Zoom gatherings Aug & Sept

Online gatherings in August and September 2020

23 September 2020 - Part Two

The Practice of Mudita

23 September 2020 - Part One

Chanting with Ajahn Achalo

- Preliminary Homage
- Invitation to the Devas
- Three Refuges
- Discourse on Treasures
- Discourse on Blessings
- Discourse on Loving Kindness
- The Great Compassion Mantra

09 September 2020

Questions

1 - If our practice slips, how do we best start again?
2 - How can we do death contemplation to arouse urgency/energy in our practice?
3 - Please discuss tools to reconcile pain, anger and resentment which arise when betrayed. Also, please provide your thoughts on trusting someone after again after they have broken trust.

4 - For me the word 'Buddha' is Dhamma manifesting through the enlightened human beings. Can you share some pointers to help with this?

12 August 2020

Questions

1 - What are ashubha bhāvanā and asubha-kammatthāna?
2 - It was Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva’s enlightenment day a few days back. Why then do we still refer to him/her as a bodhisattva?
3 - How do you see your relation to Kuan-Yin/ Avalokitesvara?
4 - I am a doctor working in an Intensive Care Unit in the UK. After a stressful day, I get angry with family after coming back from work. How can I reduce anger?

5 - This weekend one of our Dad’s horses died, the same evening after we took her out for a ride. Everyone is very sad. We have been thinking about an animal’s passing in comparison to when a human being passes away, and were wondering if you could talk about the process of animal death and rebirth