Twenty-five sangha members have just returned home from a wonderful weekend meditation retreat on Tangtong Gyalpo’s beautiful Chenrezik sadhana at Poulstone Court in deepest Herefordshire. It seemed that everyone enjoyed a special time there for several reasons: great company – rarely do sangha members gather to live and practice intensively together, with newer members being…
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On Saturday 2 October at the Future Inn in Bristol, over 120 people journeyed through the autumn rain to enjoy a day of teachings with Buddhist meditation master and scholar, Lama Jampa Thaye. For the first time in many months, we were joined both by friends from the UK and overseas; it was truly wonderful…
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Saturday 3 July was a day of firsts – this was Lama Jampa’s first teaching of 2021 in Bristol, and the first time we’ve been hosted by the spacious venue and welcoming team at Ashton Gate stadium. Around 100 people came together from all corners of the UK; old friends reconnected with each other and…
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On Sunday 27 December, our teacher Lama Jampa Thaye gave a rare, live streamed talk on Buddhism. It was particularly precious and welcome, coming at a time when it is difficult to receive teachings on Buddhism in person. The timing was also perfect, taking place between the two great prayer festivals or Mönlams within the…
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We’re pleased to announce that from Saturday 5 December, Sakya Buddhist Centre Bristol will be hosting face to face Discover Buddhism sessions on Saturday mornings from 10.30 – 11.30am. These will take place weekly from 10.30 – 11.30am and will be hosted in person and on Zoom to enable as many to attend as possible.…
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2018 saw the launch of Lama Jampa Thaye’s insightful and thought provoking book, ‘Wisdom in Exile’ at our fellow Sakya Buddhist Centre in London. This extraordinary book explores our encounter with Buddhism from both the Western cultural perspective and from within the Buddhist tradition itself. Created by members of our sister centre in Los Angeles,…
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On Saturday 3 October, the Sakya Buddhist Centre was delighted to welcome Lama Jampa to give a day of Buddhist teachings at the Paintworks Eventspace in Bristol. This is a new venue for us, and we are especially grateful to them for enabling us to host this event in such a great space, in line…
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Due to the current pandemic we are currently running our Discover Buddhism classes on Tuesday evening and Saturday morning online using Zoom. If you would like to attend one of these classes please click this email link to request an invitation: bristol@dechen.org The Sakya Centre and activities are reliant on donations, if you would like…
Read moreIn response to the temporary closure of the Sakya Centre, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, we have now prepared a page of Videos for Meditation and Reflection which you can work with on a weekly basis. We hope you will find this interesting and useful in your understanding and practice of the Buddhist Path
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In line with government requirements, and in order to protect members of the Centre and the public from the threats posed by the Corona Virus (COVID-19), we are for the time being suspending our public meetings on: Tuesday evenings, Wednesday mornings and Saturday mornings (see here for our meetings on Zoom). We will be reviewing…
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