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As we enter a future of increased physical isolation finding skilful ways to connect online as a Sheffield Sangha is becoming more important.

Slack is a simple way for all the Sangha to stay connected and to find out about upcoming events and Centre news.

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National Lockdown - Response from Sheffield Buddhist Centre

At the Sheffield Buddhist Centre we’ve updated some of the activities at the Centre in line with the new lockdown regulations:

  • Sangha night will be on Zoom only (starting from today Tuesday January 5)
  • Groups won’t be able to meet either inside or outside the Centre
  • We can still meet one other person in the Centre garden
  • The morning meditation will carry on being open for people to attend in person.

It is still allowed for people to attend “places of worship” for ”communal worship” but “prayer or study groups” are not permitted.

We’ve interpreted this to mean that the type of discussion groups that we hold on Sangha night aren’t possible at the moment so we have reluctantly decided that Sangha night will be on zoom only for now.

You are required to book for all in-person events. When booking a place please consider
  • You are required to wear a mask in the building
  • Keep 2m socially distanced in the building & grounds 
  • We will record the details of everyone coming into the Centre for Track and Trace.
  • If you are experiencing symptoms of Covid-19 or have been in contact with someone with Covid do not to come to the Centre until the NHS advises you that it is safe to do so.

 

We are doing all we can to set up and implement Covid secure protocols but ultimately it is the responsibility of each individual to make the decision to come to our in person events or not. Where possible we will be offering an online option.

Satyajyoti
Chair of the Sheffield Buddhist Centre
05.01.21

Calendar

Event List

Mon - Mon
25 - 25Jan
Early Morning Meditation
7:00 am - 9:00 am

Join the men’s community in the Great Hall for weekday morning meditations. Please book if you would like to reserve a place, or you can drop in as it’s unlikely that we will reach our social distanced capacity.

Over these next 3 weeks we have changed the time of morning meditations at the Buddhist Centre so that we can join in with ‘The Meditation Challenge’ daily 8am Zoom meditation. We are now offering two sits:

7am – the usual un-led meditation practice, mindfulness of breathing and metta bhavana on alternate days.

8am – we will log in to Zoom to join The Meditation Challenge meditation session from the London Buddhist Centre

Please arrive a few minutes before 7am or 8am to get set up.

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Tue - Tue
26 - 26Jan
Early Morning Meditation
7:00 am - 9:00 am

Join the men’s community in the Great Hall for weekday morning meditations. Please book if you would like to reserve a place, or you can drop in as it’s unlikely that we will reach our social distanced capacity.

Over these next 3 weeks we have changed the time of morning meditations at the Buddhist Centre so that we can join in with ‘The Meditation Challenge’ daily 8am Zoom meditation. We are now offering two sits:

7am – the usual un-led meditation practice, mindfulness of breathing and metta bhavana on alternate days.

8am – we will log in to Zoom to join The Meditation Challenge meditation session from the London Buddhist Centre

Please arrive a few minutes before 7am or 8am to get set up.

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Tue - Tue
26 - 26Jan
Sangha Night: The Haunted Man
7:15 pm - 9:30 pm

Stories of the Path

Tonight, Maitridasa tells a tale…

Using stories to unlock the secrets of our System of Practice, from true tales to mighty myths within the Buddhist tradition and beyond.

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Wed - Wed
27 - 27Jan
Early Morning Meditation
7:00 am - 9:00 am

Join the men’s community in the Great Hall for weekday morning meditations. Please book if you would like to reserve a place, or you can drop in as it’s unlikely that we will reach our social distanced capacity.

Over these next 3 weeks we have changed the time of morning meditations at the Buddhist Centre so that we can join in with ‘The Meditation Challenge’ daily 8am Zoom meditation. We are now offering two sits:

7am – the usual un-led meditation practice, mindfulness of breathing and metta bhavana on alternate days.

8am – we will log in to Zoom to join The Meditation Challenge meditation session from the London Buddhist Centre

Please arrive a few minutes before 7am or 8am to get set up.

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Thu - Thu
28 - 28Jan
Early Morning Meditation
7:00 am - 9:00 am

Join the men’s community in the Great Hall for weekday morning meditations. Please book if you would like to reserve a place, or you can drop in as it’s unlikely that we will reach our social distanced capacity.

