Just Sitting
Sangharakshita famously said “To Just Sit, you just sit “. On Thursday we focused on the practice of Just Sitting,…
Sangha Night
The Worldly Winds
Gain and loss: Chasing what we want and holding on to it Fame and infamy: Being known or not known …
Q&A – Karma
Another excellent evening as the Q&A format extended for another week. This time, Dayaka interviewed Chandana around a subject which…
Q&A – Conditionality
We had a fascinating evening of Buddhist theory on Thursday. The evening was hosted by Buddhashanti who commenced proceedings with…
Spiritual Friendship
At the Stockport Triratna Buddhist Group we were gifted an evening by Karen, Mary, Cathy and Bridie. The theme was…
Wrathful Vajrapani
Wrathful Vajrapani was the star of the evening as Prasiddhi explained how the figure expresses an aspect of enlightenment. He…
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…
Metta Methods!
We enjoyed a more reflective evening at the Stockport Buddhist group this week. After leaving our shoes, coats and conversations…
Shubanita
We had a rather special evening at the Stockport Buddhist Group on Thursday. Shubhanita joined us from the Manchester Centre. She is…
The 5 Buddha mandala
On a regular evening at the Stockport Group the Group sits around the shrine. Things were a little different this week: we…
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,…
Vajrasattva
Chandana led an evening of introduction to Vajrasattva, the mythic ‘adibuddha’ with whom he has had a ritual connection since…
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