Manchester Buddhist Centre

Following last year’s two suc­cess­ful week­end retreats with the Manchester sangha, Sona and Vidyamala will lead another two week­end retreats this year

These retreats will con­tinue to explore the theme of vis­ion and trans­form­a­tion. In 2009 they explored vis­ion — look­ing at big top­ics such as imper­man­ence and empti­ness. This year they will begin to explore vis­ion in terms of what we can aim at here and now, and look at how we can act­ively tread the path of trans­form­a­tion whilst liv­ing in Greater Manchester in the 21st cen­tury, with all the com­plex­it­ies of the mod­ern world

One of Sangharakshita’s key teach­ings is the import­ance of becom­ing a ‘true indi­vidual’ — someone who is neither over-conforming to a group, nor rebelling against it. An indi­vidual is someone who knows them­selves well and is able to ‘stand tall’ — com­fort­able in their own lives and con­vic­tions and yet recept­ive and open to oth­ers. On the week­end we will have talks and dis­cus­sions on this theme

The pro­gramme will also include med­it­a­tion and devo­tional practices

The second week­end retreat led by Sona and Vidyamala is in October. Click here for details