Kulamitra be giving three talks on Buddhism and Evolution.

The first talk will be on scientific and Buddhist views of Evolution, comparing elements in Taranita’s recent talk with Sangharakshita’s expanded view of Evolution and its meaning. The other talks will show that Higher Evolution provides an all encompassing framework for human development.

What would it be like to turn all that we do into practice? Would we experience the world, ourselves and others differently?

Come and found out at Sangha Works – turning the ordinary into the extraordinary!

We start with a check-in, then choose tasks to work with as practice. These usually involve cleaning the centre, tending the shrine and light gardening work, but can include more! We can offer sitting down jobs as well as more active jobs.

Come along more...

If you already have experience of the Mindfulness of Breathing and Metta Bhavana (Loving Kindness) meditations that we practise in our sangha, join us on a Wednesday lunchtime to meditate with others and take your practice deeper.

Every Wednesday at the Bristol Buddhist Centre. The meditation finishes at 2pm, with the option to stay on until 2.30pm for tea and a chat.

To view details of our beginners’ class, click here.

If you’re curious about and new to meditation, or haven’t yet been acquainted with the practices we follow in our community (Mindfulness of Breathing and Loving Kindness meditations), come along to our drop-in class for beginners on a Wednesday evening.

You’ll be guided through the stages by an experienced practitioner, with the opportunity to discuss your experience and ask questions.

An opportunity to deepen and bring greater commitment to your yoga practice.

Over six Friday evenings, we will be looking into the essence of twists, forward bends, back bends, inversions, balances, core work and sun salutations, with key yoga principles woven in.

We will be moving away from what it looks like to what it feels like: unlocking true understanding of these areas from within, allowing you to fully engage your body, breath and mind, and get the most out of more...

Ratnadhya, himself a professional musician and actor, discusses the importance of the Arts as part of the ‘Higher Evolution’, leading on from Kulamitra’s series of talks on the subject.

Appreciation of the arts was one of the distinctive emphases that Sangarakshita brought to his teaching of the Dharma, going so far indeed, in one of his early books, as to speak of a ‘Religion of Art’.

We’ll be exploring how engagement with the Arts more...

What would it be like to turn all that we do into practice? Would we experience the world, ourselves and others differently?

Come and found out at Sangha Works – turning the ordinary into the extraordinary!

We start with a check-in, then choose tasks to work with as practice. These usually involve cleaning the centre, tending the shrine and light gardening work, but can include more! We can offer sitting down jobs as well as more active jobs.

Come along more...

If you already have experience of the Mindfulness of Breathing and Metta Bhavana (Loving Kindness) meditations that we practise in our sangha, join us on a Wednesday lunchtime to meditate with others and take your practice deeper.

Every Wednesday at the Bristol Buddhist Centre. The meditation finishes at 2pm, with the option to stay on until 2.30pm for tea and a chat.

To view details of our beginners’ class, click here.

If you’re curious about and new to meditation, or haven’t yet been acquainted with the practices we follow in our community (Mindfulness of Breathing and Loving Kindness meditations), come along to our drop-in class for beginners on a Wednesday evening.

You’ll be guided through the stages by an experienced practitioner, with the opportunity to discuss your experience and ask questions.

An opportunity to deepen and bring greater commitment to your yoga practice.

Over six Friday evenings, we will be looking into the essence of twists, forward bends, back bends, inversions, balances, core work and sun salutations, with key yoga principles woven in.

We will be moving away from what it looks like to what it feels like: unlocking true understanding of these areas from within, allowing you to fully engage your body, breath and mind, and get the most out of more...

What would it be like to turn all that we do into practice? Would we experience the world, ourselves and others differently?

Come and found out at Sangha Works – turning the ordinary into the extraordinary!

We start with a check-in, then choose tasks to work with as practice. These usually involve cleaning the centre, tending the shrine and light gardening work, but can include more! We can offer sitting down jobs as well as more active jobs.

Come along more...

If you already have experience of the Mindfulness of Breathing and Metta Bhavana (Loving Kindness) meditations that we practise in our sangha, join us on a Wednesday lunchtime to meditate with others and take your practice deeper.

