Why does compassion matter

by | Aug 20, 2023 | Uncategorised

By Martin Horan Buddhism emphasises the importance of developing insight and wisdom.   In the first noble truth the Buddha taught about the faults of cyclic existence. While we experience cyclic existence, we might have enjoyment and pleasure from time to...

Making meditation real

by | Apr 30, 2023 | Blog

Many long-term meditators have had the experience. We put time and effort into meditation sometimes over many years – and the question comes up: Is it really making a difference?  We often find our way into Dharma practice because there are things we’d...

Guest Photographer – Martin Horan

by | Mar 19, 2023 | Uncategorised

Each newsletter we invite a volunteer to supply their photographs for this guest spot. This time Martin Horan shared his many lovely pictures of students, members and volunteers of the TBS community with an added bonus of his great shot of the magnificent rainbow over...

Easter retreat – on site and online

by | Mar 16, 2023 | Uncategorised

Good Friday 7 April – Monday 10 April 2023 The Essence of Calm Abiding with Michael Joseph Our lives are busy; our minds are busy. The busy mind is a mind that is never at rest, moving from one thought to the next without pause. With such a busy mind it is...