Relax and refresh your mind every Tuesday lunchtime with the Ipswich Buddhist Centre. Every week we introduce one of the two meditation practices which are part of our vision of a complete system of practice. There is no need to book. Just drop in and discover what meditation can do for you! The sessions start… Read More »Lunchtime Meditation Class
What better way to start the day than with a meditation? This is a simple un-led meditation session in which you can engage in the practise of your choice in the supportive company of others. You'll need to have some experience of meditation and to be able to sit for 40 minutes. How to join… Read More »Morning Meditation – now online
An evening to share with gratitude all the work and effort that volunteers offer the centre. We would like to celebrate and rejoice by having an evening to say 'Thank you'. A simple supper will be provided so we need to know how many are coming. Please register below by Monday 28th! How to Join… Read More »Gratitude Evening for Volunteers
Friends Night. An Evening for Newcomers and Friends. Come and find out about Meditation & Buddhism. Each weekly event has three aspects. Firstly Meditation, which will be introduced, explained and then practiced. This is followed by a tea-break which gives an opportunity for sharing experiences with friends new and old. Finally there is an introduction… Read More »Friends and Newcomers Night
We all start our day with a certain amount of energy. How do you make use of yours? Are you directing it in a way that is helpful to you, or is it being drained by uninspiring work, toxic relationships and too many distractions? Do you guard with special care the energy of others, or… Read More »Young Buddhists: First Friday – The Tantric Precepts
The Saturday morning sessions aim to give you a practical way to live the life you really want and to explore what the Buddhist path looks and feels like. Each session includes an introduction to meditation followed by a presentation and discussion on an aspect of Buddhist practice. You are welcome to come along whenever… Read More »Saturday Intro Session
We so often find that our minds control our actions, which are not always helpful when we reach for things to change the way we feel. Our Eight Step Recovery meetings are open to anyone who feels they need help with an addiction. We welcome people in recovery from emotional trauma as well. We look at… Read More »Eight Step Recovery Meeting in-person
Relax and refresh your mind every Tuesday lunchtime with the Ipswich Buddhist Centre. Every week we introduce one of the two meditation practices which are part of our vision of a complete system of practice. There is no need to book. Just drop in and discover what meditation can do for you! The sessions start… Read More »Lunchtime Meditation Class
What better way to start the day than with a meditation? This is a simple un-led meditation session in which you can engage in the practise of your choice in the supportive company of others. You'll need to have some experience of meditation and to be able to sit for 40 minutes. How to join… Read More »Morning Meditation – now online
Midweek is a regular sangha evening for Mitras. It is an opportunity to practice together with meditation, study and ritual. More information regarding study material will be added as it is confirmed. The format for Midweek for Mitras is normally: Team
Midweek is a regular sangha evening for Mitras. It is an opportunity to practice together with meditation, study and ritual. This week Trish, a long-standing member of the Ipswich Sangha, will be giving a talk. The theme is "what Inspires, can reduce you to tears, yet have you going back for more!" The format for… Read More »Midweek for Mitras
Friends Night. An Evening for Newcomers and Friends. Come and find out about Meditation & Buddhism. Each weekly event has three aspects. Firstly Meditation, which will be introduced, explained and then practiced. This is followed by a tea-break which gives an opportunity for sharing experiences with friends new and old. Finally there is an introduction… Read More »Friends and Newcomers Night
The Saturday morning sessions aim to give you a practical way to live the life you really want and to explore what the Buddhist path looks and feels like. Each session includes an introduction to meditation followed by a presentation and discussion on an aspect of Buddhist practice. You are welcome to come along whenever… Read More »Saturday Intro Session
At Alton Water with the men of Colchester We join men from the Colchester sangha for a stomp around Alton Water and a brew afterwards. If you identify as a man and you sometimes or often attend The Centre, please do come along. How to join No need to book. Arrive at the first car… Read More »Mens Sangha Gathering
We so often find that our minds control our actions, which are not always helpful when we reach for things to change the way we feel. Our Eight Step Recovery meetings are open to anyone who feels they need help with an addiction. We welcome people in recovery from emotional trauma as well. We look at… Read More »Eight Step Recovery – Online Meeting
