Sangha events
Sangha events are open to anyone who has completed our Introductory Course.
Calendar
Event List
Thu
19 May
Early Morning Meditation
7:00 am - 7:45 am
19 May
7:00 am - 7:45 am
Join the sangha in the Red Shrine Room for weekday morning meditations.
It is an un-led meditation practice; metta bhavana and mindfulness of breathing on alternate days.
Please arrive a few minutes early to get set up. Open to everyone familiar with the mindfulness of breathing and metta bhavana meditation practices.
*** Morning meditations are no longer on Zoom ***
Fri
20 May
Early Morning Meditation
7:00 am - 7:45 am
20 May
7:00 am - 7:45 am
Join the sangha in the Red Shrine Room for weekday morning meditations.
It is an un-led meditation practice; metta bhavana and mindfulness of breathing on alternate days.
Please arrive a few minutes early to get set up. Open to everyone familiar with the mindfulness of breathing and metta bhavana meditation practices.
*** Morning meditations are no longer on Zoom ***
Fri
20 May
Friday Night Meditation – Zoom only
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
20 May
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Jayagupta leads a double meditation every Friday 7.30pm – 9pm on Zoom
Follow the zoom link.
Sat
21 May
Green Tara: Day Retreat for Mitras and Order members
10:00 am - 4:30 pm
21 May
10:00 am - 4:30 pm
Prajnasri and Lilamati are offering a series of day retreats exploring the figures of the Five Female Buddhas (or ‘Five Prajnas’). Like their male counterparts, each figure is connected with a particular colour, gesture, animal and time of day, as well as with a particular aspect of the wisdom of the Enlightened mind. The retreat days will be based around the beautiful pujas to these figures written by Vessantara, and will include meditation, reflection, short talks, discussion and devotional practice.
Green Tara – Saturday 21st May 2022
The retreat days will be in person and will be open to all Order Members and mitras.
- Please bring lunch to share
- There will be an opportunity for written reflection during the day so you may like to bring a notebook and pen
Sun
22 May
Sangha Arts Expo
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
22 May
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Do you write, think up new ideas, make textiles, pots, music, prints,
videos, perform, tell stories, crack jokes, paint, draw or decorate?
Would you like to get going? Encouragement? Feedback? An
audience to test new ideas? If you scribble on the side of your fridge
or sing in the bath ….whether you consider yourself an “artist” or your
school told you not to bother, this is for you.
Like to explore ideas that are innovative and unusual and that are not
limited or controlled by ‘rules’ or tradition? Let’s meet, share our
creations/ arts activities and find ways to move on, break free,
spiritually and creatively. Let’s encourage each other to be true
individuals, to feel the fear, do it anyway and dare to dream!
Please note I am not running this session officially… wish to be an equal participant!
Perhaps we can discuss what we all want & how often we wish to meet? Abhayamala.
In the Great Hall – arrive from 3.45pm. We’ll rest things against walls or pass around. Plan is to keep everything as easy as poss.
Open to everyone who has completed our 12-week introductory course.
Sangha Night
The Wheel, The Goal and The Spiral
Escape from the ultimate vicious circle, into the complete freedom and fulfilment of Awakening.
An evening of talks, discussion, meditation and ritual exploring the current Sangha night theme. Sangha night is open to those who have completed our Introductory Course (not suitable for newcomers).
‘Hybrid’ Sangha Night
In person – booking is optional, you can do this by clicking the event titles on this page.
Online – Join on Zoom from 7.20pm.
Programme
6.30pm – 7.30pm Shared Meal
7.30pm – 8.10pm Dharma Talk
8.15pm – 8.45pm Discussion groups
8.45pm – 9.15pm Tea Break
9.15pm – 9.45pm Meditation
Coming up at Sangha Night
Tue
24 May
Mitra Ceremonies
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm
24 May
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm
Tonight at Sangha Night, come and celebrate with the folks who will become Mitras in a moving ceremony, full of joy and colour.
