By invitation only.

This evening is for mitra study groups to meet in person at the centre. Not all groups use this space so do keep in touch with your group leader for information on times and location.

A mitra (a ‘friend’) is someone who has chosen to deepen their commitment to practising Buddhism, within the Triratna context. To find out more about mitras then see our information page. Contact Naravira for info more...

Welcome our new mitras!

We will be holding a mitra ceremony this evening. Welcoming those individuals who want to step further into the Buddhist life and making a commitment to the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha.

This season we will explore the Just Sitting practice. This meditation corresponds to the aspect of receptivity within the Triratna system of practice. We will be looking at opening to our experience ‘as it is’. What can be discovered about the nature of mind and awareness and what does it mean to ‘simply be with what is’? How can we learn to look beyond the aspects of mind that inhibit this simple seeing?

The series will explore the theme through short more...

Why meditate? Some of our community share their experience

These drop-in classes are a great way to sample meditation for the first time or to get refreshing support and clarity to help you set up a regular practice.  Full instruction will be given. We’ll introduce our meditation practices, one each week – either the mindfulness of breathing which develops calm, focus and wholeheartedness, or a loving kindness (metta bhavana) meditation which develops more...

By invitation only.

This evening is for mitra study groups to meet in person at the centre. Not all groups use this space so do keep in touch with your group leader for information on times and location.

A mitra (a ‘friend’) is someone who has chosen to deepen their commitment to practising Buddhism, within the Triratna context. To find out more about mitras then see our information page.

Contact Vimalavajri for more info.

“Honest collision is better than dishonest collusion.” Sangharakshita

In the last two BYB evenings we’ve reflected on the importance of spiritual friendship, and you joined us in a communication workshop. This evening we invite you to bring these two elements together.

When we are suffering we notice that our mental states can often be in a judging mode – labelling and separating “them” from “us”. We suffer because we lack connection with more...

‘Sensitive to the whole body’ is one of the Buddha’s ‘pith instructions’.  What might it mean to us? How can we become more sensitive to the life of our body and breath? In this class we explore this question.

Trained yoga teacher Advayamati brings his experience of many years practice, leading workshops and retreats that combine shiatsu and energy work with teaching Buddhism and embodied mindfulness. This is a gentle yoga class, open to a range of more...

“Just let me enjoy that moment when the bear walks by” – Bikkhu Anālayo

The bear’s days may be numbered.  But it is also here right now, in all its wonderful and alive bear-ness.   Opening to impermanence brings grief, but can also put us in touch with a joy that can motivate and sustain us.  

This evening we’ll explore our experience of this fleeting world through meditation and reflection, more...

Our tradition places great emphasis on building Sangha (a friendly community of individuals practising the Dharma, the Buddha’s teachings, alongside each other). Possibly because of the experience of the pandemic we may be noticing how we are by nature social creatures: We need each other to know ourselves. This is a safe and open space in which to be with others to bring kind attention to how we relate to others and just as importantly, ourselves.

For those who have more...

By invitation only.

This evening is for mitra study groups to meet in person at the centre. Not all groups use this space so do keep in touch with your group leader for information on times and location.

A mitra (a ‘friend’) is someone who has chosen to deepen their commitment to practising Buddhism, within the Triratna context. To find out more about mitras then see our information page. Contact Naravira for info more...

Details TBC

This season we will explore the Just Sitting practice. This meditation corresponds to the aspect of receptivity within the Triratna system of practice. We will be looking at opening to our experience ‘as it is’. What can be discovered about the nature of mind and awareness and what does it mean to ‘simply be with what is’? How can we learn to look beyond the aspects of mind that inhibit this simple seeing?

The series will explore the theme through short more...

Why meditate? Some of our community share their experience

These drop-in classes are a great way to sample meditation for the first time or to get refreshing support and clarity to help you set up a regular practice.  Full instruction will be given. We’ll introduce our meditation practices, one each week – either the mindfulness of breathing which develops calm, focus and wholeheartedness, or a loving kindness (metta bhavana) meditation which develops more...

By invitation only.

This evening is for mitra study groups to meet in person at the centre. Not all groups use this space so do keep in touch with your group leader for information on times and location.

A mitra (a ‘friend’) is someone who has chosen to deepen their commitment to practising Buddhism, within the Triratna context. To find out more about mitras then see our information page.

Contact Vimalavajri for more info.

Interspersed with hybrid/in-person events will also be a series of four Friday evenings on Zoom, to ‘meet, listen and make‘ (click here for more information on these Zoom sessions)

You may like to use the ‘meet, listen and make’ evenings to create something to share at the Arts Cafe. 

The ‘craft’ aspect of the arts has its own importance in the Dharma life for many of us.  ‘Mindful making’ can be a great more...

2-5 pm | in person only event

Suitable for those with 3+ years of mediation experience within Triratna. 

Details to follow.