We so often find that our minds control our actions, which are not always helpful when we reach for things to change the way we feel. Our Eight Step Recovery meetings are open to anyone who feels they need help with an addiction. We welcome people in recovery from emotional trauma as well. We look at… Read More »Eight Step Recovery Meeting in-person
Relax and refresh your mind every Tuesday lunchtime with the Ipswich Buddhist Centre. Every week we introduce one of the two meditation practices which are part of our vision of a complete system of practice. There is no need to book. Just drop in and discover what meditation can do for you! The sessions start… Read More »Lunchtime Meditation Class
Can we really find happiness in more and more distraction, and having ever more stuff? …Buddhism tells us that this won’t work but that there is real happiness to be found if we look in the right place! On this course, over six Tuesday evenings from the 12th September to the 17th October, you will… Read More »Introduction to Buddhism & Meditation
What better way to start the day than with a meditation? This is a simple un-led meditation session in which you can engage in the practise of your choice in the supportive company of others. You'll need to have some experience of meditation and to be able to sit for 40 minutes. How to join… Read More »Morning Meditation – now online
Midweek is a regular sangha evening for Mitras. It is an opportunity to practice together with meditation, study and ritual. I come to you with four gifts,The first gift is a lotus-flower.Do you understand?My second gift is a golden net,Can you recognise it?My third gift is a shepherds’ round-dance.Do your feet know how to dance?My… Read More »Midweek for Mitras
Friends Night. An Evening for Newcomers and Friends. Come and find out about Meditation & Buddhism. Each weekly event has three aspects. Firstly Meditation, which will be introduced, explained and then practiced. This is followed by a tea-break which gives an opportunity for sharing experiences with friends new and old. Finally there is an introduction… Read More »Friends and Newcomers Night
The Saturday morning sessions aim to give you a practical way to live the life you really want and to explore what the Buddhist path looks and feels like. Each session includes an introduction to meditation followed by a presentation and discussion on an aspect of Buddhist practice. You are welcome to come along whenever… Read More »Saturday Intro Session
We so often find that our minds control our actions, which are not always helpful when we reach for things to change the way we feel. Our Eight Step Recovery meetings are open to anyone who feels they need help with an addiction. We welcome people in recovery from emotional trauma as well. We look at… Read More »Eight Step Recovery – Online Meeting
We so often find that our minds control our actions, which are not always helpful when we reach for things to change the way we feel. Our Eight Step Recovery meetings are open to anyone who feels they need help with an addiction. We welcome people in recovery from emotional trauma as well. We look at… Read More »Eight Step Recovery Meeting in-person
Relax and refresh your mind every Tuesday lunchtime with the Ipswich Buddhist Centre. Every week we introduce one of the two meditation practices which are part of our vision of a complete system of practice. There is no need to book. Just drop in and discover what meditation can do for you! The sessions start… Read More »Lunchtime Meditation Class
Can we really find happiness in more and more distraction, and having ever more stuff? …Buddhism tells us that this won’t work but that there is real happiness to be found if we look in the right place! On this course, over six Tuesday evenings from the 12th September to the 17th October, you will… Read More »Introduction to Buddhism & Meditation
What better way to start the day than with a meditation? This is a simple un-led meditation session in which you can engage in the practise of your choice in the supportive company of others. You'll need to have some experience of meditation and to be able to sit for 40 minutes. How to join… Read More »Morning Meditation – now online
Midweek is a regular sangha evening for Mitras. It is an opportunity to practice together with meditation, study and ritual. This week Bodhivamsa will explore some of the themes from the last Chair's Homily for the Centres monthly newsletter. He will be looking at tensions that arise when we try to lead a Buddhist life.… Read More »Midweek for Mitras
Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday, Meditation Diaries is an evening to explore and share our experience of meditation. The aim of the evening is to keep our own meditation alive and support and improve our daily practice. The evening is led by two of our most experienced meditation leaders Jnanamitra and Prajnakara. Suitable for people… Read More »Meditation Diaries
