Sangha events
Sangha events are open to anyone who has completed our Introductory Course.
Calendar
Event List
Thu
26 May
Early Morning Meditation
7:00 am - 7:45 am
26 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
27 May
Early Morning Meditation
7:00 am - 7:45 am
27 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
27 May
Friday Night Meditation – Zoom only
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
27 May
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Jayagupta leads a double meditation every Friday 7.30pm – 9pm on Zoom
Follow the zoom link.
Mon
30 May
Early Morning Meditation
7:00 am - 7:45 am
30 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 ***
Tue
31 May
Early Morning Meditation
7:00 am - 7:45 am
31 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 ***
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
Slack is a simple way for all the Sangha to stay connected and to find out about upcoming events and Centre news.
Contact us to sign up.
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.
Retreats Coming Up
Retreats
Deepen your practice and make friends on retreat with the Sangha.
Please book through the event pages.