This event is canceled. Sorry for any disappointment caused. How to join This is an in-person event at the Centre. Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. No need to book just turn up. The event is offered without charge but please remember that the Centre is powered by… Read More »Puja Evening – CANCELLED
Padmasambhava Day is one of the most lively festival days in our calendar. It celebrates the semi-legendary figure of Padmasambhava who overcame malicious local deities to introduce Buddhism to Tibet in the 8th Century. But why is he so important to us? What are Termas? What could he mean to… Read More »Padmasambhava Day
This year the Ipswich Sangha will be celebrating Dharma Day with a focus on Milarepa. This 11th century Tibetan had an extraordinary life story. He produced many songs and poems; became a famed meditator and he was a man of wisdom. Urgyen Sangharakshita (Bhante), the founder of our Buddhist Community… Read More »Dharma Day
The Buddha Festival Day celebrates the day that Siddhartha Gautama achieved enlightenment in India 2500 years ago and became the Buddha whose teaching we follow. This year we explore the life of the Buddha through the important events and significant places in his life in northern India including his birth at… Read More »Buddha Day – in the footsteps of The Buddha
The Parinirvana Festival Day is our opportunity to mark the end of the Buddha’s earthly existence and an opportunity to reflect on the life and death of our teacher and our own experience of impermanence. If you wish to bring a photograph of a friend or loved one who has… Read More »Parinirvana Day
See the New Year in with others in an atmosphere of reflection, contemplation, sharing stories and kindly awareness. There is a choice of arrival times: 7pm, 8.30pm and 10pm. Please bring snacks and nibbles to share but note that this is an alcohol-free event. 19.00-1930 Arrive: Doors open19.30 – 20.30… Read More »New Year’s Eve – Meditate to Midnight
A monthly puja night with Amoghavajra. Each evening has its own theme which will normally be announced here a few days before the event. “There will be some instruction and explanation given, but following the edict of ‘show rather than tell’, we will be performing puja rather than talking about… Read More »Puja Evening
A monthly puja night with Amoghavajra. Each evening has its own theme which will normally be announced here a few days before the event. “There will be some instruction and explanation given, but following the edict of ‘show rather than tell’, we will be performing puja rather than talking about… Read More »Puja Evening