Friends Night. An Evening for Newcomers and Friends. Come and find out about Meditation & Buddhism. Each weekly event has three aspects. Firstly Meditation, which will be introduced, explained and then practiced. This is followed by a tea-break which gives an opportunity for sharing experiences with friends new and old. Finally there is an introduction… Read More »Friends and Newcomers Night
Join the Ipswich and Colchester Buddhist Centres for a quarterly online Dharma Reading Café. This is an online café, and all members of the Sangha are welcome. Please be sure to have read the book in order to gain the most from the evening. There will be discussion, and a space to share responses toBuddhist-related… Read More »Quarterly Online Dharma Reading Café
The Saturday morning sessions aim to give you a practical way to live the life you really want and to explore what the Buddhist path looks and feels like. Each session includes an introduction to meditation followed by a presentation and discussion on an aspect of Buddhist practice. You are welcome to come along whenever… Read More »Saturday Intro Session
A day of creativity at the Avenue Theatre (Red Rose Chain), raising funds for Ipswich Buddhist Centre and Tiratanaloka Unlimted There will be creative performances, music, movement and the written word. Workshops throughout the afternoon with beautiful arts and crafts on sale from 2pm. BOOK BELOWEveryone needs a ticket to see the show. Even performers!… Read More »Creative Jewels – an Ipswich Buddhist fundraiser
Join the women of the sangha for a day of meditation, talk and discussion. All who identify as women are welcome to join. We look forward to seeing you. This month we‘re welcoming Mosaic who will be sharing on the theme of "Walking in the footsteps of Mahaprajapati". Foster mother and aunt of Siddartha Gautama,… Read More »Women’s Sangha Gathering with Mosaic
We so often find that our minds control our actions, which are not always helpful when we reach for things to change the way we feel. Our Eight Step Recovery meetings are open to anyone who feels they need help with an addiction. We welcome people in recovery from emotional trauma as well. We look at… Read More »Eight Step Recovery – Online Meeting
We so often find that our minds control our actions, which are not always helpful when we reach for things to change the way we feel. Our Eight Step Recovery meetings are open to anyone who feels they need help with an addiction. We welcome people in recovery from emotional trauma as well. We look at… Read More »Eight Step Recovery Meeting in-person
Relax and refresh your mind every Tuesday lunchtime with the Ipswich Buddhist Centre. Every week we introduce one of the two meditation practices which are part of our vision of a complete system of practice. There is no need to book. Just drop in and discover what meditation can do for you! The sessions start… Read More »Lunchtime Meditation Class
What better way to start the day than with a meditation? This is a simple un-led meditation session in which you can engage in the practise of your choice in the supportive company of others. You'll need to have some experience of meditation and to be able to sit for 40 minutes. How to join… Read More »Morning Meditation – now online
Midweek is a regular sangha evening for Mitras. It is an opportunity to practice together with meditation, study and ritual. More information regarding study material will be added as it is confirmed. The format for Midweek for Mitras is normally: Team
Friends Night. An Evening for Newcomers and Friends. Come and find out about Meditation & Buddhism. Each weekly event has three aspects. Firstly Meditation, which will be introduced, explained and then practiced. This is followed by a tea-break which gives an opportunity for sharing experiences with friends new and old. Finally there is an introduction… Read More »Friends and Newcomers Night
The Saturday morning sessions aim to give you a practical way to live the life you really want and to explore what the Buddhist path looks and feels like. Each session includes an introduction to meditation followed by a presentation and discussion on an aspect of Buddhist practice. You are welcome to come along whenever… Read More »Saturday Intro Session
The figure of Padmasambhava embodies qualities of mind that lie deeply within us and that we can access and develop through practise. This Padmasambhava Day we'll be exploring the Tantric Master of Buddhism by evoking him through devotional practise. We'll have three themed pujas, each of which will draw out a different quality of this… Read More »Padmasambhava Festival Day
We so often find that our minds control our actions, which are not always helpful when we reach for things to change the way we feel. Our Eight Step Recovery meetings are open to anyone who feels they need help with an addiction. We welcome people in recovery from emotional trauma as well. We look at… Read More »Eight Step Recovery – Online Meeting