Over these next 3 weeks we have changed the time of morning meditations at the Buddhist Centre so that we can join in with ‘The Meditation Challenge’ daily 8am Zoom meditation. We are now offering two sits:

7am – the usual un-led meditation practice, mindfulness of breathing and metta bhavana on alternate days.

8am – we will log in to Zoom to join The Meditation Challenge meditation session from the London Buddhist Centre

Please arrive a few minutes before 7am or 8am to get set up.

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Sangha Night

'Stories of the Path'

Using stories to unlock the secrets of our System of Practice, from true tales to mighty myths within the Buddhist tradition and beyond.

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).

Sangha Night will be Zoom-only  from the 5th of January. Click the button below to join the Zoom meeting.

Sangha Night Zoom Link

Programme

7.15pm  Zoom room Open

7.30pm – 8.05pm Dharma Talk

8.05pm – 8.15pm Tea Break

8.15pm – 8.55pm Discussion groups

8.55pm – 9.00pm Tea Break

9.00pm – 9.30pm Meditation

Coming up at Sangha Night

Tue - Tue
26 - 26Jan
Sangha Night: The Haunted Man
7:15 pm - 9:30 pm

Stories of the Path

Tonight, Maitridasa tells a tale…

Using stories to unlock the secrets of our System of Practice, from true tales to mighty myths within the Buddhist tradition and beyond.

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Tue - Tue
2 - 2Feb
Sangha Night: The Lambton Worm
7:15 pm - 9:30 pm

Stories of the Path

Vadanya recounts the legendary tale of the Lambton Worm.

Using stories to unlock the secrets of our System of Practice, from true tales to mighty myths within the Buddhist tradition and beyond.

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Tue - Tue
9 - 9Feb
Sangha Night: Three Short Talks
7:15 pm - 9:30 pm

Stories of the Path

Three sangha members share their personal stories of the path.

Using stories to unlock the secrets of our System of Practice, from true tales to mighty myths within the Buddhist tradition and beyond.

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Tue - Tue
16 - 16Feb
Sangha Night: Asanga, Maitreya and A Dog
7:15 pm - 9:30 pm

Stories of the Path

Satyajyoti shares a story of three beings…

Using stories to unlock the secrets of our System of Practice, from true tales to mighty myths within the Buddhist tradition and beyond.

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Tue - Tue
23 - 23Feb
Sangha Night
7:15 pm - 9:30 pm

More details to come.

 

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Listen again to Sangha night talks

3 December 2020

Angulimala

with Prajñāśrī

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1 December 2020

The Honeyball Sutta

with Vadanya

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1 December 2020

The Tantric Rites Retreat part 1

Satyajyoti

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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 - Sat
13 - 13Feb
Sheffield Earth metta group Buddhafield event
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

This event, organised by the Sheffield Earth metta group, will include a presentation by part of the Buddhafield team, a question and answer session and a meditation. The event will be about 1.5 rich and inspiring hours in duration. More details will follow nearer the time. Look forward to seeing you.

Seen as international pioneers of Eco dharma practice, Buddhafield is a collaboration of Buddhists involved with the Triratna Buddhist Community. It hosts the inspiring Buddhafield Festival, the Green Earth awakening, retreats, online events and manages beautiful land holdings in Devon. Buddhafield Festival is a joyful gathering of people, celebrating community and connection with the land. https://www.buddhafield.com

With metta,
Andi and Lilamati

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Sun - Sun
14 - 14Feb
Parinirvana Day Festival
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Our first festival of the year, marking the Buddha’s passing into final Nirvana at ‘death’. We will also be remembering friends and loved ones who have passed away during the previous year. Email or bring with you a photo of your loved one with their name to the Buddhist Centre for them to be included in the ritual.

2pm Meditation

3pm Parinirvana Day Ritual

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Sat - Sat
20 - 20Feb
Monthly YUBS Event
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Young (Under 35) Buddhists Sheffield Event.

Join us for Dharma, discussion and ritual.

Facilitated by Emma

More details and poster coming up on the YUBS Slack channel. Not on Slack yet? Email the centre and we’ll send you a link, or contact aryadasa@sheffieldbuddhistcentre.org for more information.

