At the Stockport Triratna Buddhist Group we were gifted an evening by Karen, Mary, Cathy and Bridie.  The theme was friendship and metta and Mary set the tone of the evening with a lovely metta based meditation.

Karen then gave an inspiring talk around metta and friendship including quotes from Sanharakshita from his ‘what is the sangha’ book.  She also challenged us with the ideal of the true individual and the difference between mundane friendship and spiritual friendship.  The third order of consciousness was also introduced creating a rich and fascinating talk.

In fact a sense of the third order of consciousness arose in discussion after the talk with many of the Group rejoicing in our Stockport Snagha.

After the break Cathy shared a reflection and poem about friendship with Bridie concluding the evening with the friendship puja.