As is tradition we are collecting cards and gifts for the new mitras.
Main event from 7.30pm
Tue
31 May
Sangha Night: The Higher Realms
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm
31 May
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm
Dharmamayi completes our tour of the six realms of the wheel with a talk on the realms of the Devas and of the Human realm.
The current Sangha Night theme: The Wheel, the Spiral, and the Goal. Escape from the ultimate vicious circle, into the complete freedom and fulfilment of Awakening.
Shared Meal – food served from 6.30pm; rice provided, you bring the spice!
Dharma Talk at 7.30pm followed by discussion groups
Meditation at 9.15 – 9.45pm
Tue
7 Jun
Sangha Night: Finding the Door
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm
7 Jun
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm
Satyajyoti points the way to the door to liberation from the endless going round and around of the Wheel of Life.
The current Sangha Night theme: The Wheel, the Spiral, and the Goal. Escape from the ultimate vicious circle, into the complete freedom and fulfilment of Awakening.
Shared Meal – food served from 6.30pm; rice provided, you bring the spice!
Dharma Talk at 7.30pm followed by discussion groups
Meditation at 9.15 – 9.45pm
Tue
14 Jun
Sangha Night: Three Short Talks
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm
14 Jun
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm
Three sangha members each give a talk on their personal experience of being stuck in one of the realms and how they got out.
The current Sangha Night theme: The Wheel, the Spiral, and the Goal. Escape from the ultimate vicious circle, into the complete freedom and fulfilment of Awakening.
Shared Meal – food served from 6.30pm; rice provided, you bring the spice!
Dharma Talk at 7.30pm followed by discussion groups
Meditation at 9.15 – 9.45pm
Tue
21 Jun
Sangha Night: Mind Reactive and Creative
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm
21 Jun
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm
Vadanya touches on the essence of Buddhism – the mind and its two modes.
The current Sangha Night theme: The Wheel, the Spiral, and the Goal. Escape from the ultimate vicious circle, into the complete freedom and fulfilment of Awakening.
Shared Meal – food served from 6.30pm; rice provided, you bring the spice!
Dharma Talk at 7.30pm followed by discussion groups
Meditation at 9.15 – 9.45pm
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Listen again to Sangha night talks
The Wheel, the Spiral and the Goal
The first talk in a new sangha night series: The Wheel, the Spiral, and the Goal.
Tonight’s talk will be an introduction to the theme from Vadanya. Escape from the ultimate vicious circle, into the complete freedom and fulfilment of Awakening.
Talk given at sangha night 19.04.22
Mind Training: The Sevenfold Puja
Bodhinaga introduces the sevenfold puja in the context of the Mind Training tradition to conclude the theme of Light in the Dark.
Samsara is full of surprises. It won’t do what we want. In the end it always lets us down.
But the Dharma gives us the tools to cope with this.
Life is a Dream
The Dharma invites us to consider the possibility that nothing exists in the way that we think it does. What would it be like if we could see that all of the things we usually get caught up in are as transient and insubstantial as dreams? Satyajyoti will be exploring this perspective through the mind training slogan, ‘All dharmas are dreamlike’.
Intensifying practice in the midst of everyday life using the mind training slogans opens up the possibility to change how we live and free ourselves and others from the dissatisfaction of our habits.
Samsara is full of surprises. It won’t do what we want. In the end it always lets us down.
But the Dharma gives us the tools to cope with this.
In this series we’ll explore how, through:
The wisdom approach
The heroic approach
The compassionate approach
And…
The hardline approach
Recorded at Sheffield Buddhist Centre 05.04.22
Special Events
We run events of many sorts for people at all levels of commitment – short retreats, study of Buddhist texts, meditative ‘sesshins’ and occasional arts activities like singing workshops.
We also celebrate the major festivals of the Buddhist calendar:
- Wesak and Parinirvana Day, commemorating the Buddha’s Enlightenment and his death.
