From Manchester Buddhist Centre on Tue, 10 Jun, 2014 - 14:31Everyone in the MBC in shock and deeply saddened at the news that our much loved friend and colleague, Stan Kukalowicz, has died. Our love and thoughts go out to his wife, Trish, his family and friends. He’ll be greatly missed.
The word ethics can get a funny response; a sense of being told what to do and all that…
Buddhist based ethics is much simpler; it makes observations about how the world works and invites us to examine our own lives and see if they ring true.
Come along and see whether this simple approach to living a life that brings happiness to ourselves and others works for you.
We want things to be different, that is the force that drives growth but can also be a source of pain. How does the Dharma help us relate to our experience, including the difficult aspects, and help us transform those difficulties into wisdom.
For the centres Buddha Day celebration this year, we explored the theme of Mara Vijaya in our own practice. This was one of 3 talks given by the centre Chairman Dhammavijaya
Fantastic Mitra Ceremonies last night at the MBC - welcoming 7 new Mitras to the Manchester sangha! Sadhu to Jan, Kevin, Lucie, Leticia, Elaine, Kate and Laura!
From Buddhist Action Month 2014 on Thu, 5 Jun, 2014 - 20:27“As Buddhists we are meant, we are urged to direct metta towards all living beings. That doesn’t just mean all human beings, it means all animals, insects, plants, birds, beasts of every kind. So this is the basis, we may say, of our ecological concern as Buddhists: we wish well towards all living beings.”
(The Next Twenty Years, WBO Day 1988)
“It is not that you just sit on your meditation mat radiating metta towards the world...
“Have you not seen, O have you not seen, This has been man’s fate, how can you alone live forever? Thinking of this, my heart always feels torn; You, too, are like the sun going down behind the western mountains, Or a living corpse whose span of life is nearly over. Futile would be my stay in the capital; Away, away, I must go…” -Kukai; 8th Century Japanese Buddhist
