Sangha events
Sangha events are open to anyone who has completed our Introductory Course.
Calendar
Event List
Mon
15 May
Morning Meditation
7:00 am - 7:45 am
15 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.
Tue
16 May
Morning Meditation
7:00 am - 7:45 am
16 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.
Tue
16 May
Sangha Night – Building the Pureland
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm
16 May
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm
Satyajyoti continues our theme Living Buddhism with a talk entitled Building the Pureland.
Connect Online Sangha Night
If you are unable to attend in person, you can watch the talk as it is live streamed on our YouTube channel using the link provided below. The link will remain the same each week.
You can also enter an unled Zoom room after the talk for an informal discussion. You can access this room using the link or the the details below. Again, these details will remain the same each week.
Meeting ID: 487 910 136
Passcode: 220600
Wed
17 May
Morning Meditation
7:00 am - 7:45 am
17 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.
Wed
17 May
Introduction to Buddhism and Meditation Course (Weds)
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm
17 May
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm
Our newcomers courses introduce you to the two most important Buddhist meditation practices, along with radical Buddhist ideas that can give a new vision of what it means to be a human being, and a new depth and meaning to life.
Through a combination of team teaching, discussion and practical exercises, this course is the main gateway to the other Buddhist activities at the centre, and to a friendly, thriving community of Buddhist practitioners.
The course will run at Sheffield Buddhist Centre from Wednesday 17th May for 6 weeks at 7.30pm. Don’t worry if you can’t make every session, let us know your availability and we will try and accommodate you. Booking is essential.
All Buddhism classes are offered free of charge. Donations are welcome but completely voluntary. The centre is run on the basis of a ‘generosity economy’.
If you visit this page and no places are available, please email us at info@sheffieldbuddhistcentre.org to join the waiting list.
Sangha Night
Current Theme: Living Buddhism
A New Way to Connect Online with Sangha Night
If you are unable to attend in person, you can watch the talk as it is live streamed on our YouTube channel using the link provided below. The link will remain the same each week.
You can also enter an unled Zoom room after the talk for an informal discussion. You can access this room using the link or the the details below. Again, these details will remain the same each week.
Meeting ID: 487 910 136
Passcode: 220600
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
21 Nov
Sangha Night
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm
21 Nov
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm
Connect Online Sangha Night
If you are unable to attend in person, you can watch the talk as it is live streamed on our YouTube channel using the link provided below. The link will remain the same each week.
You can also enter an unled Zoom room after the talk for an informal discussion. You can access this room using the link or the the details below. Again, these details will remain the same each week.
Meeting ID: 487 910 136
Passcode: 220600
Tue
28 Nov
Sangha Night
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm
28 Nov
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm
Connect Online Sangha Night
If you are unable to attend in person, you can watch the talk as it is live streamed on our YouTube channel using the link provided below. The link will remain the same each week.
You can also enter an unled Zoom room after the talk for an informal discussion. You can access this room using the link or the the details below. Again, these details will remain the same each week.
Meeting ID: 487 910 136
Passcode: 220600
Tue
5 Dec
Sangha Night
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm
5 Dec
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm
Connect Online Sangha Night
If you are unable to attend in person, you can watch the talk as it is live streamed on our YouTube channel using the link provided below. The link will remain the same each week.
You can also enter an unled Zoom room after the talk for an informal discussion. You can access this room using the link or the the details below. Again, these details will remain the same each week.
Meeting ID: 487 910 136
Passcode: 220600
Tue
12 Dec
Sangha Night
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm
12 Dec
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm
Connect Online Sangha Night
If you are unable to attend in person, you can watch the talk as it is live streamed on our YouTube channel using the link provided below. The link will remain the same each week.
You can also enter an unled Zoom room after the talk for an informal discussion. You can access this room using the link or the the details below. Again, these details will remain the same each week.
Meeting ID: 487 910 136
Passcode: 220600
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Listen again to Sangha night talks
Ambedkar Day Festival
We will be honouring the great Indian Buddhist Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar. It was Dr Ambedkar who brought about the rebirth of living Buddhism in India in 1956. As well as converting to Buddhism himself, he initiated hundreds of thousands of others into Buddhism. Dr Ambedkar, like his followers, came from the most downtrodden section of Indian society and Buddhism for him and for them was a means not only of individual liberation but for the transformation of the whole society. The Triratana Buddhist Order continues Dr Ambedkar‘s work in India.
As well as honouring and celebrating this great man, we will also be learning how we can apply Buddhist teachings to our own lives. Dr Ambedkar had a profound insight into the nature of what it means to be a human being and what a human being needs to do in order to develop and change. He saw that any human development must involve others and taught the necessity of profound social change: a Dhamma Revolution.
All timings are for UK (BST)
1:30 Talk by Padmavajra on Dr Ambedkar and his connection with Sangharakshita and Triratna
2:30 Sheffield sangha pilgrims sharing their experiences on the recent pilgrimage to India
3:20 -3:35 Tea/Chai break
3:35 Puja led by Padmavajra
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
Retreats Coming Up
Retreats
Deepen your practice and make friends on retreat with the Sangha.
Please book through the event pages.