Sangha night is for mitras, Order Members or anyone who’s done an intro course with us. Our weekly chance to come together, hear and discuss the Dharma and meditate and make connections with one another. Do join us!

We’ll be weaving these faculties together with guidance and inspiration through talks workshops, meditations, discussion, ritual and more. We hope as the classes progress, we can find from those attending, what it is they particularly need, to strengthen and sustain their own sustainable practice. We hope this will help us draw out the potential of these powerful tools in response to the specific needs of the Sangha as the year unfolds.
Sangharakshita wrote that with these five faculties we can grasp “all the moral and spiritual conditions necessary to the attainment of Enlightenment.” They are powerful tools which can be approached from many different angles. Back in 2008
He correlated them with the mandala of the five Buddhas and Buddhist Centre activities. Find out more about these ideas here
Weekly programme
Material from 16 Feb meditation course taster on Balanced Effort with Prajnamati:
Handout
Introductory Exercise
Talk and Exercise
Concentration and relaxation polarity map
9 March Taranita gives an introduction to our new mini theme:
using the framework of the five spiritual faculties to look at ’20 points for dealing with overwhelm’
16 March ’20 points for dealing with overwhelm’ – Mindfulness
23 March ’20 points for dealing with overwhelm’ – Vigour
30 March ’20 points for dealing with overwhelm’ – Faith
6 April ‘Re enchanting the world: An introduction to Buddhist ritual. Part one’
13 April ‘Enacting the path: An introduction to Buddhist ritual. Part two’
More on the ritual course here
20 April ’20 points for dealing with overwhelm’ – Meditation
27 April ’20 points for dealing with overwhelm’ – Wisdom
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