We eased into 2026 at the Stockport Group with an evening exploring Inspirations, looking specifically at Inspirational women in Buddhism.  Inspiration will be our theme for the first few weeks of the year before we enter a phase of exploring and deepening our meditation.

Inspiration (faith) leads to positive emotion energising our practice creating the conditions for insight to arise.   

Paranayaka’s talk started with a journey taking us back to the first women ordinations led by the Buddha’s stepmother Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī. We then explored poems from Buddhist nuns from over 2000 years ago from the Therigatha. The amazing, but different, contemporary stories of Tenzin Palmo and Dipa Ma then were shared.

It was lovely to see the Group back together after the Festive break and looking forward to deepening our practice in 2026′.