Fellowship is the whole of the spiritual life. - The Buddha. Padmavajra has been a practising Buddhist for 40 years; hear him sharing his hard-won reflections on living and sharing the Dharma life in the crucible of spiritual fellowship - Sangha.

In this talk, exploring the Journey and the Guide, Vajragupta leads us through creating a personal mandala so that we can discover the shape of our lives. He discusses how to use a mandala to shine a light on changes we may wish to make in our day to day conditions. If you want to engage fully with this talk you will need a pencil and paper! This talk was given at the Croydon Buddhist Centre in January 2016 as part of the regular Saturday Sangha Morning class. For the next few months we are working on different aspects of the Journey and the Guide by Maitreyabandhu.

An informative talk from Vajraketu on the three Yanas, in his characteristic entertaining style.

Jayaka explores the principle and practice of sangha - fellowship in the good - drawing both on the tradition and his own substantial experience as a practicing Buddhist.

Why do we have shrines? This simple question provokes Subhadramati into exploring our relation to the Buddha. She does this by drawing out 3 key aspects - the Buddha as historical exemplar, as teacher, and as transcendental force. Talk given on the LBC Winter Retreat 2015.