Author Archives: Centre Team

FWBO 1975–77 era

In this talk Rat­na­guna shares his per­sonal exper­i­ence of the mid-1970s in the Friends of the West­ern Buddhist Order, now the Tri­r­atna Buddhist Com­munity
Rat­na­guna spent time around the first North Lon­don Buddhist Centre dur­ing this period and gives his account of the “spirit of the age”. The talk fol­lowed the show­ing of a film by Suryaprabha […]

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British Buddhism Today

A talk by Mun­isha at the fifth annual Manchester Buddhist Con­fer­ence on 19th June
As Clear Vision’s rep­res­ent­at­ive at the Net­work of Buddhist Organ­isa­tions, Mun­isha gives the key­note speech on behalf of the Net­work. She is also a trustee of the Manchester Buddhist Centre.
Focus­sing on the diversity within Brit­ish Buddhism, the dif­fi­culty of estim­at­ing our num­bers, and […]

FWBO 1971–74 era

In this talk Sona shares his per­sonal exper­i­ence of the early 1970s in the Friends of the West­ern Buddhist Order, now the Tri­r­atna Buddhist Com­munity
Sona spent time around the first North Lon­don Buddhist Centre dur­ing this period and gives his account of the “spirit of the age”. The talk fol­lowed the show­ing of a film by […]

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A Talk on the Bodhicaryavatara by Vadanya

In a rous­ing talk, Vadanya intro­duces Shantideva’s Bod­hi­caryavatara, the first talk in a series on the Sev­en­fold Puja at the Manchester Buddhist Centre given on 11th Janu­ary 2010
The Sev­en­fold Puja is the devo­tional cere­mony used at the Centre and within the FWBO, and the Bod­hi­caryavatara is the text upon which it is based

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Bod­hi­caryavatara, Puja, Vadanya

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Sanghanussati

Sanghanus­sati means ‘recol­lec­tion of the Sangha’ and Rat­na­guna looks at the Sangha sec­tion of the Tiratana Vandana in this talk at the Manchester Buddhist Centre on 21st April 2009.

Sangha Vandana Handout

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Rat­na­guna, Sanghanus­sati, Sanghavandana

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Refuge Tree Series: Atisha

A talk given by Day­anandi at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 21st April 2008

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Day­anandi, Refuge tree

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Sangharakshita at Manchester Buddhist Centre 2008

Sangharak­shita vis­ited Manchester Buddhist Centre on 7th April 2008 and gave a talk on the Six Emphases of the FWBO
With intro­duc­tion by Rat­na­guna
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FWBO, Sangharakshita

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The Bodhisattva Ideal and the Bodhicitta part 4

Series on Eight Verses for Train­ing the Mind: The Bod­hisat­tva Ideal and the Bod­h­i­citta — talk 4 by Sona at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 27th Octo­ber 2006
Unfor­tu­nately the talk wasn’t recor­ded, but the slides are here for com­plete­ness.
Slides to go with the talk:

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Bod­h­i­citta, Bod­hisat­tva Ideal, Sona

The Bodhisattva Ideal and the Bodhicitta part 3

Series on Eight Verses for Train­ing the Mind: The Bod­hisat­tva Ideal and the Bod­h­i­citta — talk 3 by Sona at Manchester Buddhist Centre 13th Octo­ber 2006.
Unfor­tu­nately the talk wasn’t recor­ded, but the slides are here for com­plete­ness.
Slides to go with the talk:

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Bod­h­i­citta, Bod­hisat­tva Ideal, Sona

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