by Jean D'Cruz | Mar 26, 2025 | Blog
Visualisation is a key meditation technique in Tibetan Buddhism. It involves forming a mental image in the mind’s eye, rather than seeing something with our physical eyes. Visualisation is commonly used in deity meditation, where we imagine the Buddha or other...
by Cathy Evans | Mar 7, 2025 | Blog
If we genuinely wish to achieve enlightenment to free ourselves and others from suffering, we need to give some serious attention to developing calm abiding. Shantideva said: All the recitations and austerities, even though performed for a long time, are quite useless...
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 Anna Goldstein | Apr 19, 2024 | Blog
“Anger is the ultimate destroyer of your own peace of mind.” – His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama of Tibet. For many people anger or any of its siblings – frustration, impatience, annoyance and irritation, exasperation or touchiness – represent giant...
by Tim McKibben | Apr 19, 2024 | Blog
Love is such an evocative word. Throughout the ages countless poems and songs have been written about it. In many cultures, it’s seen as essential for spiritual growth, and deep down most of us want to know love. However, often the ‘love’ referred to in literature...
