Joyful practice for the first fortnight of the Rains Retreat

Here is the first posting of the Dharma Gaia residential Sangha Practise for the first two weeks practise

Firstly a link to enjoy some of the photos from the Opening and Closing Ceremonies fo the Plum Village Winter Retreat this year
Closing the Rains retreat Ceremony

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Joyful practice for the first  fortnight  of the Rains Retreat

  • Wednesday 26th is THE BLOOD MOON - please enjoy it - Perhaps you might also contemplate the nature and beauty stimulate and inspire Presence and Nourishment in you.


  • This week:  please watch this short except: from a talk with Thay to nourish your beginers’s mind Bodhicitta: The Mind of Love & Enlightenment
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZCwVMYX0nM


  • You may also enjoy deepening your concentration by choosing one of Thay’s calligraphies that speaks to you at this time ,
    If you have a brush and some paints you may like to copy it out as a form of concentration and practice.
    Perhaps you could share about it in Dharma sharing  this week.


  • Please make time every week of the rains retreat for a Dharma sharing circle

Dharma Gaia