The Bristol sangha will be going on retreat together at Adhisthana, where we will meet sanghas from several other centres around the UK. This is a valuable opportunity to go deeper with each other within our own community, as well as make connections with others from across the country.

See below for more info about the retreat.

Book here via the Adhisthana website. Please then email info@bristol-buddhist-centre.org to let us know you’re coming, so that we can arrange shared travel.

The Tibetan Book of the Dead

Led by Prakasha, Vidyamala, Prajnanita, Khemabandhu + team

Come and join our annual retreat where we explore the significance of death, perhaps the greatest mystery of all! We will find out what Buddhism has to offer by immersing ourselves in the Bardo Thodol: The Tibetan Book of the Dead. This text, traditionally called The Great Liberation Through Hearing in the Bardo, introduces us to the three bardos of Dying, Reality and Rebirth.

With daily readings of the text, talks, groups, meditation, ritual and periods of silence, we will explore how facing up to death can open our hearts to feeling more fully alive. In this way we will enter into deep contemplation of these profound teachings. We will be immersing ourselves in the rich archetypal worlds of the Five Jinas – embodiments of the primary qualities of awakening.

The retreat will also include rituals to commemorate the sixth anniversary of Sangharakshita’s death on 30 October.