29th Sept – 5th Oct

Singhashri is back again with a small team to guide us deeper into our personal and collective practice. Her powerful and sensitive teaching speaks to our longings for community and meaning.

She writes, “How do we make sense of this imperfect world? How do we hold the tension between the ideal, what our heart longs for, and what’s happening now? Discover how engaging with what’s happening now supports us to begin to edge into what more...

29th Sept – 5th Oct

Singhashri is back again with a small team to guide us deeper into our personal and collective practice. Her powerful and sensitive teaching speaks to our longings for community and meaning.

She writes, “How do we make sense of this imperfect world? How do we hold the tension between the ideal, what our heart longs for, and what’s happening now? Discover how engaging with what’s happening now supports us to begin to edge into what more...

29th Sept – 5th Oct

Singhashri is back again with a small team to guide us deeper into our personal and collective practice. Her powerful and sensitive teaching speaks to our longings for community and meaning.

She writes, “How do we make sense of this imperfect world? How do we hold the tension between the ideal, what our heart longs for, and what’s happening now? Discover how engaging with what’s happening now supports us to begin to edge into what more...

Please note there will be no class this week as it is the Rains Retreat. Back in a fortnight.

Starting on September 5th, join us every other Tuesday from 6-7pm for a mantra and singing workshop.

Experience the joy of singing with others as we learn songs, melodies and harmonies from within the Buddhist tradition and beyond, from all over the world.

If there are mantras/songs you’ve sung previously and would like a more...

Please note there will be no class this week as it is the Rains Retreat. Back next week.

Our main community night! Come together with others to learn about the teachings of the Buddha, practice meditation and deepen your practice.

More info to follow…

Arrive from 7:15pm for a 7:30pm start.

For those who have completed an intro course at any time.

Please do give for the more...

29th Sept – 5th Oct

Singhashri is back again with a small team to guide us deeper into our personal and collective practice. Her powerful and sensitive teaching speaks to our longings for community and meaning.

She writes, “How do we make sense of this imperfect world? How do we hold the tension between the ideal, what our heart longs for, and what’s happening now? Discover how engaging with what’s happening now supports us to begin to edge into what else more...

There’s no Sangha Works this week as we are on the Rains Retreat! Back next week.

The shape of Sangha (community) Works is a gentle group check in 10am-10:30am, 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.

Stay on after for the lunchtime meditation class more...

Please note there will be no class this week as it is the Rains Retreat. Back next week.

Explore meditation further with this friendly class. More info to follow.

Please do give for the classes and events you attend. Every financial gift is appreciated, and it is with your generosity that our centre is here and thriving.

Please note there will be no class this week as it is the Rains Retreat. Back next week.

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 more...

29th Sept – 5th Oct

Singhashri is back again with a small team to guide us deeper into our personal and collective practice. Her powerful and sensitive teaching speaks to our longings for community and meaning.

She writes, “How do we make sense of this imperfect world? How do we hold the tension between the ideal, what our heart longs for, and what’s happening now? Discover how engaging with what’s happening now supports us to begin to edge into what else more...

Please note there will be no class this week as it is the Rains Retreat. Back next week.

5:30pm – 6:30pm – Thursdays

My name is Claire-Louise and I have been teaching Scaravelli inspired hatha yoga classes in Bristol since 2006. 

I see yoga as more of an art form than a form of exercise. If we can engage our curiosity whilst moving with the breath, then yoga  is like more...

Nirajadhi joins us this month with an opportunity to delve deeper together into the treasures of meditating with others (as opposed to practicing on our own at home).  The evening will be what is known as a ‘Sesshin style’, from the Zen tradition, with a format of sitting, walking meditation and sitting in silence.  She has been engaging in this pattern of practice for 25 years in a variety of contexts (day retreats, practice evenings and intensive silent more...

The Triratna Buddhist community has for many years been involved with the Dalit community. What used to be called the untouchables, those people outside the traditional Hindu caste system. Considered “impure”, and therefore “untouchable”, they are often restricted to unsafe and exploitative work, such as cleaning out public toilet pits or working in toxic brick-making factories.

Despite the illegality of this so-called “untouchability”, those who are discriminated more...

The shape of Sangha (community) Works is a gentle group check in 10am-10:30am, 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.

Stay on after for the lunchtime meditation class (1-2.30pm)  or just turn up to dip your toe into the Triratna sangha atmosphere!

Join us 10am-midday every Wednesday.

Please more...

This term, up until the end of December, we will be exploring our third meditation of the year, Just Sitting or Simply Being.

This mediation compliments the Mindfulness of Breathing and the Metta Bhavana but at the same time is its own standalone practice.

Much of our lives are taken up with doing. How can we simply be with our experience?

The simply being practice is about resting in the flow of immediate experience, simply what is here. It points towards 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

My name is Claire-Louise and I have been teaching Scaravelli inspired hatha yoga classes in Bristol since 2006. 

I see yoga as more of an art form than a form of exercise. If we can engage our curiosity whilst moving with the breath, then yoga  is like experimenting with the melody, tone, volume and pitch of the body. 

