Padmasambhava Day
Join us for a simple Padmasambhava Day festival with an emphasis on meditation and personal experience of the Vajra Guru.
Once a year we celebrate the great guru Padmasambhava. Padmasambhava is both a historical figure who took the Dharma to Tibet, as well as a great archetypal teacher and activator of energies that enable us to transform ourselves at deep levels.
Provisional Programme
9:00 - 9:45 Order member meditation: Padmasambhava Sadhana - Led by Ghosaka
10:00 Welcome to the day. Who is Padmasambhava? - Short talk by Saddharaja
10:20 Meditation for all (mindfulness or metta) - Led by Ghosaka
11:00 Tea break
11:30 Padmasambhava in my life: Three shorts talks - chaired by Saddharaja
Talks by Simone Moore, Lawrence Hopkins and Prasannavira
1 - 2:30 Lunch (please bring vegetarian/vegan food to share)
2:30 Seeing with naked awareness meditation - Led by Ghosaka
A guided meditation for all levels of experience
2:30 Families' activities in the Lower Shrine Room
All children must be accompanied by their parent or carer
3:30 Tea break
4:00 Padmasambhava Puja - Led by Saddharaja
Children and their grown-ups will join the beginning of the puja (approx. 10-15 minutes) to provide offerings created during the families' activities
4:50 Finish & clear up
You can make a donation in person in the Buddhist Centre foyer, or online via our Donate page.
We run on a Dana Economy. Dana means generosity: we do not charge for our meditation and Buddhism classes and we rely on the generosity of people like you. A donation of just £15 - £20 at a festival day helps us to make these Sangha events open to everyone.