyone can join us to celebrate a very special event – the identification of Loden Rinpoche, the reincarnation of the Tibetan Buddhist Society’s founder, the most venerable Geshe Acharya Thubten Loden. Please register below....
by Martin Horan | Aug 20, 2023 | Uncategorised
By Martin Horan Buddhism emphasises the importance of developing insight and wisdom. In the first noble truth the Buddha taught about the faults of cyclic existence. While we experience cyclic existence, we might have enjoyment and pleasure from time to...
by Martin Horan | Apr 30, 2023 | Blog
Many long-term meditators have had the experience. We put time and effort into meditation sometimes over many years – and the question comes up: Is it really making a difference? We often find our way into Dharma practice because there are things we’d...
