Dharma notebook
This digital notebook is where I capture momentary insights into modern dharma themes; the meaning of Buddhist teachings for our everyday lives and the connections between the dharma, art and culture.
Below is an archive of posts, search for any themes that might interest you.
Realisations can only be understood backwards
A realisation recently came into focus. It’s that I now see, in a way that I haven’t before, that everything that’s happened in my life, everything I’ve done, couldn’t have been any other way.
Forget interesting, be interested
Why don’t I do this more often, I thought, go to a rock concert with a crowd of pensioners?
How much dana should I give?
Dana means ‘giving’. But deciding how much we want to give isn’t always easy! Here’s how I decide how much dana to give.
The girl chewing gum
John Smith illustrates the Buddhist insight that there isn’t any essential ‘me’ running the show.
Being stuck in an in between place
What is it like to have an insight and then to lose it? How do we root out the tendency to delusion?
How I use social media
The secret to consuming content online is to have very strict limits on how much I subscribe to.