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Latest newsletter: 

55. Winter 2016 Upcoming events
What is Meditation?
How to listen to someone you disagree with
Looking for someone to blame
A Gift of the Dharma at the Supermarket
     

In the archives: 54. Autumn 2016 Upcoming events
Dharma everywhere
Mindfulness in schools
Meditation, Swimming and Flying at the Dharma Gathering this year
Yatras
Leaning into Autumn
Internet Rambling
     
  52. Winter 2015 Upcoming events
More mindfulness for children
Internet Ramblings
Offering Service
Lost by David Wagoner
Walk and touch peace every moment by Thich Nhat Hahn
     
  51. Summer 2015 Mindfulness for children
Internet Ramblings
What our members have been up to
Love after Love by Derek Walcott
Coffee by Heather
     

 

50. Spring 2014

Siobhana's upcoming retreat
Rick Hanson's one-day workshop
People's experiences of Di and Julie's retreat
Southern Insight news
Internet ramblings

     
  49. Winter 2014 Future retreat events
The Awakening Joy course
Steering group news
Internet ramblings

     
  48. Autumn 2014 Embracing it all - the January 2014 retreat
High Country Weather - a poem made for Staveley
Internet ramblings - joy and generosity
News around the south
Excerpt from "Hardwiring Happiness" by Rick Hansen
SIM news
     
  47. November 2013 Information about upcoming retreats
Book review: A Three Dog Life
Internet ramblings - random thoughts
A simple but powerful way to kick the worry habit
     
  46. Winter 2013 Awakening Joy with James and Jane Baraz
Can we afford joy in a world of suffering?
A review of our Awakening Joy workshop
Internet ramblings on how Buddhist thought can assist in a changing world
     

 

 
45. Autumn 2013 Summer Retreat Reflections
Internet Ramblings
A yogi in Vietnam
Embracing the 'tainted glory of humanity' - Jack Kornfield
Our True Heritage - Thich Nhat Hanh
How to make a humane origami insect catcher
     
  44. Summer 2012 Plans for 2013
Summer Retreat with Yanai
Scared about doing an eight-day retreat? Why this is for you
     
  43. Winter 2012 Why do we meditate?
Information about our spring retreat
Information about our steering group
Excellence of Bodhichitta
What place does beauty have in everyday life?
     
  42. Autumn 2012 Thoughts for the Ending Season
Jeremy Logan's Queen's Birthday retreat
Changes to Erik Kolvig's plans
Steering Group News and getting involved with Southern Insight
Internation teachers and talks available on line
What is, as it is by Tony Parsons
Just a cup of tea by Stephen Levine
     

 

 

41. Summer 2011 Dharma Gathering - Clear Mind, Open Heart
Arthur Wells Sensei reflects on the apparent craziness of Zen
Bringing the Dharma Into Our Life - Jeremy Logan
What would the Buddha say if he saw a Dharma Gathering - Subhana Barzaghi
     

 

 

40. Spring 2011 Thanks to Russell
Embracing the Quaking Heart - June 2011 retreat with Jeremy Logan
Upcoming spring Retreat- combined meditation and Qi Gong
The Way of the Hen
     

 

 

39. Autumn 2011 Beginning with gratitude
Reflections on Erik Kolvig
A Summary of Erik Kolvig's talk
Finding Joy - reflections from Christchurch yogis
Embracing the Quaking Heart - Jeremy Logan's upcoming retreat
Sitting group news - change of venue
     

 

 

38. Summer 2011 Stephen and Martine Bachelor
Reflections from the November Retreat
Reflections on Leonard Cohen
Sitting Group News

Awakening the Wise Heart with Subhana Barzaghi
New books in the Southern Insight library
     
  37. Spring 2010 A retreat with Stephen and Martine Bachelor: some reflections
Reflections on Jeremy's retreat
Just one dazzling moment - Elizabeth Gilbert
A scattered mind is someone you can hang out with - Kainei Edward Brown
Not knowing is most intimate - Zoketsu Norman Fischer
     
  36. Autumn 2010 Dharma Gathering: Post- dharma-gathering bliss
Finding our true purpose
Upcoming retreats
     
  35. Summer 2009 Dharma Gathering: Change your mind week
Buddhist Declaration on Climate Change
Finding the Jewel
     
  33. Autumn 2009 What is Meditation? - Yanai Postelnik
News from To Moata
Some Thoughts in Late Summer
     
  32. Summer 2008-9 Introducing Yanai Postelnik
Being Touched by Life
Dharma Facilitators' Programme
     
  30. Autumn 2008 The Dharma Gathering
Dharma facilitators' programme
Introducing Karuna Aotearoa 

If you would like to read any of our earlier newsletters, please contact Lindsay Lyons:abcheck@ihug.co.nz


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