Upcoming dates for 2021: 11 Dec

The beginning of the Sangha Week Retreat | Beauty, Embodiment & Communication | 14th – 19th November

A rich retreat programme to reveal and enliven the potential of our relational lives. A precious opportunity to dive into the depths through Sangha. A diverse range of events facilitated by a large team of experienced practitioners. Expect movement and song, yoga and meditation, ritual and group communication over the week.

9:45am | Individuation in the more...

Sangha Week Retreat | Beauty, Embodiment & Communication | 14th – 19th November

3 – 5pm | An experiential session on mindful movement: noticing and working with your own sense of grip and release alongside others | with Advayamati

5 – 6pm | Evensong: Poetry, mantra chanting, meditation and devotional practice | with Singhamanas

Our regular weekly event.

Our tradition places great emphasis on building Sangha (a friendly community of individuals practising the Dharma, the Buddha’s teachings, alongside each other). Possibly because of the experience of the pandemic we may be noticing how we are by nature social creatures: We need each other to know ourselves. This is a safe and open space in which to be with others to bring kind attention to how we relate to others and just as more...

Continuing our exploration of Sangha on the Sangha Week Retreat: Beauty, Embodiment & Communication | 14th – 19th November | Doors open at 9:45am

10 – 10:30am | Befriending your Mandala of Being for the Benefit of Sangha | A talk from Bhadra

10:30 – 11:15am | Integrating mind and body | with Maitrijyoti

11:30 – 1pm | Experiential session: Introduction to Focusing, a process that allows the inner world to make itself knowable | with more...

Sangha Week Retreat | Beauty, Embodiment & Communication | 14th – 19th November

2 – 3:30pm | Hang out with the Sangha

3 – 5pm | Experiential session: Continuing the process that allows the inner world to make itself knowable | with Prajnamati (please attend the morning session to attend this one)

5 – 6pm | Evensong: Poetry. Mantra chanting, meditation and devotional practice | with Singhamanas

By invitation only.

This evening is for mitra study groups to meet in person at the centre. Not all groups use this space so do keep in touch with your group leader for information on times and location.

A mitra (a ‘friend’) is someone who has chosen to deepen their commitment to practising Buddhism, within the Triratna context. To find out more about mitras then see our information page. Contact Naravira for info more...

Sangha Week Retreat | Beauty, Embodiment & Communication | 14th – 19th November | Doors opens at 9:45 for us to prepare ourselves and greet each other.

10 – 10:30am | Spontaneity, openness and the ever renewing Dharma | A talk from Bhadra

10:30 – 11:15am | Integrating mind and body | with Maitrjyoti

11:30 – 1pm | Experiential session: Exercises that attend to communicating our being between the words | with Bhadra

Beauty, Embodiment & Communication | 14th – 19th November

2:30 – 3pm | Hang out with Sangha

3- 5pm | Experiential session. The Body in Movement: Where are the sources of our grip and our joy | with Silvia

5 – 6pm | Evensong: Poetry. Mantra chanting, meditation and devotional practice | with Singhamanas

Details TBC

With Naravira

Beauty, Embodiment & Communication | 14th – 19th November | Sangha Week Retreat | Arrive from 9:45

10 – 10:30am | The breath as the ground of Sangha | a talk with Bhadra

10:30 – 11:15am | Integrating mind and body | with Maitrijyoti

11:30 – 12:15 | Meditation: Just sitting with Sangha | with Naravira

This season we will explore the Just Sitting practice. This meditation corresponds to the aspect of receptivity within the Triratna system of practice. We will be looking at opening to our experience ‘as it is’. What can be discovered about the nature of mind and awareness and what does it mean to ‘simply be with what is’? How can we learn to look beyond the aspects of mind that inhibit this simple seeing?

The series will explore the theme through short more...

Beauty, Embodiment & Communication | 14th – 19th November | Sangha Week Retreat

3 – 4:30pm | Experiential session: Exercises that attend to communicating our being between the words | with Bhadra

5 – 6pm | Evensong: Poetry. Mantra chanting, meditation and devotional practice | with Singhamanas

Why meditate? Some of our community share their experience

These drop-in classes are a great way to sample meditation for the first time or to get refreshing support and clarity to help you set up a regular practice.  Full instruction will be given. We’ll introduce our meditation practices, one each week – either the mindfulness of breathing which develops calm, focus and wholeheartedness, or a loving kindness (metta bhavana) meditation which develops more...

Beauty, Embodiment & Communication | 14th – 19th November | Sangha Week Retreat | Doors open from 9:45

10 – 10:30am | Chaos, doubt and ambivalence as vital aspects of a healthy Sangha | a talk from Bhadra

10:30 – 11:15am | Integrating mind and body | with Maitrijyoti

11:30 – 1pm | Experiential session. The inner world of sub personalities. Guided reflection and discussion | with Bhadra

2:30 – 3pm | Hang out with Sangha

3 – 5pm | Open group process: A space to honour the emergent in our personal lives and through Sangha | with Bhadra

5 – 6pm | Evensong: Poetry. Mantra chanting, meditation and devotional practice | with Singhamanas

By invitation only.

