In this talk Sona shares his personal experience of the early 1970s in the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order, now the Triratna Buddhist Community

Sona spent time around the first North London Buddhist Centre during this period and gives his account of the “spirit of the age”. The talk followed the showing of a film by Suryaprabha on the history of the FWBO covering that period.

The talk was given at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 19th April 2010.

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Talk given by Dayamala on Parinirvana Day, 15th February 2010, at Manchester Buddhist Centre

On Parinirvana Day, one of the four main festivals of the Buddhist year, we commemorate the Buddha’s death. We also remember our family and friends who have left this world, and the inescapable truth of our own passing. We gather together as a sangha on Parinirvana Day to meditate, contemplate and practise devotional ritual.

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The Sevenfold Puja is used as a collective devotional practice and derives from a Mahayana Buddhist text by Shantideva called the Bodhicaryavatara – a kind of manual for aspiring Bodhisattvas. It takes one through seven spiritual moods ultimately designed to arouse the Bodhicitta, the will to Enlightenment.

1. Worship

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Ratnaguna gives the seventh talk in the Sev­en­fold Puja series at Manchester Buddhist Centre, on Entreaty and Supplication, 1st March 2010. He includes a summary of the structure of the Puja.

The Sevenfold Puja is used as a collective devotional practice and derives from a Mahayana Buddhist text by Shantideva called the Bodhicaryavatara – a kind of manual for aspiring Bodhisattvas. It takes one through seven spiritual moods ultimately designed to arouse the Bodhicitta, the will to Enlightenment.

1. Worship

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The sixth talk in the Sev­en­fold Puja series at the Manchester Buddhist Centre, Rejoicing in Merits

Delivered on 22nd February 2010 by Buddhashanti

Includes Ratnaguna rejoicing in Buddhashanti’s merits, and questions and answers

The Sevenfold Puja is used as a collective devotional practice and derives from a Mahayana Buddhist text by Shantideva called the Bodhicaryavatara – a kind of manual for aspiring Bodhisattvas. It takes one through seven spiritual moods ultimately designed to arouse the Bodhicitta, the will to Enlightenment.

1. Worship

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The fourth talk in the Sev­en­fold Puja series at Manchester Buddhist Centre, on Going For Refuge, the definitive Buddhist act

Delivered on 1st February 2010 by Mahasraddha.

The Sevenfold Puja is used as a collective devotional practice and derives from a Mahayana Buddhist text by Shantideva called the Bodhicaryavatara – a kind of manual for aspiring Bodhisattvas. It takes one through seven spiritual moods ultimately designed to arouse the Bodhicitta, the will to Enlightenment.

1. Worship

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Third talk in a series at Manchester Buddhist Centre on the Sevenfold Puja, given on 25th January 2010 by Suryaka, in which she covers the topic of Salutation

In this talk Suryaka explores the range of possible responses we can have to Buddhism, from contentment with worldly life, to intellectual agreement with Buddhism, or to the wholesale devotion exemplified by Shantideva.

The Sevenfold Puja is used as a collective devotional practice and derives from a Mahayana Buddhist text by Shantideva called the Bodhicaryavatara – a kind of manual for aspiring Bodhisattvas. It takes one through seven spiritual moods ultimately designed to arouse the Bodhicitta, the will to Enlightenment.

1. Worship

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In this talk, the second in a 2010 series on the Puja, Maniraja explores the first section: Worship

The Sevenfold Puja is used as a collective devotional practice and derives from a Mahayana Buddhist text by Shantideva called the Bodhicaryavatara – a kind of manual for aspiring Bodhisattvas. It takes one through seven spiritual moods ultimately designed to arouse the Bodhicitta, the will to Enlightenment.

1. Worship

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The Sevenfold Puja is the devotional ceremony used at the Centre and within the Triratna Buddhist Community. The Bodhicaryavatara is the text upon which it is based.

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After his talk on Life with Full Attention at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 7th September 2009, Maitreyabandhu introduces the class to home projects on day-to-day mindfulness.

Maitreyabandhu is an experienced teacher and Life with Full Attention – a Practical Course in Mindfulness is his second book. He has also published articles on Buddhism and meditation in the UK and abroad, and has presented Buddhism in the media, including television and radio.

He has worked in such diverse fields as the visual arts, opera and alternative health, and is a prize-winning poet. He is currently the director of Breathing Space, the London Buddhist Centre’s health and wellbeing programme.

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