Dear friends. I hope this email finds you well. I am writing to you to announce the opening of 'Brahma Vihara', our beautiful and magical new retreat centre in North Portugal. It has been my aspiration for many years to one day be able to offer a dedicated "Seat of Dharma" that could become the centrepoint of the work we do at AoM to give people an authentic opportunity to immerse themselves in Dharma practice and study. Finally we have found somewhere that feels like home. Surrounded by...
13 days ago • 2 min read
Dear friends, We are pleased to announce a retreat for the more experienced students who wish to receive clarification and guidance from Burgs regarding their meditation. The retreat will be a synthesis of the Art of Concentration and the Advanced Stages of Liberating Insight, giving an opportunity for those that weren't able to join the winter long retreat a chance to practice with these teachings. The retreat will run with a similar format as last year, where we will predominantly be...
14 days ago • 1 min read
Dear friends. I hope this email finds you well. I know I haven't seen some of you for a while. I am writing to you to announce the opening of 'Brahma Vihara', our beautiful and magical new retreat centre in North Portugal. It has been my aspiration for many years to one day be able to offer a dedicated "Seat of Dharma" that could become the centrepoint of the work we do at AoM to give people an authentic opportunity to immerse themselves in Dharma practice and study. I would dearly like to...
16 days ago • 1 min read
Dear friends, As many of you know, Burgs and the Art of Meditation have continuously supported orphanages and monasteries in Myanmar over the years. From one of our first charity events, the TriMettathon in 2011 to the more recent support during the pandemic, Myanmar has always had a special place in our hearts when it came to supporting those in need. We have continuously sought the less known and least-supported orphanages, especially ones for girls, as well as monasteries for both monks...
20 days ago • 1 min read
Dear Friends, Most of you are aware that Burgs offers a number of online offerings to share the teachings on meditation and spiritual development. We do our best to make these as available as possible to as wide a group as is interested. As mentioned previously we are launching "The Art of Concentration" course. Concentration and stability of attention is the very doorway into a deeper, more refined, and enriching relationship with ourselves and almost every aspect of our life. Its importance...
3 months ago • 3 min read
Hello everyone. We hope you have all had a peaceful merry Christmas. This is just a brief message to both wish you a Happy New Year and to invite you to our New Year online gathering on Wednesday 1st January at 7.00 pm (UK time). I will give a brief Dharma talk on the theme of, “Caring For What Matters Most” and we will then do Loving Kindness and Sharing of Merits meditation, where we will dedicate our good deeds from 2024 towards our wellbeing and happiness for 2025. To join please click...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Hello everyone. We are in the process of finalising our program for the first 6 months of 2025. We have some exciting things coming up both online and in-person. We have two main focuses for the year ahead. I will continue to frame this work within the principles of "Love as the Path" that we explored last year. Firstly I will be offering a deep and thorough meditative journey into the "Art of Concentration" in our year long meditation program "The 40 Meditations of the Buddha". The...
4 months ago • 2 min read
Dear friends With the end of year approaching we wanted to give you a quick update on how things are looking for 2025. The last offering of 2024 will be the rerun weekend online retreat, "Energetics of Spiritual Self-care". Whether you are looking to reset and recalibrate in time for Christmas or whether you want to explore the important role that Spiritual self-care plays in our ongoing wellbeing at all levels, you might like to consider joining this retreat. This starts tomorrow 7th...
5 months ago • 1 min read
Dear friends, This summer I ran a new online retreat called “The Energetics Spiritual Self-care” It is a theme that I have felt emerging with greater importance over the past few years and one that I feel has become fundamental to not just our spiritual path but our whole life more broadly. Since then I have had many requests to re-run this programme both from those who missed it the first time around and others who would like to revisit the work. Now that we have delayed the start of our...
5 months ago • 2 min read