Buddhafield Dharma

<p>Buddhafield is a unique phenomenon in the history of Western Buddhism: a joyous hard-working idealistic experimental Dharma-practicing community of men women and children who take delight in Dharma practice out-of-doors in the woods and fields of England.</p><p>Drawing inspiration from the classic Buddhist Mahayana text the Vimalakirti Nirdesa Buddhafield aspires to be first and foremost a "field of living beings" - but also of "high resolve virtuous application generosity tolerance meditation wisdom" and much more. Buddhafielders are equally at home on a month-long silent meditation retreat in a remote Devon valley or teaching meditation in the depths of the 200000-person Glastonbury music festival - or serving up veggie burgers 18 hours a day in the Buddhafield Café.</p><p>This book sets out to document the many facets of the Buddhafield project and to explore something of its unique approach to Dharma practice - centred as it is on a love of the elements and community with a deep appreciation of inter-connectedness and the need for a comprehensive approach to environmental and ecological ethics.</p><p>At its core is a collection of ten Dharma talks by members of the Triratna Buddhist Order of which Buddhafield is a part. There's also a full introduction to the many facets of the project a brief history a fine collection of photographs and a series of practical instructions ranging from how to build a geodesic dome to how to make a hot tub to how to make a vegan 'shepherdess pie' for 200 people - all as used in Buddhafield.</p><p>The book has been produced as Buddhafield prepares to celebrate the 20th Buddhafield Festival a much-loved annual gathering of some 3000 people with a unique 'no-drink-no-drugs' approach to alternative festival-going asking people to cultivate instead an atmosphere of 'clear and radiant awareness'.</p>