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Arts in Amida
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Welcome, leekelleymd
Latest Activity
Buddhist Full Time Training / Volunteering at UK and overseas
September 5, 2009 at 10am to March 31, 2010 at 7pm
We have openings for one or two full time Buddhist trainees and/or full time volunteers.
VOLUNTEER SCHEME: Two months training in UK followed by five months service in Amida education programme in India.
TRAINEE SCHEME: Full time training in Purel...
I am interested in the volunteer scheme. What does the training consist of?
Where is the training?
Besides the contribution, how much extra money/cost would be necessary?
Thanks, Lee
Profile Information
- About Me:
- Spent 18 years as a private practice psychiatrist and professional
painter. (url: gigigabrielle@artspan.com) Stopped practicing
psychiatry in 2001 after a major life crisis. Since then,
have gone back to art--painting and photography and poetry.
I am pursuing spiritually and after reading David Brazier's book,
it is the only Buddhist book that I have related to.
- Amida Membership
- Would like to be a member
- Faith Background & Affiliation
- Born Catholic but for years no religion, despite searching
- Occupation or Primary Activity
- Art
- Involvement in Spirituality/Religion
- Having been a Catholic for 18 years, I became totally against
organized religions. Not bitter, just don't believe.
I have since been in a continual search, greater some times than others. Now, learning to meditate, which is profoundly
difficult for me. Going to a Buddhist meditation ceremony.
- What is your interest in Amida Trust
- I have read about many faiths, including several books on
Buddhism. Mostly, nothing "fit." However, someone
suggested that I read "The Feeling Buddha" and for the
first time ever, I became inspired. Thus, I prefer to
stay with Amida, rather than journey elsewhere.
- How did you find this web site?
- By using google under David Brazier's name
- What country are you living in?
- usa
- What is the nearest town to where you live? If in UK, please give first half of your postcode. Thank you.
- kansas city
- Are you a member of an Amida group/Congregation
- not at the moment
- Have you visited
- None of these
- What can you offer to other members of this network?
- A place to stay, Travelling companion, Expertise
- What other interests do you have, eg Arts, Gardening and so on.
- Multiple interests: including painting, using multiple media:
oils, pastels, pencil, pen and ink, collage, and installation.
I also write poetry in a serious way. Extensive knowledge in
psychiatry, including psychopharmacology, psychotherapy,
etc. Also love British mysteries, movies, comedy (especially "Coupling")
Love literature, gardening and animals.
- Website:
- http://gigigabrielle@artspan.com
Comment Wall (8 comments)
- At 4:48pm on September 23, 2009,
shola henry pau said…
- hi how are you doing? you are really beautiful
- At 4:45pm on September 23, 2009,
shola henry pau said…
- hi how are you doing? you are really beautiful
- At 10:17pm on July 14, 2009,
Jose Tavares said…
- Hi Lee !
keep searching with love and you will find ...
inner peace
José
- At 2:04pm on March 29, 2009,
shola henry pau said…
- hello leek how are you? you are realy lookig goog and great, please i want to be your friend. i am henry, my mail is kinghenry@live.se. in will wait for your reply. thank you with love from henry
- At 1:49pm on February 23, 2009,
Modgala Duguid said… - Hi Lee,
I got your post about practices that can help. There are a number of forms of chanting the nembutsu that we use and also chants to quan shi yin - these can be very helpful. We have some on ning from the 24 hour nembutsu retreat and you may be able to track a recording of the quan shi Yin chant which we broadcast from london some weeks ago.
There is also our morning contemplation session - Nei quan which is followed by Chi quan. Put simply in Nei quan we sit with 3 questions for about 10 minutes - How have I been helped, how have I helped others, what trouble hasmy existence caused. We look over the last 24 hours in relation to the questions, sometimes looking at examples near at hand, sometimes further afield eg the number of creatures killed in producing or transporting our food. Then we follow by a little verse repaeated 3 times - "Infinite light, be my delight, shine on me, an ordinary". then we do chih quan, here we make an offering of all we have found in Nei Quan to Amida and all the Buddhas, bodhisattvas and wise beings, making a gift of ourselves just as we are for the good of the universe and allowing our little selves to feel the light of amida that shines on us. This also means that we can sometimes feel the alchemy of contrition that is a gateway towards the Pure Land. Namo amida bu
With love
Modgala
- At 12:00pm on February 23, 2009,
prakash nagar said… - oh that's quite funny thing.i'm sorry i tried to put my head here but couldn't do this.next time i will be carefull.by the way it's nice to see u here and hope we will keep in touch sometime.bi and have great time
- At 7:10pm on February 7, 2009,
Amaya said… - Hello Lee!
Glad to meet you here. Those are Blue Bonnets, the Texas state flower. They only bloom once a year if we are lucky, and this is the only place they grow. Hundreds if not thousands travel into the countryside to witness their appearance yearly!
Hope to hear more from you soon!
Namo Amida Bu
Amaya
- At 10:39pm on February 4, 2009,
caroline brazier said… - Welcome. Glad to see you managed to get registered
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