Sangha Night is our regular get-together for members of the Bristol sangha. Each evening includes a mixture of meditation, teaching and discussion suitable for anyone who has completed an introductory course.

On Sangha Night, we cover various topics in the form of short courses or series.

COMING UP

June 3rd – Mitra’s Evening

Paula and Robin from the team will share their personal experiences surrounding the deepening of their practice. The evening will also include meditation and our usual tea break.

June 17th – A follow-up on Solitary Retreats

Led by Satyalila

“My hut lies in the middle of a dense forest….” – or by Trenchard Street Carpark!

Satyalila has been doing solitary retreats for 30 years, in a variety of locations from countryside cabins and caravans, to solitaries at home in the little ‘Garret Hermitage’ flat she used to occupy behind the Bristol Beacon (previously the Colston Hall) by Trenchard Street Carpark.  A few years ago she worked out that she’d spent more than a year of her life on solitary retreat – but in small chunks ranging from a long weekend to 4 weeks.

June 24th – Ashoka The Great

Led by Taranita

Listen to Talk: Tuesday April 1st: The Dharma is Like an Avocado! – The Buddhist Poetry of Gary Snyder

https://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details.php?num=LOC6460

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Material from the meditation course with Prajnamati

Handouts on the approaches covered can be downloaded below:

Listen to an introductory exercise on balanced effort:

Listen to a talk and exercise on balanced effort:

Listen to a talk and exercise on the polarity map of Concentration and Relaxation:

Previous Talks:

Listen to the talk by Taranita given 7th January where he introduces the theme and skillfully offers some helpful suggestions https://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details.php?num=LOC6367

Listen to talk given by Maitrijyoti 14th January

Listen to the third talk in the series by Kayamoksini 21st January

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The year will also be peppered through with individual evenings on the theme of Living the Dharma Life. In our movement we live our Dharma lives in a wide variety of ways – in families, communities, work, study, the creative arts, activism, in solitude, in our Centres and organisations – to name only some.  Through the year we will be inviting people to come and share with us these rich and varied experiences.

All our classes are run on donations which means everyone, regardless of income, can learn about Buddhism and meditation. To keep this revolutionary approach going, please do give what you can!

If you’d like to catch up with what’s been happening at Sangha Night, subscribe to our YouTube channel for all the latest recordings, or our Listen Again pages for material from 2020 and before.