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I live in the woods on 196 acres in central Ontario in the District of Muskoka where I enjoy walking the trails and working in my somewhat wild garden.

It has been a dream of mine to share this space with others who are also interested in exploring nature and a spiritual lifestyle. I have had a life long interest in the study of religion, being raised in a Protestant Christian family but made aware quite early of other worlds religions and lifeways through the open-mindedness of my parents who emphasized both education and personal choice in s

piritual investigation. My particular interests in university where I completed a Masters degree were the Sacred Feminine in art and as archetype with an emphasis on feminist spirituality and on ritual studies including theory and practice in the area of ritual innovation and creation. An interest in Asian religions and meditation lead to the study of Buddhism both Korean Zen and then Tibetan Vajrayana and a lifelong commitment to the study and practice of Buddhist Dharma. I took refuge vows in 1996, and Bodhisattva vows in 1998, and the novice monastic vows in 1997. I love writing and painting as creative outlets and have a deep love and commitment to the land where I live. I am a mother and grandmother.

05/02/2025

You are not broken.
You are not lost.
You are the space in which all things come and go.
Rest, Beloved, you do not need to fix the sky.

04/14/2025

04/10/2025

Living in the woods has given me the opportunity to rest in natural great peace surrounded by the sights and sounds of every precious moment that goes by.

04/09/2025

Longchenpa reminds us in The Precious Treasury of the Way of Abiding:

“In the all-pervasive expanse of awareness, nothing is rejected or affirmed. Yet from within this openness, the compassion of the Buddhas arises like a breeze stirring the ocean.”

04/06/2025

Rest in natural great peace... Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche

04/02/2025

“Every soul is engaged in a great work-the labor of personal liberation from the state of ignorance. The world is a great prison; its bars are the Unknown. And each is a prisoner until, at last, he earns the right to tear these bars from their moldering sockets, and pass, illuminated and inspired into the darkness, which becomes lighted by that presence.”

― Manly P. Hall

04/02/2025

Shamatha or Tranquility meditation is very helpful if you are feeling overwhelmed, if you are likely to react to other people in anger or frustration it gives you a moment to reflect and not react in ways that you might regret. It is helpful to sit with disturbing thoughts and watch as they dissolve moment to moment. This practice helps us let go of the thoughts in the moment avoiding ruminating on the past, or having anxiety about the future. We can experience stillness and satisfaction without grasping at more. It is in these moments that we can experience calm abiding and find peace. PJB

04/01/2025

“To love someone else is easy, but to love what you are, the thing that is yourself, is just as if you were embracing a glowing, red-hot iron; it burns into you and that is very painful. Therefore, to love somebody else in the first place is always an escape which we all hope for, and we all enjoy it when we are capable of it. But in the long run, it comes back on us. You cannot stay away from yourself forever. You have to return, have to come to that experiment, to know whether you really can love. That is the question - whether you can love yourself. And that will be the test.”

― Carl Jung

[ Art • “Alchemy Tree” by Rebecca Rebouché ]

Address

1017 Yearley Road RR#3
Huntsville, ON
P0B1M0

Telephone

+17057832220

Website

http://patriciabush.ca/

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