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Video: Qi-gong — Mindful Movement Practices

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A series of movement and breathing practices (57 minutes) drawing on principles found in Qi-gong, Yi-Jin-Jing and Hatha Yoga. The emphasis here is not on drastic changes to joint range of motion, pushing into pain thresholds, or forcing any rapid change in the breath or body — but on interoception, mindfulness gone into the body (kāyagatāsati, kāyānupassanā), and kinaesthetic awareness.

These practices were offered as a morning routine during an introductory calm and insight (śamatha-vipaśyanā) and mettā retreat at the International Buddhist Academy in Kathmandu, as part of the Complete Path Program 2026.

Video: An Online Talk on Loving Kindness

Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

An online talk on loving kindness, given at the Metta Centre.

Video: Chanting the Dhāraṇī of Avalokiteśvara

Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Chanting the Dhāraṇī of Avalokiteśvara with Thomas Dhammadipa, at Pure Land Assembly, Hong Kong.

Video: Chanting the Heart Sutra

Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Chanting the Heart Sutra with Thomas Dhammadipa, at Pure Land Assembly, Hong Kong.

Video: The Ecological Self

Sun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

“I am part of the rainforest protecting myself. I am that part of the rainforest recently emerged into thinking.” — John Seed

Underlying all the symptoms of the environmental crisis is the illusion of separation between humans and the rest of the natural world. As Arne Naess, the initiator of the deep ecology movement, posits, ecological ideas won’t be enough to save us from our slide into oblivion. What we need instead is an ecological identity, an ecological self.