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Ronald Corp has written a magical sacred choral setting of the Dhammapada The Dhammapada is one of the most sacred texts of Buddhism, it contains pithy sayings of Gautama the Buddha. Composer Ronald Corp has written a wonderful sacred choral setting of some verses from the Dhammapada. Not himself a Buddhist Corp was clearly deeplyContinue reading “Dhammapada – choral”

The Inklings, that informal but highly influential Oxford literary group, has had many books written about it. These days it is fairly well known that as well as J. R. R. Tolkien & C. S. Lewis it contained such luminous figures as linguistic philosopher Owen Barfield and the poet and arthurian visionary Charles Williams. EasilyContinue reading “The forgotten Inkling & the Buddha”

A new book of strange and marvellous poems from Ananda / Stephen Parr The Alchemical Island: Poems 2106 – 2017 pb, 250 pp, £12 – to order email the poet on moon@wolfatthedoor.org Ananda (Stephen Parr) has brought out another poetry collection, his first since the 2015 collection The Paths Between. The Alchemical Island says onContinue reading “The Alchemical Island”

A new online gallery of my landscape photography is now live. Also includes geopoetic blog posts / photo essays geopoeticblog.wordpress.com/

TOLKIEN AND BUDDHISM Has this topic been explored yet by anyone? Urthona will be doing so in our next issue (summer 2024). Meanwhile here is an article that opens up many interesting parallels with Tolkien and western estotericism. Many Buddhists I imagine would focus more on Tolkien’s moral vision, but there is much to thinkContinue reading “Tolkien and Buddhism”

Paul Hart is an exceptionally fine English nature photographer. He finds haunting, poetic images in neglected corners of small towns and the countryside. Many of the images convey a sense of desolation and paralysis, and the partial capture of nature in industrial farm landscapes.

Buddhist choral music Sarvadarsin introduces a new web resource of Buddhist choral music: In recent years, Buddhism has spread to the West, becoming the fastest growing religion in some countries, its teachings and practices striking a chord with individuals seeking spiritual growth and inner peace. Previously, as it reached new parts of the world, BuddhismContinue reading “Buddhist choral music – web resource page”

Although he is now settled in Cambridge, landscape painter Jonny Church grew up on the Welsh borders and studied at Aberystwyth School of Art, surrounded by mountains and wild seascapes. His evocative semi-abstract works seek to convey intangible atmospheres in nature while referring always to the actual physical presence of mountains, fells and fields inContinue reading “Jonny Church landscapes of vision”

Two Rivers Poetry by Simon Millward – Mudlark Press, £12, pb, pp 68 Cover painting by Ruth Bateman To purchase e-mail s.d.millward@googlemail.com Two Rivers is a new book of poems by Simon Millward – a long time Buddhist meditator based in North Devon. Simon Millward is a predominantly a poet of nature, pure and simple,Continue reading “Two Rivers”