Manchester Buddhist Centre

An active bank holiday weekend coming up, with two friendly events open to everyone, and a reminder of some more May highlights....

The next series of Buddhism and meditation evening classes starts soon, for complete beginners and for those wanting to go further....

There are some great events coming up - what a pity to miss them because you forgot to book!....

Two wonderful events in March, plus a little bonus one, to open our hearts and bring beauty into our lives....

Very sorry, but there are some late changes to the Centre's events this coming weekend....

Exhaustion, stress and perhaps sadness are part of many people's experience at this time of year, instead of the positive emotions we're told we 'should' be feeling! ....

The Centre's Jewel Singers need help from female sangha members please....

Shakyajata, an Order Member from the Centre, is off to India again for a very varied two month trip....

We're busy filling up the shop with new stock and now have lots of delightful 2013 calendars and diaries ....

A few local Sangha members are setting up a new group - do come along if you're in or near Glossop and would like to meditate together without struggling to the Centre....

We probably all know that the Centre is a registered charity, but have you ever wondered where its money comes from, how it's spent and how the Centre's doing financially nowadays?....

The world today is very different from that in which Buddhism began....

If you've been in the Centre lately, you might have seen a little table full of glass jars....

In his new book, Sarvananda explores the themes of isolation, loneliness and solitude from a Buddhist perspective ....

In this moving talk, Priyavadita shares some reflec­tions on death, includ­ing his exper­i­ence of work­ing as a nurse in a busy A and E department....

Did you know that Manchester Buddhist Centre has its own young people's group?....

You can now listen to the last in our series of public talks, given by Dayanandi last Saturday....

Have you had a look at the Triratna Buddhist Community's new website recently?....

Working with our everyday experience can be one of our greatest challenges....

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

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

Have you left anything at the Centre? There's quite a bit of stuff in the lost property box....

The Buddhist Centre sends out a lot of emails, and regrettably, some providers mistake us for spammers....

Dayanandi is part way through a series of talks at the Centre on the stages of the spiritual path, and we can all listen to them through the website....

If you missed Ratnaguna's public talk at the weekend, or want to hear it again, it's now on the website....

Vishvapani speaks about the historical Buddha and his relationship with the natural world....

In a Parinirvana Day talk, Chandana looks at the traumatic losses we can face in our lives, and how they can act as catalysts for positive change....

Clear Vision are proud to launch their free Dharma web pages for children and teenagers....

Local Order member Shakyajata is back in India, working with young computer students from poor and marginalised communities....

Watch video clips of some of the Triratna Buddhist Community's leading writers....

Local Order member Aryamati has won a poetry prize in the Didsbury Arts Festival....

We are making an appeal to you, as we know the Manchester Buddhist Centre has touched your life in some way over the past few years....

Local Order member Shakyajata gives an update on the progress of the young people she is working with in India....

Aryamati, an Order member from our centre has won the North West Libraries poetry prize....

A talk by Munisha at the fifth annual Manchester Buddhist Conference on 19th June ....

While many of us celebrated our movement's name change here in Manchester, Dayamala was at the Triratna International Retreat ....

Tags: Retreats, Triratna

In a joyful and inspiring ceremony last weekend, the Centre formally received the North West Multi-​​Faith Tourism Association’s (NWMFTA) Marque of Excellence for our excellent visitor welcome.....

The Sangha walking group organises monthly walks in the countryside around Manchester....

You may be aware that the Western Buddhist Order (WBO) and the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (FWBO) have been in the process of agreeing to change their names....

The MBC's Munisha was on the BBC Radio Four programme Beyond Belief on Monday, in a programme looking at something called the New Monasticism....

Just a reminder that on this Thursday, 21st January, there will be a welcome event for our new Chairperson - Dayamala....

Manchester Buddhist Centre has been awarded the North West Multi-Faith Tourism Association's Marque of Excellence for its outstanding welcome to visitors, tourists, and people new to the Centre....

For young people in the FWBO, another way to connect with other young Buddhists, through Facebook....

It's been a long time coming but we hope you'll agree it's bigger, brighter and better.....