Every Wednesday at the Bristol Buddhist Centre. The meditation finishes at 2pm, with the option to stay on until 2.30pm for tea and a chat.

To view details of our beginners’ class, click here.

If you’re curious about and new to meditation, or haven’t yet been acquainted with the practices we follow in our community (Mindfulness of Breathing and Loving Kindness meditations), come along to our drop-in class for beginners on a Wednesday evening.

You’ll be guided through the stages by an experienced practitioner, with the opportunity to discuss your experience and ask questions.

On this retreat we will be exploring the Buddhist teaching on the chain of conditionality that forms the outer rim of the Wheel of Life image.

This chain of conditionality, called the 12 nidanas, or links, looks at the entire process whereby the human being comes into existence and continues in that existence. We will also be exploring the ways in which we can escape the Wheel of Life through awareness of our limiting conditioned processes and the antidotes to more...

An opportunity to deepen and bring greater commitment to your yoga practice.

Over six Friday evenings, we will be looking into the essence of twists, forward bends, back bends, inversions, balances, core work and sun salutations, with key yoga principles woven in.

We will be moving away from what it looks like to what it feels like: unlocking true understanding of these areas from within, allowing you to fully engage your body, breath and mind, and get the most out of more...

“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.”
– Rumi

African, sacred, uplifting and fun harmony singing and mantra with the unique and inspiring Mahasukha. We’ll have a morning of glorious 4 part-harmony songs from around the world, with accompanying infectious djembe rhythms from Mahasukha, and we’ll chant a mantra or two and make offerings in the afternoon. A joyful, meditative and devotional day guaranteed to put a smile on your face more...

On this retreat we will be exploring the Buddhist teaching on the chain of conditionality that forms the outer rim of the Wheel of Life image.

This chain of conditionality, called the 12 nidanas, or links, looks at the entire process whereby the human being comes into existence and continues in that existence. We will also be exploring the ways in which we can escape the Wheel of Life through awareness of our limiting conditioned processes and the antidotes to more...

On this retreat we will be exploring the Buddhist teaching on the chain of conditionality that forms the outer rim of the Wheel of Life image.

This chain of conditionality, called the 12 nidanas, or links, looks at the entire process whereby the human being comes into existence and continues in that existence. We will also be exploring the ways in which we can escape the Wheel of Life through awareness of our limiting conditioned processes and the antidotes to more...

What would it be like to turn all that we do into practice? Would we experience the world, ourselves and others differently?

Come and found out at Sangha Works – turning the ordinary into the extraordinary!

We start with a check-in, then choose tasks to work with as practice. These usually involve cleaning the centre, tending the shrine and light gardening work, but can include more! We can offer sitting down jobs as well as more active jobs.

Come along more...

If you already have experience of the Mindfulness of Breathing and Metta Bhavana (Loving Kindness) meditations that we practise in our sangha, join us on a Wednesday lunchtime to meditate with others and take your practice deeper.

Every Wednesday at the Bristol Buddhist Centre. The meditation finishes at 2pm, with the option to stay on until 2.30pm for tea and a chat.

To view details of our beginners’ class, click here.

If you’re curious about and new to meditation, or haven’t yet been acquainted with the practices we follow in our community (Mindfulness of Breathing and Loving Kindness meditations), come along to our drop-in class for beginners on a Wednesday evening.

You’ll be guided through the stages by an experienced practitioner, with the opportunity to discuss your experience and ask questions.

An opportunity to deepen and bring greater commitment to your yoga practice.

Over six Friday evenings, we will be looking into the essence of twists, forward bends, back bends, inversions, balances, core work and sun salutations, with key yoga principles woven in.

We will be moving away from what it looks like to what it feels like: unlocking true understanding of these areas from within, allowing you to fully engage your body, breath and mind, and get the most out of more...

Saturday 10 – 5pm. Sunday 2 – 9pm.

Attendees must be available to come to both days.

‘Nothing itself without everything else’ 
– Thomas Berry

The weekend will be shaped with storytelling from the Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin. In this is evoked the journey of discovering and inhabiting our own true name, and the golden threads that weave us with the true names of all beings.

The golden net reveals that all life is inherently more...