Monastery Day visit to Bodhi Tree Forest Monastery. For those of you living in the Northern Rivers – Byron, Tweed and Gold Coast Region, John is arranging a group visit to Bodhi Tree Forest Monastery near Lismore. Sunday 19th May is Vesaka Puja, one of the most significant Buddhist celebration days, celebrating the birth, enlightenment […]
NEXT RETREAT WITH JOHN: ‘Meditations and Reflections’ ‘Enlightened-Living’ Half Day Meditation Retreat Sunday 7th July 10.00am – 1:00pm It can be wonderful to write, read and listen to poetry, verse and reflections that brighten the mind, lighten the heart and inspire us to be more present to life. This Half Day Meditation Retreat will offer […]
MEDITATIONS & REFLECTIONS ON ‘The Four Foundations of Mindfulness for Insight – Vipassana’ with Venerable Pannyavaro One of the most significant and profound teach-ings on meditation given by the Buddha is that of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness. This practice leads to insightful understanding of our Mind-Body condition and ultimately lead to the full and […]
MEDITATIONS & REFLECTIONS - Gratefulness with John Barter 'We all wish to be HAPPY, Gratefulness is a great way to realise this'. Gratefulness is an expression of communication and communion with our experience of life as a human being. Gratefulness is a response of the heart from both wisdom and compassion and allows a joy, […]
MEDITATIONS & REFLECTIONS - 'Maintaining Momentum of Mindfulness' with John Barter, We have grown to appreciate the importance of Mindfulness in our daily life and yet we so easily become distracted and distressed. Much of this is because we have not Mindfully managed the momentum of maintaining our Mindfulness. This Half Day Meditation Retreat offers […]
MEDITATIONS & REFLECTIONS - 'Mindfulness for Making the Moment Meaningful' with John Barter, So much of our precious ‘Life moments’ are lost in unawareness. Mindfulness collects attention and connects us directly to what is happening both outside of us and within us in a special way. Mindfulness transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary, making the […]
THIS RETREAT IS POSTPONED AT THIS TIME This Full Day Mindfulness Meditations Retreat will offer Insights and Understandings from Buddhist Wisdom in working with the choices and challenges that present in these times of change. Ajahn Tiradhammo and Venerable Pannyavaro will share their wealth of Insights and Understandings from their over 40 years of Buddhist […]
VASSA MEDITATION RETREAT 2020 Every year throughout the world, Buddhist Monastics – monks, nuns and meditator yogi’s take 3 months Retreat. This is a practice that the Buddha asked monastics to do, particularly to develop and deepen their Meditation Practice and development of Insight Wisdom. The Vassa (meaning ‘rains’) is traditionally the 3 months of […]
'Realise and be - That which you always were and always are - that Divine Domain which death and life arise within’. Our life is a continual process of Beginnings and Endings, these are both our joy and our pain. Our life offers us the possibility of gracefully receiving and gently relinquishing all that which is […]
In 2015, we are starting a very exciting new course which will be run by John Barter and Megan Miller. February 4, 11, 18, 25 - run over 4 weeks every Wednesday This course aims to support and prepare students entering years 10, 11 or 12 for their HSC journey. This course also aims to […]