Manchester Buddhist Centre News

WOLF AT THE DOOR WEEKEND CANCELLED

Centre Team — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:38:20 +0000

Unfortunately, due to a lack of bookings, this weekend event has now been cancelled

Apologies to anyone who was intending to come on the weekend. Just to remind you that it would really help us if people could book on events as soon as possible. This will mean that we have a clear idea of how many people are attending and whether we can go ahead with planned events, and not have to cancel them.

We hope that Wolf at the Door will be running a weekend workshop at Manchester Buddhist Centre sometime in 2010

November’s Newsletter

Centre Team — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:11:08 +0000

This month’s newsletter is now available online, where the pictures are more colourful than in the paper one!

Download a copy

Or go to the Newsletters page

Old Mobiles Needed Please

Centre Team — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:55:20 +0000

Do you have an unwanted phone lying around?

We get £3 for every mobile phone we send off for recycling, but we have to send them in batches of fifty. We need another dozen or so to make up the next consignment. Can you help us out?

Just hand your old mobile in to reception, without the sim card or charger please, and we’ll do the rest.

These little bits of fund raising really do help. See the giving page for more ideas.

A Day for Men Mitras

Centre Team — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:25:52 +0000

Date:

Sunday 22nd November

Time:

10.00–4.00pm

Cost:

£25/£18/£15 (Waged/Low-waged/Concessions)

Led by:

Arthaketu

Description:

On Sunday 22nd November we will be coming together for a day of practice entitled Generosity, attachment, freedom – tales of open handedness

On this day we will be sharing with each other how we have been affected by the generosity of others. We will be meditating, involving some instruction around the metta bhavana practice.

There will also be some instruction from the Buddhist tradition as to where generosity fits into the path and how it can be an aid to Liberation. This will be brought out by an exercise that will give us some sense of attachment and some reflections on letting go, on letting be.

A figure that embodies the qualities of generosity and abundance is Ratnasambhava so we will finish the day with a ritual to evoke this figure.

Before the day …

Before the day please think about an instance when you have been affected by the generosity of someone else. On the day please bring some vegetarian food to share for lunch and a yellow flower to offer during the ritual.

Recently I did an evening where I asked some questions of the men mitras and a notable part of the feedback I got was that we need to make the men’s mitra sangha stronger. We need people to commit to coming to things. So support your brothers in the dharma and let’s make this an inspiring day.

Booking

Please book at Manchester Buddhist Centre reception or online. If you can’t afford the stated prices, please still come and give dana

Suitable for:

Men mitras

Bookings:

Booking required

Number of places:

Location:

Vajra Hall, first floor

Events categories:

Sangha, Buddhism, Day Event, Men

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Longer Opening Hours

Centre Team — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:11:40 +0000

The Centre is now open from ten o’clock in the morning, Monday to Saturday

The reception area, shop and all facilities will now be available on:

Mondays to Fridays 10am to 7pm
Saturdays 10am to 5pm
On Sundays we are closed, except for special events

Earth Cafe’s opening hours are still:

Tuesdays to Fridays 9am to 7pm
Saturdays 10am to 5pm
Sundays and Mondays closed

Mindful Movement with Breathworks

Centre Team — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:37:13 +0000

This autumn Breathworks is launching a new weekly class offering guidance and practice in mindful movement

Sessions are open to anyone has ever been through a Breathworks course, and to anyone else who is interested in doing some very gentle movements as a way of developing strength and flexibility but with the main emphasis on mindfulness.

The movements are based on Yoga and Pilates, and will be led in a way that is suitable for anyone at all, regardless of physical abilities, including those with low mobility, pain or stress.

Although the movements were originally designed by Padmadarshini in consultation with Vidyamala, this class will be led by Tanja Stephanovic who has been leading mindful movement in Germany for several years. She is in Manchester for eight weeks and we wanted to take advantage of her expertise while she is here!

