A day for the south-west region to celebrate our sangha in Bristol and worldwide.

Programme

10.00 doors open

10.30 Welcome & Dedication Ceremony & Triratna Metta Bhavana led by Jvalamalini

11.40 Tea

12.00 Four Gifts – short personal talks from Abhayamaitri, Satyalila, Bhadra and Ananda:

I come to you with four gifts. The first gift is a lotus-flower. Do you understand?
My second gift is a golden net. Can you recognize it?
My third gift is a shepherds’ round-dance.
Do your feet know how to dance?
My fourth gift is a garden planted in a wilderness. Could you work there?
I come to you with four gifts.
Dare you accept them?

(Sangharakshita)

1.00 Lunch – please bring vegan/veggie lunch to share

2.00 Future Dharma and Sangharakshita Complete Works announcements
Seven-fold Puja led by Vajrasara

3.30 Tea

4.00 For the Welfare of the World – talk by Subhuti live streamed from the LBC
The fire of peace has been ignited in the world by the Buddha. It burns brightly today in the Triratna Order and movement, and inspired by Sangharakshita’s vision will burn well into the future – but how do we fan the flames so that the heat of practice transforms the world?

5.00 Closing Ritual

5.30 end