Talk by Venerable Canda
If you would like to hear a talk by Venerable Canda that she gave on the retreat in May 2019 please click on the link below.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1k1LGNXc4hT7rGx7FlLHtuHSPEDKnJHPY
Yanai Postelnik: Love in the Time of Extinction: Dharma Practice and the Climate Emergency
For those of you interested the connection between activism and dharma here’s the link to a conversation Yanai Postelnik had with Martin Aylward on his experience of non-violent direct action with Extinction Rebellion (through the Worldwide Insight Organisation).
Venerable Canda offers Sutta discussion evenings
Venerable Canda is now offering Sutta discussions on occasional Saturdays which are taking place at an Oxford venue. These will centre on the practical application of the teachings in our lives. She will be in Oxford until June 2020.
Anyone interested will just need to contact team@anukampaproject.org to confirm and to get [Read more…]
Panel on Inclusion and Accessibility – Lama Rod – Tuesday 23rd April 2019
https://www.oxfordinsightmeditation.org/?page_id=1452
Dharma and Civil Disobedience: Extinction Rebellion, A Response to Climate Change
Dharma and Civil Disobedience
This November Gaia House teachers Yanai Postelnik, Catherine McGee, Rob Burbea, and Kirsten Kratz, along with many Dharma practitioners from the wider Gaia House community, participated in a series of planned actions of non-violent civil disobedience in London, part of an attempt to galvanize the UK government [Read more…]
Sunday Sangha Social Meet-ups for 2019
Sunday Sangha Meetings for 2019 – 11am to 2pm
Sunday 13th January -St Margaret’s Institute 30 Polstead Rd, Oxford OX2 6TN
Sunday 10th February – Florence Park Community Centre, Cornwallis Road, Oxford OX4 3NH
Sunday 10th March – Florence Park Community Centre
Sunday 14th April – Florence Park Community Centre
Sunday 19th May – St Margaret’s Institute
Sunday 16th June – St Margaret’s Institute
Sunday 14th July – St [Read more…]
Four Week Course: Buddhist Teachings on Self and Not-Self
Buddhist teachings on Self and Not-Self
4 Week Course with Jaya Rudgard
Wednesday evenings 20th March, 27th March, 3rd April, 10th April 2019
7-9pm, Long Room, Friends Meeting House, St Giles
A 4 week study course on early Buddhist teachings around self and not-self (“anatta”) and their practical application in our lives. Participants should have an [Read more…]
Venerable Canda is looking for practical support
Venerable Canda, who will be leading a day for us in May 2020, has recently moved to Oxford and set up a Bhikkhuni residence here.
She is in need of all sorts of practical support and would welcome any help from people in the local community. If you think you would like to help in some way see below for more information.
For more [Read more…]
Ajahn Brahm Dhamma Talk – The Happiness of Peace
The Buddha said that the highest happiness is the happiness of peace, which far surpasses the happiness of sensual pleasure.
In this Dhamma Talk, Ajahn Brahm differentiates between worldly happiness that depends on things going just to plan and deep inner happiness that supports us through all the vicissitudes of life.
This evening programme will begin with a short guided meditation, followed by a [Read more…]
Latest news on Gaia House’s Building Appeal
As many of you know, Gaia House launched a Building Appeal last year, and in March this year Chris Cullen generously invited those attending his day retreat in Oxford to give dana to the Appeal, instead of to him.
For the latest news please Click here for the latest news on the Gaia House Building Appeal
For general information on Gaia [Read more…]