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Sangha Night

Conditionality: 5 niyamas

Come along next week for Sangha Night, an opportunity to deepen our understanding of the Dharma, how it relates to our own lives, and practice together.

We warmly invite you to come along next week for Sangha Night. It will give you a
unique opportunity to enhance your appreciation of the Dharma, and how it relates to
your own life, as well as to practise with others.
On Sangha Nights we mostly meditate together, then listen to a 20-30 minute
presentation from a member of our community. Following this, we usually divide into
small groups for a 20-minute discussion on the evening’s theme.

Conditionality – Niyamas – Introduction

*The five niyamas, or five processes, or orders of conditionality, describe what we
experience within the arising and ceasing of conditioned phenomena. They help to
explain how the universe operates on multiple, distinct levels of cause and effect.
Rather than all life’s events being predetermined by karma, everything operates
within these five interdependent frameworks. The niyamas include:

1. Utu niyama – physical inorganic order.
2. Bīja niyama – physical organic order.
3. Mano niyama – psychological or non-volitional mental order.
4. Karma niyama – volitional order, our wilful conditioned activities.
5. Dharma niyama – the transcendental effect. 
   Taradhi will introduce you to this fascinating topic and help you to get to grips with an
   important aspect of the laws of conditionality.*

Sangha Nights involve people interested in and curious about Buddhism gathering
together to celebrate community. This deepens their knowledge of Buddhism, and
their understanding of how to practise it. These evening events are specially created
for those who have been coming to the centre for a little while and are familiar with
meditation. If your contact with us has been minimal, then we recommend that you
attend our Intro course first – even if you have previously practised within other
traditions.

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