ANAMCHARA CELTIC CHURCH Mountain View, Arkansas

...a developing Celtic Christian+Buddhist Mission

Monday, June 23, 2014

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"We have to try to discover the inner relationship between these different aspects of Truth and unite them in ourselves. I have to be a Hindu, a Buddhist, a Jain, a Parsee, a Sikh, a Muslim, and a Jew, as well as a Christian, if I am to know the Truth and to find the point of reconciliation in all religion." Fr. Bede Griffiths

Reformed Celtic Church

Mountain View Forest Church

Cadhan Resource

Ramblings of a Celtic Monk: Tanaiste John Chiaromonte

Ordugh Cadhan

The Order of the Wild Goose

Videos for the spiritual journey

Saint Brendan's Labyrinth

Coracle Weddings

Fr. Bede Griffiths

Walking Meditation

Breathing in, I calm my body. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment, I know this is a wonderful moment! Thich Nhat Hanh

Sacred Celtic Year

In the old Celtic religion and many earth based faiths, people followed the Wheel of the Year. Celebrations were and are still held at the quarter points of the calendar year following the planting, growing, harvesting and quiet cycles. The 8 holidays are: *Samhain (pronounced sow-een) *Yule or Winter Solstice *Imbolc *Ostara or Vernal Equinox *Beltane *Summer Solstice *Lugnasdeh or Lammas *Mabon or Autumnal Equinox

Spiritual Practice

"Zazen practice is the direct expression of our true nature. Strictly speaking, for a human being, there is no other practice than this practice; there is no other way of life than this way of life." Shunryu Suzuk

Our Hearts Ablaze

Kindle in our hearts, O God, the flame of love that never ceases, that it may burn in us, giving light to others. May we shine forever in your temple, set on fire with your eternal light, even your Son Jesus Christ, our Saviour and Redeemer. Amen. Prayer of St. Columcille

Celtic Prayer

I weave a silence on my lips. I weave a silence on my mind. I weave a silence within my heart. I close my ears to distractions. I close my eyes to attentions. I close my heart to temptations. Calm me, o Lord,as you stilled the storm. Still me, o Lord, keep me from harm. Let all the tumult within me cease. Enfold me Lord in your peace.

The Way

Tao Thirty-Seven Tao abides in non-action yet nothing is left undone. If kings and lords observed this, The ten thousand things would develop naturally. If they still desire to act, They would return to the simplicity formless substance. Without form there is no desire. Without form there is tranquillity. And in this way all things would be at peace. Tao Te Ching, by Lao Tsu

The Diamond Sutra

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THE NEW CREATION IN CHRIST

“The resurrection does not consist merely of the appearances of Jesus to his disciples after his death. Many think that these appearances in Galilee and Jerusalem are the resurrection. But they are simply to confirm the faith of the disciples. The real resurrection is the passing beyond the world altogether. It is Jesus' passage from this world to the Father. It was not an event in space and time, but the passage beyond space and time to the eternal, to reality. Jesus passed into reality. That is our starting point.

It is into that world that we are invited to enter by meditation. We do not have to wait for physical death, but we can enter now into that eternal world. We have to go beyond the outer appearances of the senses and beyond the concepts of the mind, and open ourselves to the reality of Christ within, the Christ of the resurrection.”

― Bede Griffiths, The New Creation in Christ