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Rules of freedom

10/11/2013 · by AJ | in Uncategorized | tagged awakening, buddhism, freedom, precepts, samsara | Leave a comment

Within each faith tradition we don’t have to look far before we come across rules. Within Buddhism there are five precepts for the lay community, and 227 for the monastic sangha. A question can arise for us around some of these these rules – are they really of any value? At times it may not […]

In Silence

08/09/2013 · by AJ | in Uncategorized | tagged gold, silence, truth | Leave a comment

The only diamonds I need, Are the sparkles of sunlight on the lake. Its light through evening cloud, My only gold. Pearls and rubies from the earth, I will not take, My only truth, That which silence never told.

What is a wave?

23/06/2013 · by AJ | in Uncategorized | tagged awareness, sea, unity, wave | Leave a comment

What is a wave? We see them, so many of them, rolling across the sea, arising and falling, breaking on the shore. We give it a name, create it as a separate thing in thought, but we see a wave is not separate is it? It never leaves the sea. When the wave arose the […]

Food for thought

05/01/2013 · by AJ | in Uncategorized | tagged media, meditation, mind, propoganda, realising truth, thoughts | Leave a comment

It’s that time of year where most of us are thinking about reigning back in the excesses of the festive season and considering some healthier options. When I was young I heard on several occasions someone say, ‘You are what you eat.’ Of course, I didn’t pay much attention, it’s just a throw away comment […]

The freedom to give

04/01/2013 · by AJ | in Uncategorized | tagged dana, freedom, Giving, open heart, ownership, possessions | Leave a comment

Last November I sat in the Dhamma hall at Harnham Buddhist Monastery and heard Ajahn Sucitto give a talk all about dana (giving). I was inspired by the openness of heart he spoke of and the importance of this aspect of our spiritual practice and so I’ve been meaning to write something on this for […]

Three Jewels

01/01/2013 · by AJ | in Uncategorized | tagged buddha, dhamma, empty heart, jesus, krishnamurti, sangha, three jewels | Leave a comment

Two of the qualities that help us greatly on our journey, our spiritual path, are honesty and courage. It takes real honesty to admit the truth to ourselves and great courage to explore our own hearts. This reflection arose for me when I first came across the Buddhist Three Jewels. Ideally these are held to […]

The voice of silence

31/12/2012 · by AJ | in Uncategorized | tagged awareness, fredom from suffering, nibbana, peace, sound of silence, space, voice of the silence | Leave a comment

Searching for truth presents us with a paradox. Surely we must begin our search with the realisation that truth is simply ‘what is’. That being the case the question is then, ‘Why do I not fully feel a part of this truth?’ The question itself is a clue to the dilemma. The question arises from […]

Escaping the anthill mentality

07/12/2012 · by AJ | in Uncategorized | tagged anthill, flying, freedom, imagination, perspective, space, time | Leave a comment

There are different ways to look at life, so many different perspectives we can take. But we so often get trapped into just one – we focus all our attention on the content of our life, re-visiting our memories or living imagined future events over and over. It can become a constant treadmill of inner […]

Stop the clock

26/11/2012 · by AJ | in Uncategorized | tagged mindfulness, present moment, reality, time, truth | 1 Comment

Are you sure time exists? Might sound silly, but are you really sure? We talk about time as though it’s real don’t we? In fact many of us, and I include myself in this, are ruled by the clock, so we naturally assume time exists. But what if we’re looking at it the wrong way […]

To seek is not to find

22/11/2012 · by AJ | in Uncategorized | tagged Anagarika, buddhism, Buddhist, peace, striving, suffering | 5 Comments

I was at my local Buddhist monastery last week and one of the anagarikas (one who hs gone forth – a sort of probationary stage in Western Theravada Buddhism) told me he had decided not to take Pabbajja ordination and become a samanera but to return to lay life. He explained, ‘You’re expected to continually […]

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