Weekends

At the heart of this utterly charming film by Wim Wenders is the unfailingly cheerful Hirayama – a public toilet cleaner in Tokyo.

The Enlightenment of the Buddha was an irreversible breakthrough into a new kind of consciousness for the world. All our practice flows from this stream of wisdom and compassion. Everyone is invited as we celebrate this most important day in the Buddhist calendar with meditation, stories from the life of the Buddha, shared food, and a special ritual in the evening.

Join us for a conversation with Acaladevi and Niki from Lama’s Pyjamas charity shop about Team-Based Right Livelihood, fast fashion, ethical consumption and how a spiritual community can live out the ethical values of reducing harm and cultivating contentment within a consumer culture.

Prajnamanas will be continuing the theme of the lecture series ‘Buddhism for Today and Tomorrow’. Prajnamanas lives and works at Padmaloka, the mens ordination training retreat centre where he is a member of the ordination team. This event is followed by lunch at Mandala Cafe.

Professor Pickering in conversation about the nature of consciousness from the perspective of cybernetics and the sociology of science.

Discover a radical vision for a Buddhist way to live. If you’re interested in community living, this day will be an ideal chance to find out more about the vision - and practicalities - of living in a Buddhist community.

Vittorio De Sica’s classic is set in post-war Rome when work was scarce. A young father succumbs to temptation in trying circumstances.

Emily Herring in conversation with Maitreyabandhu about the remarkable life and work of the French philosopher Henri Bergson (1859 -1941). Herring will be discussing her new book Herald of a Restless World: How Henri Bergson Brought Philosophy to the People, exploring Bergson’s life and work.

Kore-eda’s film about the Korean adoption black market is a funny, quirky, gripping, moving, and utterly original road movie.

Two-and-a-half millennia ago, the Buddha laid out a practical path to a new kind of consciousness. On Dharma Day, we will come together to celebrate the anniversary of the Buddha first communicating his Dharma (‘teachings’) to others after his Enlightenment, sparking off a lineage of teachers and disciples that has transformed many lives, and continues today with us. There will be meditation, talks and a special ritual in the evening. All are welcome.

Join in with an exploration of what it means to bring our ethics, meditation and insight practice off the cushion and into the world.

A late Antonioni film starring Jack Nicholson as a disillusioned television journalist playing the dangerous game of assuming the identity of a British businessman.

Join Sanghasiha, Kavyamani, Guhyasakhi and friends for a day retreat exploring our relationship with the land as Dharma farers. Expect sound meditation practice, a talk, conversation, ritual and a deeper connection with ourselves, each other and the other-than-human world.

Orlando Reade in conversation with Maitreyabandhu about his book 'What in Me is Dark: The Revolutionary Afterlife of Paradise Lost'.

John Tresch in conversation with Maitreyabandhu about cosmology, social order and ritual, as well as shifting definitions of the rational and real.