Author Archives: Maria Rutledge
Next Meditation Retreat Sunday 19th May 2024 & John’s Birthday
Dear Friends,
Trusting this note finds you well.
The last couple of months have been special at Ratanagiri – with the visits of Venerable Mettaji from Bodhinyana Monastery in Perth WA, and this month with Ajahn Tiradhammo visiting from Wat Buddha Dhamma near Sydney.
During the visit from these two Buddhist Monks – we received wonderful teachings and guidance which was both clarifying and inspirational, especially Ajahn Tiradhammo's insights from his new book ‘Beyond I – Making’.
Through the support of Brendon we...
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Sunday Retreat with Special Guest Venerable Mettaji
GUEST VISITOR TO RATANATAGIRI – FARRANTS HILL
We are very fortunate to welcome Venerable Mettaji, a Buddhist Monk resident at Bodhinyana Monastery in Perth, to visit us at Ratanagiri from Thursday 14th March to Sunday 17th March 2024.
Venerable Mettaji visited us last year and shared teachings on the importance and the practice of Metta – Loving Kindness. This year he will talk about Virtue and Composure. This will extend on the teachings and reflections that I gave last month on...
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Happy New Year 2024 – Message from John B.
New Year 2024
A healthy mind is the greatest gain,
Contentment is the greatest wealth,
A trustworthy friend is the best of kin,
Unconditional freedom is the highest bliss.
The Buddha: Dhammapada V.204
Dear Friends,
Happy New Year 2024!
I trust that you had a pleasant Christmas and New Year period with some time for rest, relaxation and reflection.
Many people feel that the New Year doesn’t quite get underway until after Australia Day – the Friday 26th January, now passed.
The beginning of the New Year can...
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Summer Newsletter 2023
‘Meditations & Reflection –
Lessons & Learnings from the Year’
Dear Friends,
Another year in our Life is moving towards conclusion.
Another year ends as a calendar date, allowing a New Year to begin.
This is the process that occurs continually through the passage of time that we call our Life!
Whilst beginnings are very important; the beginning of a new life, the beginning of a new decade, year, month, season, week, day, hour, minute, and moment; yet the value and worth of the new...
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Vassa Retreat 2023 Ends
Dear Friends,
Trusting this note finds you well.
This Sunday just passed was the Full Moon of October.
This day marked the ending of the Vassa Retreat 2023. The Vassa is a period of 3 months from the Full Moon of July until the Full Moon of October; where the Buddha designated that as a retreat period for Buddhist monks, nuns and those lay people that so choose, to have a specified time of Retreat.
Certainly, this must be one of the longest...
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