MAJOR EVENT: Lama Jampa Thaye teaching in Bristol

Please note the new date and venue : 5th October, Mercure Bristol Grand Hotel.

10.30am-1.00pm: Discriminating the Three Vows by Sakya Pandita

Lama Jampa will continue with part 10 of ‘Discriminating the Three Vows’ by Sakya Pandita, one of the five Gongmas (venerable masters) who founded the Sakya tradition of Buddhism. Usually taught in the monastic colleges, this is the first time this text has been taught in the UK and so offers a rare opportunity to receive this extensive explanation of the Buddhist path.

Lama Jampa has explained that while, as beginners in the dharma, it may not yet be possible to understand all that is contained in the text, by receiving it now, it will be there for us when we can most benefit from it.  The text will be taught in consecutive parts in Bristol and London throughout 2024, and it is not necessary to have received the first parts to attend:

• PART 10: 5 October 2024 BRISTOL
• PART 11: 23 November 2024 LONDON

Online booking for each part will be available a few weeks before each event via the Dechen London and Dechen Bristol websites.

2.30-4.30 pm: The initiation of Manjushri Arapatsana*

The initiation of Manjushri Arapatsana, the embodiment of enlightened wisdom. Meditation on this deity is an especially effective way of acquiring a profound understanding of the teaching.

Refuge and the bodhisattva vow will be given to everyone during the preliminary part of the initiation.

[Please note that as many people from the Centre will be going to this teaching, there will be no Saturday morning meditation class in Bristol on this date].