Mornings of Practice in the Bush 2025
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Once again, Victor von der Heyde will be offering what has proved to be since 2018 very popular mornings of practice at the Hut of the Happy Omen in Cheltenham.
The morning has sittings, walking periods in the bush, a talk, a discussion and a shared lunch. The next morning for 2025 is:
The talk and discussion on the 16th March is titled "Ways of Looking". Victor writes: So much is dependent on how we see ourselves and how we see the world. They’re related: we’re relational beings. There’s ways of looking that can take us down the path of a lighter and lighter sense of self. There’s ways of looking that can lead to a care for the world, there’s ways of looking that may be very helpful but also challenge the common views on consciousness. We’ll explore these areas and there’ll be time for discussion. The mornings will be in silence from 9:30 to 1:00pm apart from the discussion and any necessary communication. They will be all-weather events. If it's wet we'll be looking out on rain in the bush. The Hut of Happy Omen The Hut was built in 1949 by Marie Byles, one of the founding members of the Buddhist Society of NSW. It was built for dharma practice and it is very much in it's original condition with original furnishings. It is now owned by the National Trust and part of Marie Byles larger property called Ahimsa Sanctuary. It is mostly open on one side and looks out over bushland, part of Pennant Hills Park, and over the small house where Marie Byles lived. There's established walking tracks in the bush accessible from the Hut. The Hut is about a half hour drive from the Sydney CBD and a fifteen minute walk from Cheltenham station in north western Sydney. We're grateful to the National Trust for being able to use The Hut of Happy Omen. |
When 9:30am to 2:00pm
The schedule will be: 9:10 - 9:30 arrive 9:30 - 10:15 sit 10:15 - 10:45 walk / tea 10:45 - 11: 45 talk, discussion, sit 11:45 - 12:15 walk / tea 12:15 - 1:00 sit 1:00 - 2:00 lunch Cost The program will be run on a dana basis. There'll be a box to cover the payment to the National Trust and dana for the teachings. Bookings and directions. Bookings are free but occasionally there's more people who'd like to come than places. Please book by emailing Victor: dharmacloud [at] dharma.org.au (replace at with @). Directions to the Hut and what to bring get sent out about a week beforehand. 
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