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Out now! Approaching Enlightenment: A Guidebook for Buddhist Ritual

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 9 Oct, 2024 - 14:46

Out now! Approaching Enlightenment: A Guidebook for Buddhist Ritual

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 9 Oct, 2024 - 14:46

We are delighted to announce that Bodhidasa’s new book, Approaching Enlightenment: A Guidebook for Buddhist Ritual, is now available. Combining research in psychology and cultural studies, and the author’s own practice, in this book Bodhidasa draws out the liberatory potential of Buddhist ritual.

Ritual is the area of Buddhist practice that receives the least amount of attention. This book is for both sceptical and enquiring practitioners. The Sevenfold Puja or Seven-Limbed practice is the focus of the book, and through...

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🎧 A guide to ritual in Buddhist practice with Bodhidasa

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 28 Aug, 2024 - 11:00

🎧 A guide to ritual in Buddhist practice with Bodhidasa

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 28 Aug, 2024 - 11:00

We are happy to announce the latest episode of our podcast, featuring an engaging conversation with Bodhidasa, a practitioner, teacher, and self-declared geek, who joins us from Sydney, Australia.

In this episode, Dhammamegha explores Bodhidasa’s rich and varied interests, from magic and games to popular culture and literature, and how these elements are intricately woven into his Buddhist practice and the essence of his new book. Bodhidasa shares how ritual, archetypes, and myth play a pivotal role in connecting with transpersonal and...

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Going There, Being Here...

By Centre Team on Fri, 15 Dec, 2023 - 11:56

Going There, Being Here...

By Centre Team on Fri, 15 Dec, 2023 - 11:56

Four Sundays of mythic Dharma with storytelling, reflection, discussion, meditation and ritual, to collectively explore Innana’s story and its themes of courage, surrender, integration and freedom.

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FBA Podcast: Creative Spaces and Sacred Spaces - Contexts For Transformation

By Centre Team on Sat, 2 Dec, 2023 - 11:00

Within the arena of the visual arts, the studios where renowned artists create their works have become the subject of intense interest and scrutiny. In Buddhism, there is a tradition of creating inspiring and beautiful spaces for spiritual practice. These sacred spaces and artists’ studios have become places of study, reflection and pilgrimage. Jnanadhara explores what these two kinds of spaces have in common. What can they tell us about the minds of the people who created...

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FBA Podcast: The Sevenfold Puja: Salutation

By Centre Team on Sat, 11 Nov, 2023 - 11:00

Here Suryaka offers reflections on the third verse of Triratna’s Sevenfold Puja, Salutation, by exploring the range of possible responses we can have to Buddhism, from contentment with worldly life, to intellectual agreement with Buddhism, or to the wholesale devotion exemplified by Shantideva. This is the third talk in a series at the Manchester Buddhist Centre on the Sevenfold Puja, 2010.

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Dharmabytes: Devotion in the Course of Our Lives

By Centre Team on Mon, 6 Nov, 2023 - 11:00

Amaraghosha discusses the importance of the outward expression of our devotion, in both rituals and our daily lives, using quotations and personal examples.

From the talk entitled Salutation given at Croydon Buddhist Centre, 2016.

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FBA Podcast: Breaking the Chains

By Centre Team on Sat, 2 Sep, 2023 - 11:00

Devotion and prayer, ritual and freedom, engagement and tradition, Bodhidasa explores the fascinating meanings behind our common traditions in modern Buddhism - from tea and tim-tams to puja, chanting and offering. Sourcing the Pali canon, Bodhidasa discusses the Three Fetters, and the pitfalls of superficiality, habit and vagueness that can hinder our progress on the path. How do we relate to blessing and purity in the spiritual life? Through a sense of reverence and engagement with symbol,...

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Anniversary of Sangharakshita's Funeral

By Maitriyogini on Wed, 9 Nov, 2022 - 11:32

Anniversary of Sangharakshita's Funeral

By Maitriyogini on Wed, 9 Nov, 2022 - 11:32

A special event from the College of Public Preceptors Meeting held at Adhisthana remembering the funeral of Sangharakshita who died in 2018.

The evening will run from 7.30-9pm UK time and have echos of the funeral, led by Parami.

There will be elements of ritual and readings of extracts from Nagabodhi’s forthcoming book about Bhante and Maitreyabandhu’s Canto - a long-form poem dedicated to Sangharakshita.

You can join the livestream here.

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Invitation to an online event commemorating Sangharakshita

By Maitriyogini on Fri, 28 Oct, 2022 - 17:02

Invitation to an online event commemorating Sangharakshita

By Maitriyogini on Fri, 28 Oct, 2022 - 17:02

We would like to invite you to join us online on 30 October in remembering and celebrating Sangharakshita’s life and teachings on the 4th anniversary of his death.

PROGRAMME

19.20 Welcome

19.30 Reflections on Bhante: Talk by Ratnavyuha

Followed by a ritual: Chanting and readings

For international timings, see here.

Zoom link

We look forward to having you join us!

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Fifty Years, Fifty Voices: Khemajoti (Highlights)

By Zac on Wed, 5 Oct, 2022 - 17:03

“We used to do rituals in the basement of the shop, invoking Padmasambhava while we made egg sandwiches”

Khemajoti’s Annals:

In 1968 I was living in my birthplace, Swindon UK, with my parents and younger brother in the house we’d moved into in 1960. I was finishing primary school where I’d been a bright, happy child (top of the class) and moving to secondary school where I met children who were more of a match for me. I was moving into the...

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