Manchester Buddhist Centre

Not by hatred is hatred over­come in this world. It is over­come by love. This is the eternal law

This has been an extraordin­ary week in Manchester and Salford, and we’re sorry we had to close the centre twice at short notice

On Wednesday some people from the centre med­it­ated together in Piccadilly Gardens, send­ing metta, or thoughts of lov­ing kind­ness, to all local people and dis­play­ing the Buddha’s words from the Dhammapada.

The next day, oth­ers joined a mul­ti­faith peace vigil — they are shown chant­ing the man­tra of com­pas­sion, Om mani padme hum.

The centre itself was undam­aged dur­ing the dis­order in the Northern Quarter