{"product_id":"9781905297948","title":"Buddhafield Dharma: Buddhist practice on the land","description":"Buddhafield is a unique phenomena 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.\u003cp\u003eDrawing 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 200,000-person Glastonbury music festival - or serving up veggie burgers 18 hours a day in the Buddhafield Café.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book has been produced as Buddhafield prepares to celebrate the 20th Buddhafield Festival, a much-loved annual gathering of some 3,000 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'.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Avalonia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043713302768,"sku":"9781905297948","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781905297948_p0.jpg?v=1763614954","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781905297948","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}