Oct 22, 2024
In a long and colourful life, Amoghamitra has been in the Royal Navy, the Merchant Navy and the Fire Service. He’s also spent time as a successful amateur boxer, nightclub bouncer and pub landlord, and has taught meditation and Buddhism in schools. Having had a...
Oct 22, 2024
Hello, I’m Upāyalīla, ‘he for whom skilful means is play’ and I was ordained way back in August 2024. I live with my wife Sharon in a small village a few miles south east of Aberystwyth, where I help run the West Wales Buddhist group. I’m very fortunate, my location...
Sep 24, 2024
Hi! I’ve been regularly meditating since the early 2000’s when I first came across the Manchester Buddhist Centre in 1998 – a friend recommended learning to meditate to help me deal with the stress and anxiety of various challenges in my working life. I took to...
Sep 24, 2024
Maitripushpa has been exploring the world of yoga since the mid-1990s — from Iyengar and vinyasa flow to yin, restorative and Scaravelli-inspired yoga. It was in both the dynamic and more yin-style practices that she found the natural physical partner to her...
Sep 24, 2024
‘Six years ago, when I was supporting mitra study on the Refuge Tree, Shinran leapt out from the teachers of the past and urgently stated that I listen to his teachings. I did – and changed lifetime habits of striving hard to understand the world, the dharma and...
