Reflections on the Five Wisdoms Mandala as a Framework for an Approach to Buddhist Self-Enquiry Practice Informed by the Experience of Eugene Gendlin’s ‘Focusing’ Dyads This is the third article in this series – you can read the| Mandala of Love
The three yānas are much more than three stages of the historical development of the Buddhist tradition - we find these stages recapitulated in our own spiritual development.| Mandala of Love
Having studied and practiced 'Focusing' for many years, I can see it as a model that Western Buddhists might wish to draw on, while staying firmly rooted in Buddhist philosophical principles.| Mandala of Love
Reflections on the Five Wisdoms Mandala as a Framework for an Approach to Buddhist Self-Enquiry Practice Informed by the Experience of Eugene Gendlin’s ‘Focusing’ Dyads This is the third article in this series – you can read the previous article here and the first article here. Gendlin’s ‘Focusing’ may be characterised as a […]| Mandala of Love
Reflections on the Five Wisdoms Mandala as a Framework for an Approach to Buddhist Self-Enquiry Practice Informed by the Experience of Eugene Gendlin’s ‘Focusing’ Dyads This article is the second in my series on Buddhism and Focusing –| Mandala of Love
This chapter continues my reflections on the three archetypal perspectives of ‘self-development’, ‘self-surrender’ and ‘self-discovery’ that have been providing us with a framework for a big-picture overview of the Buddhist approach to Enlightenment and spiritual practice. As it is a continuation of the line of enquiry of my last chapter, I am currently […]| Mandala of Love
This is one the introductory chapters of a rather ambitious book that I am writing that is provisionally entitled ‘Mandala of Love – A Tantric Buddhist model of Mind and Meditation Practice’. In the first chapter, which you can read here, I introduce two important Dharmic frameworks – the Trikāya Doctrine and Sangharakshita’s […]| Mandala of Love
Through meditation practice we develop a relationship with the dharmakāya, in which we recognise it both as a benevolent spiritual resource beyond ourselves, and as the core and essence of our being.| Mandala of Love
War is the single worst thing humans do. The most insane. The most cruel. The most destructive. The most traumatic. The least sustainable. Those who knowingly choose to steer humanity into more war when it could be avoided are the worst people in the world, without exception.| Mandala of Love
A foundational principle of diplomacy – that the real security of one nation, can never be achieved at the expense of the security of another - was abandoned by the US in the relentlessly provocative process of NATO expansion.| Mandala of Love
In the sambhogakāya, the eternal dharmic principles that are woven into the ‘empty’ fabric of dharmakāya are made visible as form – as ideas, values, energies, somatic sensations, and as beautiful imagery.| Mandala of Love
Māmaki recognises the Body for what it is - an energetic and systemic phenomenon that is empty of self - whereas the egoic mind takes the Body as an absolute confirmation of the self-illusion.| Mandala of Love
By enquiring into the way in which Consciousness, and our objective and collective reality, is reflected somatically, we have an opportunity to resolve the apparent dichotomy Emptiness and Form.| Mandala of Love
