This land had some great plus points, but a fatal flaw. It is marred by views of a housing estate, and industrial buildings. So sadly we had to rule it out.
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This piece of land near Wedmore is directly opposite a beautiful historic building, Ashton Windmill. Unfortunately it does tick all the boxes.
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The Buddhafield festival took the them ‘Dance of Life and Death’ this year. Here are a playlist of talks.
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Dayajoti talks at Buddhafield about what has inspired the Tara Sancturary project.
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How do you mark a grave in a natural burial ground? The answers range from leaving no mark at, to planting what will become a giant oak.
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As my father’s hearse passed by, a stranger he took off his hat and held it to his chest. I’ve never forgotten that moment and the effect it had on me.
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An interview with Siddhisambhava / Jan Parker, who leads workshops on ‘Death and the Only Beauty that Lasts’. She describes the workshop as the beauty of opening up to the truth of death, and how this work relates to Buddhist practice.
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We’re now fully registered as a charity!
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John and I went to the recent bi-annual meeting of the Association of Natural Burial Grounds. A lot of dedicated people with a lot of knowledge and experience.
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Out of the process of planning our father’s funeral and burial came the seeds of this project, the Tara Sanctuary and Natural Burial Ground. My brother and I discovered how much it all mattered.
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A project to create a beautiful ecological burial ground and retreat site: a place to honour death and the preciousness of life.
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