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Talks given at the Manchester Buddhist Centre on Meditation and Buddhism
From our Community . . . A Shop as Spiritual Practice Everyone working in our shop and reception is unpaid, including the manager. Anandamok...
Mapping Pathways at the Centre and Beyond One of the great fruits of the dialogue and consultation around the need to move our Centre has be...
No Longer Chasing Perfection I no longer chase perfection. I watch what it becomes . . . Based in Preston and a Sangha member since January...
Sangharakshita and his Teachers Dayanandi shares the personal journey behind her current project For the last eighteen months or so I have b...
Lunchtime Meditation – a Leader’s Perspective Tom is one of the leaders of our lunchtime meditation sessions, held here in the L...
Hinterland turns One Not just a Sober Bar One year ago, Hinterland opened its doors beneath the Buddhist Centre with a dream, a lot of repur...
Supporting Meditation Practice with Ethically-Sourced Mats Vishangka, Candradipa and Paranayaka with the new mats in the Lotus Hall Anandamo...
More than just an Evening Course Upekshapriya recently finished teaching an introduction to Buddhism and meditation course here. He shares h...
Working Together as Spiritual Practice Nicki reflects on her recent working retreat at Taraloka Women’s Retreat Centre in the Welsh borders,...
Hinterland: Basement Sober Bar and Café Hinterland is a new alcohol-free bar and café nestled in our basement space. Sanghadhara, Stephen, T...
Friendly Ethical Shopping at the Centre Opening Times: Tuesday – Thursday 11am – 3pm Saturday 10.30am – 2.30pm More than a...
Our Future Location: Conversations Continue A short video update from Suryaka and Vishangka as we continue to explore whether we stay at Tur...
What’s it like to do a Course here? Sometimes our visitors feel moved to post a review of our Centre and classes, and they generally s...
Moving on from Turner Street An Important Decision on the Future of our Centre Update: After responses from the local Sangha, the CentreR...
Would you like to work from the Buddhist Centre? A new Sangha Co-working Space… Breathworks is a mindfulness education charity that ha...
Books are Us It’s great to see so many independent bookshops opening up here in the Northern Quarter, whether selling second hand or n...
Introducing the MBC Sangha Facebook Group Supporting each other on Social Media The Centre has long had a lively presence on Facebook , Twit...
Community Voices: Dharma Practice and Race Some members of our community have in the past few months instigated a series of initiatives expl...
Thanks from Patricia and Earth Café A message of gratitude for our community’s generosity In September, shortly after the sad announce...
Connection and Inspiration in a Time of Crisis Fliss Clarke has been attending the Buddhist Centre’s ‘Going Deeper’ course...
So Much Love for Earth Café Our Favourite Place to have Lunch! Many thanks to Those Vegan Guys for this lovely video We’ve been overwh...
Sad News about Earth Café Earth Café won’t be Reopening There’s been a warm and welcoming vegan café in our basement since the B...
What do our Trustees do? About our Trustees Rain or shine, the Trustees take overall responsibility for the Centre, and the Centre Team keep...
Closure of Clear Vision Clear Vision is sadly closing at the end of August Clear Vision is based here at Manchester Buddhist Centre and many...
Thank you to all our Donors! A big thank you to our donors from Moksavadini, our Finance Manager . . . I am so extremely grateful for the ge...
The Love of Trees Kevin Statham loves trees . . . I think I have already mentioned this! It’s a strange thing as my apprenticeship and trade...
Making Portable Shrines Together A Shrine in a Box . . . The week after lockdown, when we were reeling from the sudden change in our lives a...
Make a monthly or one-off donation Dharma Wondrous Strange: A Bad Apple Audio version on FreeBuddhistAudio Dharma Wondrous Strange: A Bad Ap...
A Moving and Generous Offer from Claire Morris… As I’m sure you’re aware, five of our Sangha members, Alex Stirling, Micha...
Practising in Strange Times In the strange and challenging times of the covid-19 pandemic, Kevin Statham turns to Paramananda’s work t...
Sharing Skills and Building Friendships As well as organising our latest skills auction, raising £2,100 for the Centre, our fundraiser Sal N...
Make a monthly or one-off donation Appreciating Sangharakshita Amaradaya shares his appreciation of and gratitude to Sangharakshita, garnere...
Ethical Shopping at our Centre So many beautiful and useful things in our shop . . . We do our best to buy from ethical suppliers and small...
Give as you Live A free way to help You can set up a free account with Give as you Live and each time you shop online, a donation goes direc...
Donate Online Reflecting on the Buddha in the Forest A talk at the Dharma Day celebrations at Manchester Buddhist Centre on 14th July 2019....
Donate Online White Tara A talk from a Women’s Gathering at Manchester Buddhist Centre in 2019. Samantabhadri shares personal reflecti...
Donate Online From Spiritual Building to Spiritual Farming A talk at the Buddha Day celebrations at the Manchester Buddhist Centre on 19th M...
Donate Online Humanity is Basically One A talk given by Acharashraddha on Manchester Buddhist Centre’s Sangha Retreat at Adhisthana, 2...
Donate Online Religion in a Secular World A talk given by Vishangka on Manchester Buddhist Centre’s Sangha Retreat at Adhisthana, 22nd...
Donate Online Buddhism – A Universal Religion of Humanity A talk given by Arthavadin on Manchester Buddhist Centre’s Sangha Retr...
Donate Online Celebrating the Experience of Women in Buddhism On International Women’s Day, March 2019, Danasamudra’s talk trace...
Donate Online Disciples of the Buddha In this talk, given at the Men’s Gathering in March 2019, Ratnaguna tells us about the people in...
Donate Online Getting to know Urgyen Sangharakshita through his Poetry In this lovely talk following Sangharakshita’s death, Ratnaguna...
Donate Online The Sunflower’s Farewell In this Sangha Day talk at Manchester Buddhist Centre, Vishangka uses Sangharakshita’s po...
Donate Online The Relevance and Legacy of Dr Ambedkar In this talk, as part of Dr Ambedkar Festival on 15th October 2018, Sundeep explores t...
Donate Online The Buddha beyond the Buddha At the Manchester Men’s Sangha Retreat in October 2018, Ratnaguna looked at different ways we may...
Donate Online The Buddha was born as we are born At the Manchester Men’s Sangha Retreat in October 2018, Ratnaguna looked at different...
Donate Online Stepping Down and Going Out In this lively and engaging talk Sanghaketu suggests that focusing on one side in our practice can...
Donate Online The Greater Mandala of Uselessness You don’t have to justify yourself by being useful. You yourself are the justification for...
Make a monthly or one-off donation Sailing the Worldly Winds In this inspiring talk given as part of International Women’s Day, Tarava...