Thanks to everyone for a wonderful Sunday afternoon and a wonderful service, I dropped  at home and he asked his mum for her Buddha statue and announced that he is now a Buddhist!, he showed her the Buddhist good bye Jnanamati!.

I'm feeling a bit low this weekend - busy job, family off doing other things - that sort of thing. I was looking at some old photos my parents put together in an album for my daughter Ellie from the past hundred years or so and I had a profound feeling of sadness. There are all these faces I'd never known.

Particularly here's one of my grandfather. Sepia, he's probably about 25 and already deaf and a veteran of the great war. Shabby clothes, sat next to my grandmother who died before…

For all his friends and fans, I just wanted to let you know that I arrived here in Amida France about an hour ago. Samadhi was keeping guard on Simone's orchard wall and soon sussed out I had returned (or maybe he checks the house every night). He is looking well and happy and far more interested in cuddles than food. I am writing this at an awkward angle to accommodate his position, spread languidly on my lay and chest so as to maximise contact and minimise me doing anything else... Namo…

I've been  very busy over the last few months and I enjoyed the first Sunday Service I've been able to attend since the summer, I am still finding my feet and relatively new to Buddhism, any guidance would be gratefully received.

H. H. The 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, Trineley Thaye Dorje has been felicitated by "Sakyamuni Buddha International Award 2011" at Nagpur (India) on October 15, 2011.

Ashwaghosh Buddhists Foundation (India) has been felicitated H. H. The 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, Trineley Thaye Dorje by " Sakyamuni Buddha International Award 2011 ." The Buddhist Society of India, Branch- Vidharth Pradesh has been organized “ Dhamma Deshana” of H. H. The 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, Trineley Thaye Dorje at Dr.…

H. H. The 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, Trineley Thaye Dorje has been felicitated by "Sakyamuni Buddha International Award 2011" at Nagpur (India) on October 15, 2011.

Ashwaghosh Buddhists Foundation (India) has been felicitated H. H. The 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, Trineley Thaye Dorje by " Sakyamuni Buddha International Award 2011 ." The Buddhist Society of India, Branch- Vidharth Pradesh has been organized “ Dhamma Deshana” of H. H. The 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, Trineley Thaye Dorje at Dr.…

"Eh, lad, lad, what’s names to the Joy Maker?"

What indeed?

I make a connection here with what Dharmavidya states about ‘practice’ being auxiliary.

Faith itself is the thing and one does what serves that sense of being alive.

Just faith in that…

Please don't forget to participate

at the Paper Presentation  Programme…

Just posted a note - commentary on first chapter of Majjhima Nikaya from Buddhist psychology perspective

http://amidatrust.ning.com/xn/detail/2083410:Note:91956?xg_source=activity

On my Facebook page "Writings from David", Cindi Silva wrote:

Mindfulness tip o'the day . . . Live each moment like a wave in the ocean . . . experience each moment with the great energy you always have . . . circumstances determine how much energy you will expend each moment . . . because you are open and living in awareness . . . just like the wave in the ocean you are ready each moment no matter what life sends your way . . . you will also let go, accept and move on to the next…