In mindful movement the emphasis is on the process of moving, rather than how far you can stretch or move. It is breath based — in fact you could say it is taking the natural movements of each breath into bigger physical movements. It is meditative and calming and very enjoyable!

We hope many people will take advantage of this special opportunity.

Sessions are run on a drop-in basis on Wednesdays from 11 am — 12 noon in the Bodywise studio at Manchester Buddhist Centre, till 2nd December. Each session will include a short body scan as well as a period of gentle movement.

Cost £5/£4 concessions

Questionnaire for Young Buddhists

Centre Team — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:43:12 +0000

Do you know anyone aged 18 — 25 who identifies as Buddhist (any tradition)? Would you consider forwarding this request to them?

Nottingham University have produced an online questionnaire on the sexual attitudes of young people of religious background. As young Buddhists are a particularly neglected and marginalised group, they are finding hard to get enough Buddhist participants.

To view the questionnaire, copy and paste the website below into your browser, or click on the link.

www.nottingham.ac.uk/sociology/rys

Thank you,

Munisha

Director and Education Officer
The Clear Vision Trust
16 — 20 Turner Street
Manchester
M4 1DZ
0161 839 9579

Stuart Maconie writes about Manchester Buddhist Centre

Centre Team — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:45:47 +0000

Stuart Maconie, music journalist, writer and columnist has given us a write-up within an article on the Northern Quarter, describing it as hidden gem.

Go to Stuart’s Stories

FWBO News — subscribe today

Centre Team — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:39:12 +0000

Have you come across FWBO News yet? It’s a free online newsletter celebrating what’s going on around the FWBO (and the TBMSG in India)

It’s the FWBO’s main movement-wide medium for keeping in touch with ourselves as an international and very diverse sangha.

There’s something new on it several times a week. It’s edited more-or-less single-handedly by Lokabandhu who lives down in Glastonbury, Somerset.

It’s hosted on the FWBO News Website where you can read present and past stories. Once there, the best thing is to subscribe, after which it’ll come to you as a convenient email every couple of days. There’s a box marked FWBO NEWS DELIVERED where you simply enter your email address. Please be sure we won’t pass it on to anyone else!

The FWBO News site is also a portal to the very rich collection of FWBO resources on the internet: talks, videoclips; photos; meditation teaching materials and plenty more – these are mostly listed on the FWBO Resources for Schools page, for instance ClearVision’s great Ask A Buddhist service.

Over the past month it’s had all kinds of interesting stories, for instance:

Opening of the first Little Buddha Children’s Clubs in India
Launch of the new Dharma Training Course for Mitras
Bhante’s Message to the Order
Re-opening of the London Buddhist Centre and their new project, Breathing Space
News of the Green Elephant charity shop in Sydney

Ands lots more of course

Thanks and we hope you enjoy it

Volunteers wanted!

Centre Team — Mon, 11 May 2009 10:27:55 +0000

Do you have an eye for detail?

Here at the Centre we’d really appreciate some help in maintaining the cleanliness of this beautiful building.
Do you have half an hour to spare before a class or maybe an afternoon free?
You choose! We’ll show you where the dusters are!

Please contact any member of the Centre team if you are able to help.
tel 0161 834 9232 info@manchesterbuddhistcentre.org.uk

Sign up for Facebook to join Young People in the FWBO

Centre Team — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:30:35 +0000

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

This group is for younger people who are Buddhists or are exploring Buddhism in the FWBO (Friends of the Western Buddhist Order) to get to know each other, discuss ideas and advertise events and retreats. It has not been set up by us at Manchester Buddhist Centre but we are enthusiastic about creating ways in for young people to meet, practise and talk about Buddhism and their lives.

What is Facebook? Facebook is a web-based social utility that connects people with friends, helps you connect and share with the people in your life

New Website Launch!

Centre Team — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:48:20 +0000

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

We’ll continue to improve it so watch this space.