 

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Sat - Sat
27 - 27Feb
The Sangha Skills Share
10:00 am - 4:45 pm

The Sangha Skills share returns! Raising more money to give away 

As part of Sangha Day celebrations this year we ran a selection of sangha skill sharing sessions. Sangha members will hosted informal Zoom sessions teaching various skills and together we raised over £500.

Now we return with a second instalment of these fun, interactive sessions.

We invite you to donate to do the sessions, raising money to be given away by the Centre to good causes after Sangha Day. This year we missed out on fundraising with the cancellation of the summer fair, so if you can attend a session this would mean we get another chance to be generous as a sangha, as well as a great way  to come together and have fun.

You will be able to make a donation online. In March we will vote to decide where to give our collected donations. In the past we have given to projects in Sheffield, Venezuela and in India. If you can’t make any of the skills sharing sessions, you are welcome to take this as an opportunity to give anyway.


Read more about the sangha ‘Give it Away’ fund

The sessions will run on Saturday 27th February at either 10am, 2pm or 4pm and will be about 40 minutes long.

 

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Sat - Sat
13 - 13Mar
Monthly YUBS Event
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Young (Under 35) Buddhists Sheffield Event.

Join us for Dharma, discussion and ritual.

Facilitated by Edward.

More details and poster coming up on the YUBS Slack channel. Not on Slack yet? Email the centre and we’ll send you a link, or contact aryadasa@sheffieldbuddhistcentre.org for more information.

 

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Information on what’s on every week at the Buddhist Centre. Please check the Calendar during holidays, timings may vary.

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Jordana

I first became interested in Buddhism as a teenager from a chance encounter with a book found in my school library. I was immediately struck by how Buddhism taught that I could change how I experience the world and that I could grow as a person. However, it wasn’t until many years later at the Sheffield Buddhist centre, that I began to commit myself fully to Buddhist practice as I saw that practicing Buddhist teachings was having a very positive impact on my life and on the lives of others.

I was delighted to join the Still Learning Team in November 2018. My previous work has been as a teacher and as an artist and I feel privileged to be able to bring those skills together with my passion for Buddhism in order to teach children and young people about Buddhism.

Aryadasa

I first came into contact with Buddhism in my final year of university when I attended an introductory course at the Sheffield Buddhist Centre. I was instantly captivated by the revolutionary yet practical nature of the Dharma (teachings of the Buddha).

I began to meditate and apply Buddhism into my daily life and found that it actually worked! I had started to view the world differently and in a way that made me happier. I gained great confidence by this and became a committed Buddhist practitioner soon afterwards.

I enjoy sharing with others what I have learnt and how Buddhism has transformed me so I was delighted to join the Still Learning team in October 2013.

Buddhist Artefacts

Suitable for all Key Stages A fun activity for all ages. Explore a range of traditional Buddhist artefacts. Can you guess what they might be used for? Pupils and teachers love the hands-on approach of this game.
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Ethics and Kamra

We have a range of exercises and activities, depending on ages and ability levels, exploring Buddhist ethics and their implications for how we might live as Buddhists.  

  • What are the five precepts?
  • How do they affect how we live?
  • Do you agree with the Buddha that living like this will make someone happier?
  • What is karma?
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The Life of the Buddha

How did the Buddha become the Buddha? Who was he before? What is enlightenment?

An understanding of the Buddha’s life story is an indispensable introduction to the religion. We draw out the key aspects using a beautiful painting that depicts the different events from the story.

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The Three Jewels

We often theme our tours and visits around the Three Jewels of Buddhism, the Buddha, the Dhamra and the Sangha. Find out why the Three Jewels are common and central to all schools of Buddhism.

  • The Buddha, representing the ultimate potential for human growth,
  • The Dharma, the teachings of the Buddha.
  • The Sangha, the Buddhist community.
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Stilling Activity

Very popular with both students and teachers, this exercise will give you a taste of what it’s like to meditate.
  • You will be amazed how still and quiet your pupils can be!
  • Learn some techniques from experienced Buddhist meditators that you can use every day to stay calm, grounded and positive.
  • It is not a specifically Buddhist exercise and is therefore suitable for people of all religions. It can be easily adapted to suit all ages.
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