Tag: Dhamma talk

Recently I have been giving much thought to the subject of Patience or Khanti and its importance and place in our lives. The Buddha gives it an important place in his teaching and yet we find ourselves living in an age of instant satisfaction, instant answers, instant gratification. This has been assisted by the agency of the internet and all that goes with it.

Having pushed me into the dark and dim meeting room the young novice did not enter but waited outside the now closed door. The government officials all turned to look at this stranger who had so suddenly arrived in their presence.

In the last newsletter (‘If you are aware‘ below) I wrote about meeting the Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh. I did this because I tried to suggest to you that it…

If you are aware that you are alive, that you have twenty-four hours to create new joy, this would be enough to make yourself happy and the people around you…

Discrimination is something which we use and encounter every day as human beings however it should not be forgotten that it comes from the root word meaning to divide or…

Welcome to this New Year 2019 and very soon to the Year of the Pig. The Pig is the twelfth of all zodiac animals. According to one myth, the Jade…

The heat in the room was stifling as the teacher announced the imminent arrival of the visitor and the young monk began to squirm at the prospect of being stuck…