Friday full moon puja
Buddhist devotional practice based on Shantideva's Bodhicaryavatara
Puja is about the cultivation and expansion of positive emotions including shraddha (faith-confidence). It is a practice which helps us crawl in behind the limited, habitual, fixed self and for a time experience ourselves as much more expanded and limitless.
Sangharakshita describes shraddha as a lifting up of the heart to something higher, touching something higher, experiencing, even if only for a moment, something higher. When we do this with one another it deepens the development of true community so that Sangha can indeed become a real and abiding refuge.
We pick the Friday night closest to the actual full moon. Many significant moments in the Buddha's life happened under a full moon, which is why these dates are considered auspicious.
When
Cost
By koha/dana
Caring for each other's health
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Led by
Vasudhara
Vasudhara has been involved with the Triratna Buddhist community since 1999 and was ordained in 2014. She leads some of our Friday night pujas and is…