- Dharma Day and Sangha Day celebrating the Buddha’s teachings and the spiritual community of his followers.
- Padmasambhava Day when we fete the historical and mythological accomplishments of the character who established Buddhism in Tibet.
Special Events coming up
Sat
21 May
Green Tara: Day Retreat for Mitras and Order members
10:00 am - 4:30 pm
21 May
10:00 am - 4:30 pm
Prajnasri and Lilamati are offering a series of day retreats exploring the figures of the Five Female Buddhas (or ‘Five Prajnas’). Like their male counterparts, each figure is connected with a particular colour, gesture, animal and time of day, as well as with a particular aspect of the wisdom of the Enlightened mind. The retreat days will be based around the beautiful pujas to these figures written by Vessantara, and will include meditation, reflection, short talks, discussion and devotional practice.
Green Tara – Saturday 21st May 2022
The retreat days will be in person and will be open to all Order Members and mitras.
- Please bring lunch to share
- There will be an opportunity for written reflection during the day so you may like to bring a notebook and pen
Sun
22 May
Sangha Arts Expo
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
22 May
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Do you write, think up new ideas, make textiles, pots, music, prints,
videos, perform, tell stories, crack jokes, paint, draw or decorate?
Would you like to get going? Encouragement? Feedback? An
audience to test new ideas? If you scribble on the side of your fridge
or sing in the bath ….whether you consider yourself an “artist” or your
school told you not to bother, this is for you.
Like to explore ideas that are innovative and unusual and that are not
limited or controlled by ‘rules’ or tradition? Let’s meet, share our
creations/ arts activities and find ways to move on, break free,
spiritually and creatively. Let’s encourage each other to be true
individuals, to feel the fear, do it anyway and dare to dream!
Please note I am not running this session officially… wish to be an equal participant!
Perhaps we can discuss what we all want & how often we wish to meet? Abhayamala.
In the Great Hall – arrive from 3.45pm. We’ll rest things against walls or pass around. Plan is to keep everything as easy as poss.
Open to everyone who has completed our 12-week introductory course.
Thu
2 Jun
Sangha Works Day
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
2 Jun
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Help make Sheffield Buddhist Centre better than it’s ever been.
We’ll be brushing up the interior, doing cleaning, maintenance and other gardening jobs for all abilities. It’s a rare opportunity for a workout in the service of the Dharma.
Come and join Sangha friends to contribute to our beautiful Centre in the most practical way, and have fun, too!
Come at 10am for the opening ritual. Lunch will be provided.
Sun
19 Jun
Summer Fair
All Day
19 Jun
All Day
Summer Fair
The Buddhist Centre Summer Fair is the main event of the Walkley festival and the social event to which you can invite your family, friends & colleagues. There are bargains, raffles, silly games, delicious veggie food and lots of things to try. To join the team that prepares for and runs the Fair, contact the office.
Sun
10 Jul
Dharma Day Festival
All Day
10 Jul
All Day
This major Buddhist Festival celebrates the truth as seen by the Buddha, and the path that leads to the truth.
Retreats Coming Up
Fri - Sun
22 - 24Jul
Sangha Retreat
7:00 pm - 3:30 pm
22 - 24Jul
7:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Lockerbrook Sangha Retreat
Deepen your practice and make friends on a weekend with the Sangha at Lockerbrook in the Peak District.
Please book below.
We’re looking forward to being back on retreat together!
Fri - Sun
9 - 11Dec
Sangha Retreat
7:00 pm - 3:30 pm
9 - 11Dec
7:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Dukes Barn Sangha Retreat
Deepen your practice and make friends on a weekend with the Sangha at Duke’s Barn in the Peak District.
Please book below.
We’re looking forward to being back on retreat together!
Retreats
Deepen your practice and make friends on retreat with the Sangha.
Please book through the event pages.