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:

THE SELF with NARAVIRA

Naravira will be leading 4 Sangha nights about the Buddhist view of the self. 

In Buddhism the question of the Self and its true nature forms a key part in the understanding of Buddhist teaching, and the path to spiritual insight that leads to the end of suffering.

But what is the Self? We all seem to have one but maybe we have never deeply looked at its nature or possible origins. 

The ‘anatta’ or ‘not-self’ doctrine in Buddhism is part of the Buddhas teaching about the ‘marks of existence’ or ‘characteristics of the nature of reality.’ But is the Buddha really saying there is not a Self? And if not, what is being said about this? And is it even a question that I really need to concern myself with?

We will be exploring this topic through a series of talks, discussions and meditations.

These evenings work as a course or stand alone if you cannot make every evening. 

‘Meditation’. Bhante Sangharakshita.

Here perpetual incense burns;
The heart to meditation turns,
And all delights and passions spurns.
A thousand brilliant hues arise,
More lovely than the evening skies,
And pictures paint before our eyes.
All the spirit’s storm and stress
Is stilled into a nothingness,
And healing powers descend and bless.
Refreshed, we rise and turn again
To mingle with this world of pain,
As on roses falls the rain’.

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