In this way our practice can become more like a meditative dance more...

*** This event is now fully booked! Keep your eye out for more next year ***

Encouraging trust in the transformative power of awareness infused with loving presence (Metta) and informed by the imagination.

The Handless Maiden is a myth that begins with betrayal. It reveals a healing journey, a going forth from all that binds us towards the sources of support and guidance in the dark forest of the unknown. It is a myth of training in the power of the responsive heart to more...

*** This event is now fully booked! Keep your eye out for more next year ***

Encouraging trust in the transformative power of awareness infused with loving presence (Metta) and informed by the imagination.

The Handless Maiden is a myth that begins with betrayal. It reveals a healing journey, a going forth from all that binds us towards the sources of support and guidance in the dark forest of the unknown. It is a myth of training in the power of the responsive heart to 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 evening 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...

Join us every other Tuesday from 6-7pm for a mantra and singing workshop.

Experience the joy of singing with others as we learn songs, melodies and harmonies from within the Buddhist tradition and beyond, from all over the world.

If there are mantras/songs you’ve sung previously and would like a chance to sing them again, you’re really welcome to share this with us!

No experience needed – open to all those in the sangha more...

Our main community night! Come together with others to learn about the teachings of the Buddha, practice meditation and deepen your practice.

More info to follow…

Arrive from 7:15pm for a 7:30pm start.

For those who have completed an intro course at any time.

Please do give for the classes and events you attend. Every financial gift is appreciated, and it is with your generosity that our centre is here and thriving.

The shape of Sangha (community) Works is a gentle group check in 10am-10:30am, 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.

Stay on after for the lunchtime meditation class (1-2.30pm)  or just turn up to dip your toe into the Triratna sangha atmosphere!

Join us 10am-midday every Wednesday.

Please more...

This term, up until the end of December, we will be exploring our third meditation of the year, Just Sitting or Simply Being.

This mediation compliments the Mindfulness of Breathing and the Metta Bhavana but at the same time is its own standalone practice.

Much of our lives are taken up with doing. How can we simply be with our experience?

The simply being practice is about resting in the flow of immediate experience, simply what is here. It points towards 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

My name is Claire-Louise and I have been teaching Scaravelli inspired hatha yoga classes in Bristol since 2006. 

I see yoga as more of an art form than a form of exercise. If we can engage our curiosity whilst moving with the breath, then yoga  is like experimenting with the melody, tone, volume and pitch of the body. 

In this way our practice can become more like a meditative dance 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.

50 min sit, 20 min walking, 40 min sit unguided.

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 our classes so income isn’t more...

Our main community night! Come together with others to learn about the teachings of the Buddha, practice meditation and deepen your practice.

More info to follow…

Arrive from 7:15pm for a 7:30pm start.

For those who have completed an intro course at any time.

Please do give for the classes and events you attend. Every financial gift is appreciated, and it is with your generosity that our centre is here and thriving.

The shape of Sangha (community) Works is a gentle group check in 10am-10:30am, 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.

Stay on after for the lunchtime meditation class (1-2.30pm)  or just turn up to dip your toe into the Triratna sangha atmosphere!

Join us 10am-midday every Wednesday.

Please more...

This term, up until the end of December, we will be exploring our third meditation of the year, Just Sitting or Simply Being.

This mediation compliments the Mindfulness of Breathing and the Metta Bhavana but at the same time is its own standalone practice.

Much of our lives are taken up with doing. How can we simply be with our experience?

The simply being practice is about resting in the flow of immediate experience, simply what is here. It points towards 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

My name is Claire-Louise and I have been teaching Scaravelli inspired hatha yoga classes in Bristol since 2006. 

I see yoga as more of an art form than a form of exercise. If we can engage our curiosity whilst moving with the breath, then yoga  is like experimenting with the melody, tone, volume and pitch of the body. 

In this way our practice can become more like a meditative dance more...

“Blow on a dead man’s embers

And a live flame will start.“

Bhante Sangharakshita, the teacher and founder of the Triratna Buddhist Order and Movement died on 30 October 2018.  We’ll be marking the 5th anniversary of his death by gathering to share and celebrate the many ways in which he’s still alive amongst us.  His ‘Dharma body’ is very much with us through his writings and some individuals in the more...

Starting on September 5th, join us every other Tuesday from 6-7pm for a mantra and singing workshop.

Experience the joy of singing with others as we learn songs, melodies and harmonies from within the Buddhist tradition and beyond, from all over the world.

If there are mantras/songs you’ve sung previously and would like a chance to sing them again, you’re really welcome to share this with us!

No experience needed – open more...

Our main community night! Come together with others to learn about the teachings of the Buddha, practice meditation and deepen your practice.

More info to follow…

Arrive from 7:15pm for a 7:30pm start.

For those who have completed an intro course at any time.

Please do give for the classes and events you attend. Every financial gift is appreciated, and it is with your generosity that our centre is here and thriving.