DharmaMind Buddhist Group

04/12/2017

All 80 DharmaMind videos can be found here: https://vimeo.com/dharmamind

How can we skilfully use the many 'tools' of insightful investigation found in reflective awareness?

08/11/2017

Most of us Westerns don't like ourselves. Finding a way to heal inner conflict is precisely the function of authentic dharma training.

04/10/2017

My World and the Barking Dog

Through learning to cultivate a still mind you come to understand how you create your own suffering, but also learn how to let it go.

https://vimeo.com/dharmamind/barkingdog

Through learning to cultivate a still mind you come to understand how you create your own suffering, but also learn how to let it go.

03/09/2017

It is easy to imagine dharma practice to be similar to all other everyday endeavours - but this is not the case. Dharma training is profoundly different and very subtle.

https://vimeo.com/dharmamind/nopractice

It is easy to imagine dharma practice to be similar to all other everyday endeavours - but this is not the case. Dharma training is profoundly different and very…

20/08/2017

This is a photo taken at the end of our week long Snowdonia Summer Retreat at the beautiful Trigonos Retreat Centre in North Wales. The retreat is held in silence with 8 meditation periods a day.

07/08/2017

Authentic change seldom takes place during times of bliss and happiness. Change takes place when we are prepared to not give in to our ingrained habits, and bear with the emotional consequences that invariably accompany such acts of 'non-doing'.
https://vimeo.com/39578797

Authentic change seldom takes place during times of bliss and happiness. Change takes place when we are prepared to not give in to our ingrained habits, and bear…

04/07/2017

Making Friends with the Devil

The 'devil' is that part of our makeup that perpetuates inner conflict. Dharma training teaches us how to put an end to that conflict, by learning to let go of the habitual self-identification that gives that conflict its life.

https://vimeo.com/39184281

The 'devil' is that part of our makeup that perpetuates inner conflict. Dharma training teaches us how to put an end to that conflict, by learning to let…

05/06/2017

Our experience of the unsatisfactoriness of life is simply because we are seldom aware in this moment to what we are engaged with. Learning to wake up to this truth is what dharma training teaches us.
https://vimeo.com/39093744

Our experience of the unsatisfactoriness of life is simply because we are seldom aware in this moment to what we are engaged with. Learning to wake up to this truth…

07/05/2017

Āloka talks about the DharmaMind Group

Āloka gives an overview of his own practise, the origins of the DharmaMind Buddhist Group, his view of where it is going, and a little information on how to get involved. At the end of his talk, Āloka says you can get in touch with him, since his passing, you can email [email protected].

https://vimeo.com/38718167

Āloka gives an overview of his own practise, the origins of the DharmaMind Buddhist Group, his view of where it is going, and a little information on how to get…

13/11/2016

Some smiling faces from our weekend retreat in Dublin.

30/10/2016

The 2017 retreat calendar is completed. Have a look below.

16/10/2016

Here are some pictures from our Autumn Retreat at Anybody's Barn.