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Dharma Night

Come and join us on Monday nights for a Dharma talk followed by a meditation sit

Dharma night is suitable for those who are familiar with our meditation practices and would like to learn more about Buddhism. It is also a popular night for Sangha to drop in and practice together. If you are a beginner but can't get to/or have just started one of our meditation classes you are still welcome to come and join in.

Current Theme: Sangharakshita's Five Stages of the System of Dharma Life

This series will explore a practical path to Enlightenment using the Triranta Buddhist community's five stages of Dharma life: integration, positive emotion, spiritual death, rebirth and spiritual receptivity. Each of these stages will be presented by a different Order member, leaving us with a richer and clearer understanding of the Buddha's path to Awakening. And hopefully giving us some reflections on how we can introduce such practices into our day-to-day lives.

Tonight's talk: Spiritual Receptivity

Have you ever had someone tell you not to think about an elephant? And what happens? Spiritual receptivity can present similar problems. We are encouraged to be receptive to something that goes beyond 'this' and 'that.' Something that is not a product of the 'self.' And yet it is only through a navigation of this and that with the self that we make any sense of the world around us. One practical solution is to learn the Just Sitting meditation practice and then see what happens. So we'll be exploring Spiritual Receptivity through Just Sitting meditation on this evening. With Ratnavyuha.

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