Amida News

23rd-27th March: Ojo Sange Sesshin held at TBH

This retreat, led by Dharmavidya, was the first event in the series of Five Sesshin. It was held in our Ojo Period when we remember important figures connected with the Amida Order who died at this time: Gyomay Kubose Sensei, Gisho Saiko Sensei, and Rev Amrita Dhammika. Sange means contrition. On this retreat participants addressed themselves to a series of self examination questions in order to make a life review. There was a gentle atmosphere throughout. The next event in this series will be the Anjin Sesshin 4-8 July at Amida France. There is a group on Friends of Amida for people interested in doing the Five Sesshin Training.

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End of Chaplaincy Training Week

Today was the last day of our training week in Buddhist Chaplaincy 10-18 November 2007. The early part of the programme was concerned with Spiritual Facilitation and the latter part with Death and Dying. A typical stuent response... "These days have given me something special. The material, the sharing, and the exercises have been meaningful and brought me to a level of understanding that I had not expected. It's been a validation of life and death. This way of learning is so powerful to me." This course is part of the Vow 22 Programme

Facing Death and Dying Workshop

Today we held Day One of our four day training programme on Supporting the Dying and Facing Death