tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70272615286012320552024-02-08T14:04:52.814+00:00West Wight Sangha VideosWest Wight Sanghahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12100145053628113280noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027261528601232055.post-46612339307937218952020-04-28T17:09:00.000+01:002020-04-28T17:09:07.818+01:00Purpose and NowForget about the "after-life", now is what matters!<br />
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Dr. Michael Shermer is the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, a monthly columnist for Scientific American, and Presidential Fellow at Chapman University.
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Human rights are universal - they apply to everyone, everywhere. Yet today an increasing number of people and governments claim that human rights are relative.<br />
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West Wight Sanghahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12100145053628113280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027261528601232055.post-85041247028007918202018-11-16T10:57:00.001+00:002018-11-16T10:57:53.083+00:00More on The First Island 'Plogger'Further to our post <a href="http://west-wight-sangha.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-first-island-plogger.html">The First Island 'Plogger'</a> where Neil McCall said how he was inspired by a TV piece on the subject I've located this BBC clip which I suspect is the one he was talking about.<br />
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West Wight Sanghahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12100145053628113280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027261528601232055.post-51455751490757844612018-07-16T10:30:00.001+01:002018-07-16T10:30:27.995+01:00Wat Samphran TempleNow here's an interesting video I've just come across, I was particularly fascinated by all the symbolism embedded in the structure and its design.<br />
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West Wight Sanghahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12100145053628113280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027261528601232055.post-4620154295924211352018-05-01T10:06:00.000+01:002018-05-09T11:01:37.997+01:00Mirror of Zen - A Day in the Moment of a Modern Zen MonkI have just been sent this fascinating video by one of our Sangha members.<br />
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<i>Zen's ancient teachings seem a mystery to many. But actually, Zen is very simple: Zen means attaining my true self -- "What am I?" In this revolutionary film by acclaimed filmmaker Christine Schmitthenner, we see a Western Zen monk in his daily activities in the world: chanting, meditating, preparing breakfast, riding public transport, meeting with friends, even shaving his head -- from moment to moment, not attached to conceptual thinking, everything is Zen, which just means everything is "moment." The subject of this unusual film, Hyon Gak Sunim, allowed filmmakers to follow his daily living and teaching activities for a week as he met with students and organized his daily activities. </i><br />
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<br />West Wight Sanghahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12100145053628113280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027261528601232055.post-76646005874655208292018-02-15T09:45:00.000+00:002018-02-15T09:45:30.374+00:00Optimise Your BrainOnce it was widely believed that the brain was incapable of changing. Now we know that’s not the case, and that our thoughts and other mental activities almost literally rewire and sculpt our brains. One of the most potent tools for changing the brain—and thus our ability to live happy and fulfilling lives—is meditation.<br />
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West Wight Sanghahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12100145053628113280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027261528601232055.post-33174143602626802742017-12-11T11:20:00.002+00:002018-11-02T15:13:26.353+00:00Zen - The Story of DogenOur copy of this video has gone walk about from our library so I'm posting the Youtube version here................<br />
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This is the story of him placing a Buddha statue on Mount Longdon scene of a bloody battle in which the Paras lost 23 men.<br />
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<br />West Wight Sanghahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12100145053628113280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027261528601232055.post-60505971253830744122017-05-26T09:52:00.003+01:002017-05-26T09:52:50.064+01:00Monkey MindI am indebted to one of our Sangha members for sending me this beautifully succinct video of Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche explaining how to meditate. <br />
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<br />West Wight Sanghahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12100145053628113280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027261528601232055.post-18373166851576475932017-05-15T11:04:00.000+01:002017-05-15T11:04:30.036+01:00History of the Entire WorldThis is great for a bit of perspective on "Life, the Universe and Everything".<br />
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<br />West Wight Sanghahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12100145053628113280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027261528601232055.post-31369366460098968862016-09-08T15:47:00.000+01:002016-09-08T15:47:03.712+01:00Diana Winston - The Practice of Mindfulness<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oMlaSCxZPN4?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>West Wight Sanghahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12100145053628113280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027261528601232055.post-50162068207944493092016-06-06T10:45:00.002+01:002016-06-06T10:45:57.722+01:00Teach Your Brain Compassion<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/W81CHn4l4AM" width="560"></iframe>West Wight Sanghahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12100145053628113280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027261528601232055.post-59801335960513199222016-03-25T15:33:00.005+00:002016-03-25T15:33:50.243+00:00Stephen Batchelor and Ven Brahmali debate in Melbourne 2014Stephen Batchelor and Ven Brahmali debate the relevance of the early Buddhist texts for the modern world at event hosted by Melbourne Insight Meditation Group in conjunction with the BSV. The event took place at the Augustine Centre in Melbourne, VIC, Australia on 14 Feb 2014.<br />
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patience and time. Shot in Nalanda Monastery, a monastery of a Tibetan Buddhist tradition
in the southern part of France, it shows the final steps in completing
statues of followers of the historical Buddha, and especially reveals
the crucial point and rarely seen of opening the eyes…<br />
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West Wight Sanghahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12100145053628113280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027261528601232055.post-92071057461767690872015-10-26T16:53:00.000+00:002015-10-26T17:00:55.668+00:00As the Zombie Population Rises<a href="http://www.populationmatters.org/">Population Matters</a> (previously known as the Optmum Population Trust) have launched a three-minute video about overpopulation for Halloween. The humorous, faux-documentary style provides a number of key statistics and includes references to population dynamics, biodiversity loss, climate change and water, energy and housing constraints.<br />
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Simon Ross, chief executive of Population Matters, said, “We believe that zombies are a perfect metaphor for humanity’s blind growth in numbers and heedless exploitation of resources. The film is set in London but references global population growth and could be set anywhere. It is our first foray into filmmaking for young people, who are a key audience for our message of the benefits of small families. We hope that it will be well received and are planning to produce more short films in the near future.”
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(As always, appologies for the advert, skip as soon as you can.)<br />
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<b>Part 2</b><br />
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<b>Part 3</b><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/vIDyf5-NqPY?rel=0" width="640"></iframe>West Wight Sanghahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12100145053628113280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027261528601232055.post-34828543411192349922014-09-22T17:20:00.002+01:002014-09-22T17:20:32.859+01:00Transforming Unhealthy Habits through Mindfulness by Hugh ByrneWhen harmful or unhealthy habits form, they can cause us much suffering
and they can be hard to change because they are carried out
automatically and without conscious awareness. Mindfulness is a key to
changing harmful or unwanted habits as it provides skillful methods and
practices to bring them into the light of awareness. Three elements of
mindfulness are particularly important in changing unhealthy or unwanted
habits - Intention, Attention, and Attitude. The talk explores these
three elements with a focus on Intention.<br />
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During last month’s annual prayer ceremony of the Karma Kagyu tradition
in Bodh Gaya, India, the Karmapa also initiated an “Animal Medical
Camp.” According to the post-camp report, volunteer veterinarians and
their helpers treated 830 animals “from an injured beetle to a sick
elephant.” There was also an educational component, with efforts put
toward reducing rabies infections, dispelling local superstitions that
lead to animals’ suffering, and discouraging the capture and caging of
wild birds.<br />
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