Manchester Buddhist Centre

Seventeen years ago, a group of Manchester Buddhists took on a derel­ict six-storey ware­house in a run-down part of town

Two years later they opened the stun­ning centre we still have today. Many of us weren’t around to see this hap­pen and it can be hard now to ima­gine how on earth they did it.

Padmadarshini, one of the Centre’s trust­ees, has spoken to some of the key fig­ures and recor­ded a story of extraordin­ary com­mit­ment, gen­er­os­ity and creativity.

Times have changed but what con­tin­ues is our col­lect­ive abil­ity to keep the centre alive and grow­ing. Padmadarshini now invites and incites us all to bring our own twenty-first cen­tury energy, tal­ent and com­mit­ment to find ways to do this.

Read her account, share your responses, get in touch …