Moving into May
An active bank holiday weekend coming up, with two friendly events open to everyone, and a reminder of some more May highlights....
New six-week courses starting soon
The next series of Buddhism and meditation evening classes starts soon, for complete beginners and for those wanting to go further....
Now taking bookings …
There are some great events coming up - what a pity to miss them because you forgot to book!....
Special Events to start the Spring
Two wonderful events in March, plus a little bonus one, to open our hearts and bring beauty into our lives....
What’s really happening this weekend!
Very sorry, but there are some late changes to the Centre's events this coming weekend....
Solstice at Manchester Buddhist Centre
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! ....
Calling female sangha members
The Centre's Jewel Singers need help from female sangha members please....
Shakyajata and friends in India again
Shakyajata, an Order Member from the Centre, is off to India again for a very varied two month trip....
Calendars and crafts
We're busy filling up the shop with new stock and now have lots of delightful 2013 calendars and diaries ....
Glossop meditation group starts
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....
Where does the money go?
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?....
A Buddhist Manifesto
The world today is very different from that in which Buddhism began....
Jam Jar Appeal
If you've been in the Centre lately, you might have seen a little table full of glass jars....
Solitude and Loneliness: A Buddhist View
In his new book, Sarvananda explores the themes of isolation, loneliness and solitude from a Buddhist perspective ....
Reflections on death
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....
Young Buddhists
Did you know that Manchester Buddhist Centre has its own young people's group?....
Is Compassion the Answer to Suffering in the World?
You can now listen to the last in our series of public talks, given by Dayanandi last Saturday....
Triratna news
Have you had a look at the Triratna Buddhist Community's new website recently?....
Sailing the worldly winds together
Working with our everyday experience can be one of our greatest challenges....
After the riots
Not by hatred is hatred overcome in this world. It is overcome by love. This is the eternal law....
Manchester Buddhist Centre past and present
Seventeen years ago, a group of Manchester Buddhists took on a derelict six-storey warehouse in a run-down part of town....
Lost property
Have you left anything at the Centre? There's quite a bit of stuff in the lost property box....
Pass it on — check your spam box
The Buddhist Centre sends out a lot of emails, and regrettably, some providers mistake us for spammers....
Listen again to Dayanandi’s Sangha Night talks
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....
An outwardly simple and inwardly rich life
If you missed Ratnaguna's public talk at the weekend, or want to hear it again, it's now on the website....
Another great talk
Vishvapani speaks about the historical Buddha and his relationship with the natural world....
How can we see Parinirvana Day as a celebration?
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....
Buddhism for children and teenagers
Clear Vision are proud to launch their free Dharma web pages for children and teenagers....
Shakyajata and friends in India
Local Order member Shakyajata is back in India, working with young computer students from poor and marginalised communities....
Buddhist authors introduce their books
Watch video clips of some of the Triratna Buddhist Community's leading writers....
Another poetry prize for Aryamati
Local Order member Aryamati has won a poetry prize in the Didsbury Arts Festival....
An appeal
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....
Young Indian Futures
Local Order member Shakyajata gives an update on the progress of the young people she is working with in India....
Poetry and practice
Aryamati, an Order member from our centre has won the North West Libraries poetry prize....
British Buddhism Today
A talk by Munisha at the fifth annual Manchester Buddhist Conference on 19th June ....
We are now the Triratna Buddhist Community
While many of us celebrated our movement's name change here in Manchester, Dayamala was at the Triratna International Retreat ....
Tags: Retreats, Triratna
Bringing our practice into the city
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.....
Country walks — could you lead one?
The Sangha walking group organises monthly walks in the countryside around Manchester....
FWBO becomes Triratna Buddhist Community!
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....
Munisha on the radio
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....
Welcome event for the MBC’s new chairperson — Dayamala
Just a reminder that on this Thursday, 21st January, there will be a welcome event for our new Chairperson - Dayamala....
MBC receives Marque of Excellence
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....
Sign up for Facebook to join Young People in the FWBO
For young people in the FWBO, another way to connect with other young Buddhists, through Facebook....
New Website Launch!
It's been a long time coming but we hope you'll agree it's bigger, brighter and better.....
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