Many people are surprised to learn that Thich Nhat Hanh’s main teacher was ‘Thich Quang Duc‘ – a Vietnamese Buddhist monk who burned himself in
Category: Buddhism
Exploring the philosophy (and practice) of Early and Later Buddhism.
Contemplating the ‘Great Demise’… (4.12.2021)
Death certainly seems to a) happen, and b) exist, as we are left with a dead body and grieving relatives and friends, but this analysis
Email: Monasticism: Carthusian Decadence and ‘Silence’ as a Way Through… (16.11.2021)
Dear Gillian The Carthusians appear to be creating the opulence of lay life in the monastery. Whereas the Desert Fathers sat in a cave or
Remote Psychic Art Reading From Peter ‘John’ Newbury (23.5.2018)
In 2018, I asked Peter ‘John’ to carry-out a ‘Psychic Art’ reading ‘at a distance’ as I was in Sutton (South London) and he somewhere
Emails: Tibetan Buddhism – ‘Bon’ or ‘Bad’ Blessing? (21.10.2021)
Dear Adrian My turn to quiz your brain. This was left behind on the door of my new apartment. Blessing or curse? Any idea? I
Sutton: Richard Hunn Pays a Visit! (September, 2004)
Here we sit Atop the hundred foot-pole Who will ‘jump’ first? Huh! Why ‘Jump’ at all! This was at my old marital home – 38
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 