Tag: Manchester Buddhist Centre

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Jobs, Volunteering & Communities

Manchester Buddhist Centre is looking for a Women’s Mitra Convenor

By Anonymous on Fri, 29 Nov, 2024 - 11:26[edit]

Manchester Buddhist Centre is looking for a Women’s Mitra Convenor

By Anonymous on Fri, 29 Nov, 2024 - 11:26[edit]

Manchester Buddhist Centre is entering a new and exciting phase. Working with our new Chair, Lokeshvara, the MBC Trustees have recently concluded we will have to move from our current premises and find a new home for our sangha. We have set a two year time frame on making this transition. You will be very much involved in helping us make this transition.

Our sangha is lively and engaged, with an increasing number of young women getting involved. We have 86 women mitras, 45 of whom have asked for...

College of Public Preceptors
College of Public Preceptors

Ordination at the Manchester Buddhist Centre

By Dayanandi on Sun, 8 Sep, 2024 - 15:12

Ordination at the Manchester Buddhist Centre

By Dayanandi on Sun, 8 Sep, 2024 - 15:12

Dear Order Members,

I am delighted to announce that the Public Ordination of ex-Cia Vinten of the Manchester Buddhist Centre, UK, took place on Sunday 4th August 2024 following a special short Ordination Retreat at Adhisthana. 

She first came along to the original Manchester Buddhist Centre in 1981, where she met Suvajra and Ratnaguna, and they were both present at the ceremony. Among other guests there were 41 Order Members there, and it was quite an afternoon. 

She was given the...

College of Public Preceptors
Triratna News

Ordination in Manchester

By Dayanandi on Tue, 15 Aug, 2023 - 09:21

Ordination in Manchester

By Dayanandi on Tue, 15 Aug, 2023 - 09:21

Dear friends,

I’m very pleased to announce that, in a well attended ceremony at the Manchester Buddhist Centre on 13th August 2023, Julie Franklin became Dharmacharini Aryatara.

Aryatara is a Sanskrit name meaning “Noble Saviouress”. The first, third and fourth a’s are long. 

The Private Preceptor was Suryaka and Dayanandi was the Public Preceptor.    

Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu! 

with metta

Dayanandi

Abhayaratna Trust
Triratna News

The Abhayaratna Trust Local Care Network Training

By Sadayasihi on Thu, 20 Feb, 2020 - 16:19

The Abhayaratna Trust Local Care Network Training

By Sadayasihi on Thu, 20 Feb, 2020 - 16:19

The Abhayaratna Trust is embarking on a new project called the Local Care Network (LCN) project! The idea behind this is to help develop and embed a more explicit and organised culture of care and support in the Order for Order members who need it, including accessing financial assistance and other services (for more details, visit their website and watch a short video about it).

The project is a collaborative effort involving external agencies...

Jobs, Volunteering & Communities
Jobs, Volunteering & Communities

Centre Manager at the Manchester Buddhist Centre (MBC)

By Nandavajra on Wed, 13 Jun, 2018 - 20:13

Centre Manager at the Manchester Buddhist Centre (MBC)

By Nandavajra on Wed, 13 Jun, 2018 - 20:13

Centre Manager at the Manchester Buddhist Centre (MBC)

The MBC is a vibrant and growing Buddhist centre in Manchester’s bohemian Northern Quarter. It attracts sangha members from across Greater Manchester and beyond. 

The post holder will become a member of the Heart Kula, which consists of the centre team plus the Chairman and the Mitra convenors.  This is a friendly, committed and harmonious team based right livelihood, which places work at the very heart of Dharma practice. The Heart Kula meets for...

Jobs, Volunteering & Communities
Jobs, Volunteering & Communities

Opportunity to join the Manchester Buddhist Centre team

By Nandavajra on Fri, 3 Nov, 2017 - 16:30

Opportunity to join the Manchester Buddhist Centre team

By Nandavajra on Fri, 3 Nov, 2017 - 16:30

Opportunity to join the Manchester Buddhist Centre team

Bookshop & Reception Manager (35 hours per week)  

The post holder will oversee all aspects of our busy shop and reception, working with and supervising a committed group of volunteers. Tasks will include maintaining the reception rota, ensuring there is effective reception cover, buying and developing bookshop stock, overseeing aspects of the shop budget and the profitability of the shop, and general duties around the MBC.

You will become part of the Heart Kula (Centre...

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