Day Retreats and Residential Retreats
Festival Day Retreat - The Buddha's Paranirvana
Sunday 26 February 10:30am – 4pm
Parinirvana Day is a time to recall the Buddha’s final days and his passing into full and perfect Enlightenment, as he leaves his physical body.
On this very important Festival Day Shakyapada will lead us on a reflection of the Buddha's final days and and his death by exploring verses from the Maha-parinibbana Sutta, a beautiful evocation of the Buddha’s final teaching and acts.
Open to all over 18.
Gender Diverse Day Retreat - Manchester Buddhist Centre
Sunday 26 February 10:30am – 4:45pm
This will be a practice day led by Dharmamayi and Nagakusala including meditation, Dharma study, bodywork and Puja.
Suitable for anyone who considers themselves to be Buddhist and gender diverse. “Gender Diverse” is an umbrella term to describe a variety of
experiences someone may have in respect of their gender identity,
expression, or understanding where it does not conform to the norms and
stereotypes others expect.
Manchester Buddhist Centre, Turner Street, Manchester, M4 1DZ 10.30 to 16.45
Breaking out of the Prison of Samsara - Residential Sangha Weekend
Friday 24 March – Sunday 26 March
On this retreat Taravandana, Mahasraddha and Shakyapada will lead us in exploring one of the most popular accounts of the Buddhist spiritual path - The Bodhicarayavatara, or way of the Bodhisattva, written in the early eighth century by Santideva. It takes as its subject the profound desire to become a Buddha and save all beings from suffering. The person who enacts such a desire is a Bodhisattva, and Santideva not only sets out the proctice of a Bodisattva but he also evokes the intense feelings of aspiration of one who is intent on following this path.
Spring Residential Sangha Retreat at the Beamsley Project in the Yorkshire Dales. Open to all who have attended an Introductory Course or who have a regular meditation practice.