After a very extended labour, midwifed by Stephen, Mary and the printers in Auckland, I'm delighted to announce that the final version of This Nectar of Naturalness is now now available in a beautifully bound and laid out, limited edition paperback version. Copies can be can purchased from this site for $20 NZ plus postage. … Continue reading Excerpt from Tarchin’s New Book “This Nectar of Naturalness”
Dear friendsI just listened to a wonderful recording by biologist, teacher and writer, David Haskell. It seemed to capture in 40 minutes what I feel I have been hinting at in teaching for all these many years. I urge you to take time to listen, preferably with a good head set or sound system, and … Continue reading The Symphony of Natural Awakening
Please click here to download or read a fully formatted PDF version. It's been raining all week. A weather system of blocking highs and small intense lows is funnelling hot humid equatorial air down to Aotearoa, and so we sit on our damp, misty deck, having breakfast, listening to a morning chorus of invisible birds, … Continue reading What To Do When It All Seems Too Much
Today, Jan. 22, 2022, Thich Nhat Hanh died in Vietnam and my heart is cracked thoroughly openmoist eyes of gratitudeand a big smilethankyou Thay, thankyou, thankyou, thankyousmiling, breathing, present, appreciating, offering. For a rich remembering published in "Lion's Roar." go to https://www.lionsroar.com/thich-nhat-hanh-zen-teacher-who-popularized-mindfulness-in-the-west-dead-at-95/?goal=0_1988ee44b2-9ee0296fd8-25587484&mc_cid=9ee0296fd8
My Dear FriendsSitting here at Orgyen, cancer and covid within and around me; a natural retreat – a blessing. I find myself contemplating life and death and dharma in an expansive field of memories; reviewing and reflecting. Some thoughts have emerged which I would like to share with you in the form of a poem. … Continue reading This Wild and Wonderful Truth
In all Buddhist traditions the practice of generosity (dana) is recognized as being the bedrock of dharma practice. Many texts describe the myriad forms and types of generosity. One category is referred to as "the gift of dharma" and in many traditions this became associated with sponsoring dharma teachings either in the form of actual … Continue reading The Gift of Dharma
Dear FriendsWhat a mystery;This life we are living.Immeasurable realms of becoming,Translucent dancing,Blossoming fields of knowing,Together weaving this seamless fabric of today,The only life we live. Here, at Orgyen, the gardens are beautiful in their late autumn finery. Kowhai cabin is still available for visiting retreatants, and a steady stream of individuals offering help and or … Continue reading The Unbroken Wholeness of Sublime Understanding and Love
Abstract: We often regard our body as a skin encapsulated organism of flesh and blood and sensation. Ironically, we seem to be mostly interested in it when it is malfunctioning, when it is demanding attention. We want pain or discomfort to go away. We want the cut to heal or the embarrassing leakage to stop. … Continue reading Contemplating Beginner’s Body
In the beginningless, endless holomoving, – process congealing as form, and form resolving as process – mystery emerged, sperming and egging fused, thus, he-to-be, or should we say, be-to-he, and she; mother-ness and son-ness entwined, found themselves dancing their living ways unfolding into they knew not what or where. Later, he took clues from otherness … Continue reading This Dancing of Living
Since the last Green Dharma Treasury posting, we have uploaded more teachings in both audio and video formats. There are 13 audio classes on the practice of Mahamudra given during a retreat that happened here in 2013, and a youtube video of a recent winter solstice class given via Zoom. Our on-going schedule for public … Continue reading Some News from Orgyen
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