We warmly invite you to this first evening of our 2023 programme, taking place on the 3rd of January. 

On this evening Vimalavajri and Naravira will be introducing the year ahead on Sangha Night. 

This year we are exploring the Mandala of the Buddhas, an archetypal and symbolic formation of the Buddhist teaching dating back many centuries.

We invite you to journey with us into the awakened mind. Passing through five Buddha realms, we invite you to meet the more...

During this term, up until April, we will be exploring the Mindfulness of Breathing meditation practice. The tradition of mindfulness in spiritual practice is well established. But what is mindfulness and where does it lead? How can we learn to develop this quality, especially in a world that so often seems to pull us in a different direction?

In 2023 we will be exploring mindfulness through traditional Buddhist approaches but we will also be using innovative techniques to more...

The shape of sangha works is a gentle group check in, followed by sangha-building devotional acts-such as cleaning the loo’s, planting bulbs, sorting library books, making book displays and making shrines. A task to fit each persons energy and capacity.

We have a mindfulness bell, to pause and notice what the mind is up to, throughout  the session. Stay on after the lunchtime meditation class (1-2.30pm)  or just turn up to dip your toe into the Triratna sangha more...

Our beginners 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 instructions will be given including how to sit comfortably in a chair or on cushions on the floor. 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 emotional more...

5:30pm – 6:30pm – Thursdays

A mindful yoga practice focusing on the body and sensations (somatic awareness) with meditative, dynamic sequences and breath work. Suitable for all levels of experience.

About Jo:

Jo has been teaching yoga for 9 years.  She trained extensively with Sun Power Yoga and BodhiYoga, a form of practice developed by Triratna Order Members Sudaka and Sadhita  with a specialised focus on mindful yoga, more...

In Buddhist puja (worship), often short phrases are chanted over and over again, called mantra.
These are usually in an ancient language, in Pali or Sanskrit. Sometimes these mantras invoke the
qualities of a bodhisattva, or divine being. They might call for protection or blessings, or the
wellbeing for all sentient beings. Sometimes these mantras have a literal, word-for-word meaning,
and sometimes they have no rational, logical meaning at all! We don’t have to understand more...

A simple morning of practice with no teaching input. We will be doing unled meditation sits as well as walking meditation.

In addition we will be meeting up after the morning of meditation to have lunch together, either within the centre building or by going to a café. This will be an informal chance to meet up with fellow Sangha members and to get to know each other more in a friendly environment.

These will be held on Saturday mornings at the Centre, once every more...

Whatever else there is, there’s this as well…

The world is much more beautiful and multi-dimensional than we are usually able to see and appreciate – and so are we!  Continuing our introduction to the Mandala of the Five Buddhas, Satyalila will invite us into an exploration of the different levels – and aspects – of reality (and ourselves)which the Mandala can help us to become aware of.

Doors open at 7:15pm for a 7:30pm start.

Sangha Night more...

During this term, up until April, we will be exploring the Mindfulness of Breathing meditation practice. The tradition of mindfulness in spiritual practice is well established. But what is mindfulness and where does it lead? How can we learn to develop this quality, especially in a world that so often seems to pull us in a different direction?

In 2023 we will be exploring mindfulness through traditional Buddhist approaches but we will also be using innovative techniques to more...

The shape of sangha works is a gentle group check in, followed by sangha-building devotional acts-such as cleaning the loo’s, planting bulbs, sorting library books, making book displays and making shrines. A task to fit each persons energy and capacity.

We have a mindfulness bell, to pause and notice what the mind is up to, throughout  the session. Stay on after the lunchtime meditation class (1-2.30pm)  or just turn up to dip your toe into the Triratna sangha more...

Our beginners 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 instructions will be given including how to sit comfortably in a chair or on cushions on the floor. 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 emotional more...

5:30pm – 6:30pm – Thursdays

A mindful yoga practice focusing on the body and sensations (somatic awareness) with meditative, dynamic sequences and breath work. Suitable for all levels of experience.

About Jo:

Jo has been teaching yoga for 9 years.  She trained extensively with Sun Power Yoga and BodhiYoga, a form of practice developed by Triratna Order Members Sudaka and Sadhita  with a specialised focus on mindful yoga, more...

In the first of a series of Going Deeper meditation mornings on going deeper into the system of meditation practice, we look at going deeper into the mindfulness of breathing with the concluding sages of the Anapanasati practice: contemplating impermanence I breath in/out. We will explore how bringing this way of seeing the experience of the body breathing (as impermanent) leads us into a quality of absorption empty of any sign of an enduring body or breath.

With more...

This year on sangha night we invite you to journey with us into the awakened mind. Passing through five Buddha realms, we invite you to meet the figures who live there – vivid, made of light, blazing with energy. Rich in symbol and meaning, these figures speak to us directly, in all our human complexity. They involve our imaginations, reach into our emotional lives, and, if we allow them, they will lead us to compassion and wisdom.

