Q&A – Conditionality
We had a fascinating evening of Buddhist theory on Thursday. The evening was hosted by Buddhashanti who commenced proceedings with…
Buddhashanti
Mindfulness of breathing
Buddhashanti led an evening of meditation- devoting time to a longer-than-usual period of the mindfulness of breathing. He then gave…
Green Tara
Buddhashanti introduced Green Tara, a female buddhist mythical being, or Bodhisattva. He gave her spiritual lineage through other buddhist figures; Amitabha and Amoghasiddhi,…
Personal poetry
This week was an evening of poetry -we were asked to bring a poem or other piece of writing which…
Why meditate?
What do we do in meditation? Is it to give some experience of tranquility and calmness to relieve the stresses of…
Going for Refuge
Buddhashanti led the evening and gave a talk on Going for Refuge to the group. It was the second week…
Joy in the spiritual life
Last week Buddhashanti brought the theme of love to evening weaving in the story of the Buddha’s advice to his aunt Mahaprajapti. …
Kalama Sutta
Last Thursday at the Stockport Group we enjoyed and explored the Kalamasutta as part of our sharing of Suttas and…
Ksanti
Somehow everyday practice merged with the mythic. It was our last evening following the thread of the Bodhicaryavatara and the…
Virya
Paranayaka says- How can we gather our scattered energies and refine them? What would the efforts and energies of a…