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Why Red Ladder Studio?

The red ladder is an image of ascent — Dharma practice can take us to the heights. But a ladder is also needed to go into the depths. At first the heights and depths seem like two different directions; later we see both lead to the same place.

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People sometimes ask why we’re called ‘Red Ladder Studio.’ An image resists being pinned down to a single meaning. It means different things to different people — and different things to the same person at different times. W
“Look. This is your world! You can’t not look. There is no other world. This is your world; it is your feast. You inherited this; you inherited these eyeballs; you inherited this world of colour. Look at the greatness of the whole thing.
Only one complaint on the last retreat. ‘Where’s the red ladder?’ 🪜 Coming soon
What’s the best thing for you about retreats? For me it’s slowing down and noticing ordinary things as if they were tiny art installations. This one is called ‘balance’.
We just had a very special retreat here. Half the group were long term Triratna practitioners and half were committed to Tibetan Buddhist practice. We practiced qigong and the brahma viharas together first thing, then we all did our own practice in s