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New Moon, Old Moon
If you read my blog you will know I was a Christian hermit and I am now a Buddhist hermit. I started considering becoming a Buddhist nine years ago. I reached the point where it was right to ‘take...
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Music, Chanting, Silence #1
Yesterday a fife (penny whistle) and drum band gathered outside my hermitage, near the football supporters pub. I have no information about who they were. They looked like ‘Orange Men’. I have seen...
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Sleeping Buddha
I think this is the Thai ‘Tuesday Buddha’ or maybe Wednesday…? Smile. Anyhoo, definitely one of the eight daily Buddhas. Eight days in a week because in Thailand Wednesday is counted as two days and...
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Music, Chanting, Silence #2
I found this YouTube video about Gagaku, if readers were wondering about this and wanted to know more. The documentary was produced from the perspective of western musicologists not Buddhists seeking...
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Ani Choying Drolma in Concert
Contemplation Melody is my favourite guqin (Chinese zither-type instrument) melody. The solo is a delight but I also loved the duet for voice and guqin at the very end of the concert. Please see my...
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My Lineage
It is the evening of Friday May 24th. I am preparing to celebrate Wesak. Outside the pubs are closing and people are hurrying home. Considering it is May, the weather is really cold. Everyone walks...
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Bright And Sunny
The day which started cold and damp, is now bright and sunny (but still cold). It’s good to look out but not to sit out. The postman brought one letter, a bill it seems. I open it. No, actually it is...
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Tales Of Genji
I am ploughing my way through Lady Murasaki’s Tale of Genji. I am on page 1066 (out of 4088 pages) – I am reading a free ePub edition on my iPad. I downloaded the book from one of the online libraries...
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Welcome Back & Hope
Apologies Oh, dear! Is that the time? Sorry. I meant to blog regularly but was distracted by other things. Being a hermit is a full life and there is rarely time for ‘extras’ like blogging. But I have...
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Merry Xmas and Happy New Year!
Apologies for not posting more frequently but I am very ill and when I am feeling a bit better I have to catch up with all the routine stuff I missed while poorly so blogging gets pushed to the end of...
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