Manchester Buddhist Centre

Tues­day 7th July

2.00–10.00pm

Dona­tion

After­noon and even­ing programme

• 2 — 5 pm: Prac­tice in shrine room — suit­able for those who have been to a Buddhism intro­duct­ory course
• 5.30 — 6.45 pm: Shared veget­arian food in tea area — please bring some­thing to share — all welcome
• 7pm: Talk by Sona — all welcome
• 8.30-ish Fest­ive Sev­en­fold Puja

Turn­ing the Wheel of the Dharma — Intro­duc­tion to Sona’s Talk

On the full-moon day of July, pre­cisely two months after his Enlight­en­ment at Buddhagaya, the Buddha delivered his first dis­course to the group of five ascet­ics who had been His dis­ciples pre­vi­ously. This is often called the First Turn­ing of the Wheel of the Dharma. Without this com­pas­sion­ate act of the Buddha there would be today no Dharma, no Enlight­en­ment, no path to free­dom. Down the cen­tur­ies there have been other great indi­vidu­als who con­tin­ued the work of the Buddha, so the Dharma has been able to spread to mil­lions and mil­lions of human beings right up to the present day.

Fol­low­ing on from his last talk at Wesak, explor­ing the Buddha’s Enlight­en­ment, Sona will now con­tinue to fol­low the story of the Buddha in this talk for Dharma Day. He will also look at three other great indi­vidu­als whose effect of the Buddhist world can be seen as part of a great revolu­tion — the Dharma Revolu­tion! He will also look at how we too can par­ti­cip­ate in the great work of spread­ing light in the dark­ness of this world of ours.

Any­one who has atten­ded Buddhism intro­duct­ory course

Just turn up, no book­ing required

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Lotus hall

Tak­ing it fur­ther, Sangha, Fest­ival & Ritual