In January we begin our journey by more...

We will be exploring the Mindfulness of Breathing meditation practice. The tradition of mindfulness in spiritual practice is well established. But what is mindfulness and where does it lead? How can we learn to develop this quality, especially in a world that so often seems to pull us in a different direction?

In 2023 we will be exploring mindfulness through traditional Buddhist approaches but we will also be using innovative techniques to work with this quality. Including more...

The shape of sangha works is a gentle group check in, followed by sangha-building devotional acts-such as cleaning the loo’s, planting bulbs, sorting library books, making book displays and making shrines. A task to fit each persons energy and capacity.

We have a mindfulness bell, to pause and notice what the mind is up to, throughout  the session. Stay on after the lunchtime meditation class (1-2.30pm)  or just turn up to dip your toe into the Triratna sangha more...

Our beginners 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 instructions will be given including how to sit comfortably in a chair or on cushions on the floor. 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 emotional more...

Hi everyone. Sorry, but yoga is cancelled this week. Back next week.

5:30pm – 6:30pm – Thursdays

A mindful yoga practice focusing on the body and sensations (somatic awareness) with meditative, dynamic sequences and breath work. Suitable for all levels of experience.

About Jo:

Jo has been teaching yoga for 9 years.  She trained extensively with Sun Power Yoga and BodhiYoga, a form of practice developed by Triratna Order more...

“Embodied Wisdom: Qigong & Somatic Meditation”

A morning of Qigong and somatic meditation to resource and to connect to our true nature.

Through sitting, standing and mindful movements, we learn how to align the body to promote a relaxed alert state, regulate and calm the mind, meet and let go of blockages to presence and connect with emptiness.

When we reach a ‘Qi state’ we are fully present, connected and receptive to our spiritual more...

For those who have completed an intro course at any time, are members of the Sangha (community) and are able to do 50 minute unled meditation sits.

We will be meditating in 50 minute sits, with 10 minutes of walking meditation.

Join Narajadhi and friends for a silent and simple evening of practice.

Every third Friday of the month.

Our Centre runs on generosity and the majority of our income is from donations. We don’t have fix rates for more...

Uncover genuine ease, contentment and meaning in life through exploring profound yet simple teachings. Come together with others to learn, discuss and discover the means to uncover how to become the change you want to see.

Each session will be partly introducing meditation and partly about the Buddhist context, that helps meditation to be a real power for change. There will be input from the experienced teaching team plus an opportunity for small group discussion. more...

The wisdom of Akshobya.

This week on Sangha Night we will continue our exploration of the Buddha Mandala, continuing to focus on the figure of Akshobya.

Each of the figures of the Buddha Mandala has a wisdom associated with them, but what is the the particular wisdom of Akshobya and what can we learn from this? Naravira will be introducing this for us and exploring the different aspects of the blue Buddha’s wisdom. There will be a chance to discuss in groups as well more...

We will be exploring the Mindfulness of Breathing meditation practice. The tradition of mindfulness in spiritual practice is well established. But what is mindfulness and where does it lead? How can we learn to develop this quality, especially in a world that so often seems to pull us in a different direction?

In 2023 we will be exploring mindfulness through traditional Buddhist approaches but we will also be using innovative techniques to work with this quality. Including more...

The shape of sangha works is a gentle group check in, followed by sangha-building devotional acts-such as cleaning the loo’s, planting bulbs, sorting library books, making book displays and making shrines. A task to fit each persons energy and capacity.

We have a mindfulness bell, to pause and notice what the mind is up to, throughout  the session. Stay on after the lunchtime meditation class (1-2.30pm)  or just turn up to dip your toe into the Triratna sangha more...

Our beginners 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 instructions will be given including how to sit comfortably in a chair or on cushions on the floor. 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 emotional more...

5:30pm – 6:30pm – Thursdays

A mindful yoga practice focusing on the body and sensations (somatic awareness) with meditative, dynamic sequences and breath work. Suitable for all levels of experience.

About Jo:

Jo has been teaching yoga for 9 years.  She trained extensively with Sun Power Yoga and BodhiYoga, a form of practice developed by Triratna Order Members Sudaka and Sadhita  with a specialised focus on mindful yoga, more...

On Sangha Night this week will be a practice evening centred around Akshobya and his powerful, yet mysterious, Earth-touching mantra, which echoes that of the Buddha immediately before his Enlightenment when calling the Earth Goddess as a witness. The evening will consist of meditation, readings and Puja.

With Taranita.

This year on sangha night we invite you to journey with us into the awakened mind. Passing through five Buddha realms, we invite you to meet the more...