The Buddha’s parinirvana was his final and perfect enlightenment, a cessation of all the remaining conditions leading to suffering that are part and parcel of a human life. It is the realisation of the highest goal of human life: pure enlightened awareness.

On Parinirvana Day we will be celebrating the Buddha’s life and recalling his parinirvana with a day of practice.

In the morning we will have a series of reading from the final days of the Buddha’s life interspersed with short meditations, and in the afternoon a puja (ritual) to the Buddha. There will be an opportunity to put on the shrine pictures of those we have known who died recently as a way of bringing the memory of them in to the context of our practice.

With Prajnamati and Dharmavajri

Timings:

Morning Session – 10:00 to 12:45
Lunch – 12:45 to 14:00
Afternoon Session – 14:00 to 15:30

Please do bring your own lunch. Shops nearby on Gloucester Road.

Please familiarise yourself with our updated covid guidelines (Feb 2022) before visiting the centre. Thank you.