This evening is for mitra study groups to meet in person at the centre. Not all groups use this space so do keep in touch with your group leader for information on times and location.

A mitra (a ‘friend’) is someone who has chosen to deepen their commitment to practising Buddhism, within the Triratna context. To find out more about mitras then see our information page.

Contact Vimalavajri for more info.

Beauty, Embodiment & Communication | 14th – 19th November | Sangha Week Retreat | Doors open at 9:45

10 – 10:30 | Spontaneity: The Ever Renewing Dharma | a talk from Bhadra

10:30 – 11:15 | Integrating mind and body | with Maitrijyoti

11:30 – 1pm | Open group process: A space to honour the emergent in our personal lives and through Sangha | with Bhadra

2:30 – 3pm | Hang out with the Sangha

3- 5pm | Open group process: A space to honour the emergent in our Sangha | with Bhadra

5- 6pm | Evensong: Poetry. Mantra chanting, meditation and devotional practice | with Singhamanas

To end the retreat we are holding a ritual, a puja to Padmasambhava. A opportunity to close the retreat space and move back into our normal lives.

(Musical Instruments for accompaniment will be provided)

““Engaging with the arts gives Buddhists the chance to develop and refine their emotional lives.  The arts can lift us and lead our imaginations beyond what we know.” – The Religion of Art

An interview and workshop with Shraddhalocani and Bee – both practising artists who graduated in different decades from Leeds School of Art.

Learn from the experience of others – those gifted in the arts and crafts – and draw out your own inner more...

Sink into the body and find your depths.

This gentle yoga session is suitable for those of a range of abilities.

*please bring your own yoga mat if possible*

Our tradition places great emphasis on building Sangha (a friendly community of individuals practicing the Dharma, the Buddha’s teachings, alongside each other). Possibly because of the experience of the pandemic we may be noticing how we are by nature social creatures: We need each other to know ourselves. This is a safe and open space in which to be with others to bring kind attention to how we relate to others and just as importantly, ourselves.

In the spirit of wanting more...

By invitation only.

This evening is for mitra study groups to meet in person at the centre. Not all groups use this space so do keep in touch with your group leader for information on times and location.

A mitra (a ‘friend’) is someone who has chosen to deepen their commitment to practising Buddhism, within the Triratna context. To find out more about mitras then see our information page. Contact Naravira for info more...

Details TBC

This season we will explore the Just Sitting practice. This meditation corresponds to the aspect of receptivity within the Triratna system of practice. We will be looking at opening to our experience ‘as it is’. What can be discovered about the nature of mind and awareness and what does it mean to ‘simply be with what is’? How can we learn to look beyond the aspects of mind that inhibit this simple seeing?

The series will explore the theme through short more...

Why meditate? Some of our community share their experience

These drop-in classes are a great way to sample meditation for the first time or to get refreshing support and clarity to help you set up a regular practice.  Full instruction will be given. We’ll introduce our meditation practices, one each week – either the mindfulness of breathing which develops calm, focus and wholeheartedness, or a loving kindness (metta bhavana) meditation which develops more...

By invitation only.

This evening is for mitra study groups to meet in person at the centre. Not all groups use this space so do keep in touch with your group leader for information on times and location.

A mitra (a ‘friend’) is someone who has chosen to deepen their commitment to practising Buddhism, within the Triratna context. To find out more about mitras then see our information page.

Contact Vimalavajri for more info.

Interspersed with hybrid/in-person events will also be a series of four Friday evenings on Zoom, to ‘meet, listen and make‘ (click here for more information on these Zoom sessions)

You may like to use the ‘meet, listen and make’ evenings to create something to share at the Arts Cafe. 

The ‘craft’ aspect of the arts has its own importance in the Dharma life for many of us.  ‘Mindful making’ can be a great more...

A gentle movement practice, based in yoga. Advayamati is here to guide you in this movement meditation.

All are welcome!

*please do bring your own yoga mat if possible*

An Arts Cafe Evening to celebrate William Blake’s birthday – A chance to share and celebrate our creativity and bring along our own pieces of art.

This is the culmination of our Arts Cafe events. An opportunity to see what has been made and contribute your own pieces. From guitar playing to poetry. From stitching to paint. Communicate through means other than talking and see expressions of life and Buddhist practice.

(If you’d like to book at a slot more...

Our tradition places great emphasis on building Sangha (a friendly comOur tradition places great emphasis on building Sangha (a friendly community of individuals practicing the Dharma, the Buddha’s teachings, alongside each other). Possibly because of the experience of the pandemic we may be noticing how we are by nature social creatures: We need each other to know ourselves. This is a safe and open space in which to be with others to bring kind attention to how we relate to others more...

By invitation only.

This evening is for mitra study groups to meet in person at the centre. Not all groups use this space so do keep in touch with your group leader for information on times and location.

A mitra (a ‘friend’) is someone who has chosen to deepen their commitment to practising Buddhism, within the Triratna context. To find out more about mitras then see our information page. Contact Naravira for info more...

Details TBC