Maitreyabandhu introduces the first session of an eight week course in mindfulness at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 7th September 2009, based on his book Life with Full Attention

A talk and a book launch is preceded by a twenty minute meditation.

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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A talk given by Sona at Manchester Buddhist Centre on Dharma Day, 7th July 2009, a tribute to Dharmachari Sudharshan.

On the full-moon day of July, precisely two months after his Enlightenment at Bodhgaya, the Buddha delivered his first discourse to the group of five ascetics who had been his disciples. This is often called the First Turning of the Wheel of the Dharma.

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The last in a series of five talks by Nagapriya on Visions of Mahayana Buddhism including the launch of his new book by the same name.

The Mahayana is often described as the Great Way, a Buddhist movement that is said to have re-vitalised Buddhism.

Talk given at Manchester Buddhist Centre in summer 2009.

Nagapriya lectures on Mahayana Buddhism at Manchester University and is the author of Visions of Mahayana Buddhism: Awakening the Universe to Wisdom and Compassion as well as the very popular Exploring Karma and Rebirth.

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The fourth in a series of five talks by Nagapriya on Visions of Mahayana Buddhism given at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 22nd June 2009

The Mahayana is often described as the Great Way, a Buddhist movement that is said to have revitalised Buddhism.

Nagapriya lectures on Mahayana Buddhism at Manchester University and is the author of Visions of Mahayana Buddhism: Awakening the Universe to Wisdom and Compassion.

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The third in a series of five talks by Nagapriya on Visions of Mahayana Buddhism given at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 15th June 2009

The Mahayana is often described as the Great Way, a Buddhist movement that is said to have revitalised Buddhism.

Nagapriya lectures on Mahayana Buddhism at Manchester University and is the author of Visions of Mahayana Buddhism: Awakening the Universe to Wisdom and Compassion.

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The second in a series of five talks by Nagapriya on Visions of Mahayana Buddhism, given at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 8th June 2009

The Mahayana is often described as the Great Way, a Buddhist movement said to have revitalised Buddhism

Nagapriya lectures on Mahayana Buddhism at Manchester University and is the author of Visions of Mahayana Buddhism: Awakening the Universe to Wisdom and Compassion

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The first of five talks by Nagapriya on Visions of Mahayana Buddhism, given at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 1st June 2009

The Mahayana is often described as the Great Way, a Buddhist movement that is said to have revitalised Buddhism.

Nagapriya lectures on Mahayana Buddhism at Manchester University and is the author of Visions of Mahayana Buddhism: Awakening the Universe to Wisdom and Compassion

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A talk given by Sona at Manchester Buddhist Centre on Wesak, Buddha Day, 9th May 2009

Buddha Day is one of the most important festivals in the Buddhist year, usually celebrated on the full moon in May. We celebrate the Buddha’s enlightenment or awakening.

Sona has been an ordained member of the Triratna Buddhist Order for forty years and his name means Gold. Sona has devoted his life to practising and teaching mindfulness, meditation and Buddhist philosophy around the world.

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Sanghanussati means recollection of the Sangha.

Ratnaguna looks at the Sangha section of the Tiratana Vandana in this talk at the Manchester Buddhist Centre on 21st April 2009.

The Tiratana Vandana, or Salutation to the Three Jewels, is the classic Buddhist salute to the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha: the Buddha, his teachings and the Buddhist community. It is chanted every day across the world by practitioners from different Buddhist communities.

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Although Siddhisambhava is the fundraiser in the FWBO development team, this is not a fundraising talk

It is about how, as Buddhists, do we practise with money?

Siddhisambhava gave this talk at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 16th February 2009.

FWBO – Friends of the Western Buddhist Order – is now known as the Triratna Buddhist Community.

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