Tag: retreat

_ What Exile? For Stoics,there are no true exiles;just welcomed breaks for retreats,for reflection and improvement.

While attending a Pure Land retreat, it struck me that there is a wide variety of differences in what participants…

Before the retreat began, there was already a mysterious brown cloth placed on each meditation cushion. Many wondered what it…

A semi-fictitious conversation with a friend going on a three-week retreat of sorts… S: Come back enlightened! T: Huh? Er…….

Moonpointer moderators will be away on the road soon, on Buddhist pilgrimage in India and Nepal. In the mean time,…

Pic: Dharma Hall at Kong Meng San After lunch, just before the next round of the Pureland retreat recitation, I…

是日已过命已随减, 如少水鱼斯有何乐, 大众！ 常勤精进如救头燃, 但念无常慎勿放逸。 The above verse was chanted just before we concluded our 1-day Pureland retreat at Dharma…

Hem: Should I go for a pilgrimage to ‘Buddha’s India’ or attend a Pure Land retreat?  Haw: Both are excellent! Why not…

In the movie “Tokyo”, the last story is called “Hikikomori”, which refers to individuals who choose to isolate themselves from…

The Case of the Acccidental Cloud Meditation Other than the truth that you can realise this truth the clouds have…