Inspired by the book “Approaching Enlightenment” written by Bodhidasa (https://www.windhorsepublications.com/product/approaching-enlightenment-pb/), Kamalavajra will lead an evening exploring Buddhist Ritual. We’ll explore some of the following questions and topics:

– Is Buddhist Ritual a form of magic?

– Why engage in Buddhist Ritual?

– How to engage and does it matter?

– Enacting and re-enacting skilful more...

Meditation is an integral part of Buddhist practice. Over four evenings, Maitrijyoti and Manjurava will be exploring meditation.

Looking at the two foundational practices of the Mindfulness of Breathing and the Metta Bhavana, we will look not only at the fundamentals but how to go deeper and reinvigorate these practices, making it suitable for newcomers as well as those with experience.

2nd September
Maitrijyoti on the Mindfulness of Breathing: more...

This course will help you 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 more...

Meditation is an integral part of Buddhist practice. Over four evenings, Maitrijyoti and Manjurava will be exploring meditation.

Looking at the two foundational practices of the Mindfulness of Breathing and the Metta Bhavana, we will look not only at the fundamentals but how to go deeper and reinvigorate these practices, making it suitable for newcomers as well as those with experience.

2nd September
Maitrijyoti on the Mindfulness of Breathing: more...

This course will help you 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 more...

Meditation is an integral part of Buddhist practice. Over four evenings, Maitrijyoti and Manjurava will be exploring meditation.

Looking at the two foundational practices of the Mindfulness of Breathing and the Metta Bhavana, we will look not only at the fundamentals but how to go deeper and reinvigorate these practices, making it suitable for newcomers as well as those with experience.

2nd September
Maitrijyoti on the Mindfulness of Breathing: more...

A cinematic journey into rituals, chanting, and frequencies, uncovering how humans access altered states of consciousness and the mind’s hidden capacities.

This feature length documentary explores how humans enter altered states of consciousness and the various methods used — across Bali, Australia, and Nepal. 

It is a shift from ordinary perception, opening doors to new sensations, perspectives, and emotions.

This film takes you more...

Last Friday of the month

Time:10:30- 12:00. 

Place: Deep end of Clevedon Marine Lake

Parking: Road side ( free) Elton Road or Old Church Road

Salthouse Fields carpark ( pay& display)

Bring snack & warm drink for colder months

Hope to see you there

Chandranishta 

This course will help you 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 more...

Why is Buddhist practice hard? Why are we not already Enlightened?

During this evening, Tārānīta explores how so much of our behaviour and perceptions are based on our biological inheritance: that front and centre are survival and procreation – or protecting one’s ‘self’ and sex. No wonder when trying to practice as Buddhists it can feel as if we’re ‘going against the stream.’

Come along and discover the ways that more...