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love and its disappointment

2008-08-07T10:13:04Z

The cover copy for David Brazier's next book Love and Its Disappointment: The meaning of life, therapy and art to be published next year, is as follows... What is life about? Love. Does love run smoothly? No. To whom does this matter? Ever...

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more than a state of mind

2008-07-31T09:10:59Z

Dharmavidya writes: Buddhism is more than 'a state of mind'. It is an orientation to life. We enter into many states of mind in the course of a day and it is certainly impossible to remain in just one. The deeper rooted elements that make up one's...

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dharmavidya's quotation on the 'do no harm' site

2008-07-02T08:45:37Z

Do No Harm is one of those wonderful impossible ideals that inspire us. "Cease from ill; Do only good; Do good for others. Purify your mind." As what the Japanese call "bombu" i.e. ordinary fallible beings of wayward passion and boundless karma we...

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new pureland book: never die alone

2008-07-01T11:05:14Z

The book, Never Die Alone: Death as Birth in Pure Land Buddhism, published by Jodo Shu Research Institute is on the brink of publication and copies can be pre-ordered from Amazon. Authors include: Mark Blum author of The Origins and Developmen...

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dharmavidya and prasada on dvd and youtube

2008-06-26T19:04:24Z

Last year Dharmavidya, the head of my Order, and Prasada, his wife, spoke at St James' church, Piccadilly as part of St James' Alternative series of talks. There's now a DVD available and you can view 2 clips from the talk on You Tube. Clip o...

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the necessary condition is love

2008-05-30T08:36:00Z

Dharmavidya has written: 29 May 2008: Writing: The past week I have been writing pretty solidly. Since my last weblog entry I have written more than 54,000 words, which constitutes the main body of the new book. I expect it will be called "The...

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friends of amida social network

2008-05-07T15:59:57Z

If you are interested in the work and activities of Amida Trust and would like to join the associated social network do check out this site and join. Once a member, there are a number of groups you can join, including Buddhist counselling and psyc...

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amida france is opening in may + news of dharmavidya's teachings, 10 - 30 july

2008-03-31T08:27:55Z

Susthama and a couple of members from The Buddhist House will go to France in mid-May (2008) to open it up for the summer season. The retreat centre has been closed for the winter period and so there will be alot of work initially; getting the pla...

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nien fo - nembutsu - the central pureland practice

2008-03-23T09:33:57Z

The central element of all Pureland practice is called nien fo. Fo is the Chinese word for Buddha. Nien refers to a thought or impulse of the mind. Nien fo, therefore, means to have the Buddha in mind. Anything that brings the Buddha to mind is ni...

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dharmavidya's pastoral letter: open secret

2008-03-21T19:53:32Z

From Dharmavidya, head ot the Amida Order: ::Pastoral Letter of 21 March 2008 Dear Friends The Pureland Way is a kind of open secret. It is open in the sense that anybody can easily get to know that Purelanders are those for whom their pri...

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