Dharma Day Festival: Led by Jyotismati and Dayanatha
Sun 13 Jul | 10am–9.30pm | In person, drop in anytime
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Find the Truth and then Live By it.
‘The Doors to the Deathless have been opened!’ said the Buddha when he first met his friends, the so-called five ascetics, after his Enlightenment. Soon Kaundinya understood. And according to the legend, the sky filled with devas. Soon Enlightenment, that supreme vision of how things really are, spread throughout India and, as the centuries passed, across the world to reach us here in the East End of London in 2025.
In a post-fact world, a world of fake news and public debate, an increasingly divided world, we need a vision of truth that can transcend our differences and reunite us in an aspirational sangha: the community the Buddha founded on Dharma Day.
The Truth of life is something, in Bhante Sangharakshita’s words, that is caught not taught. Come along and catch the truth with meditation, sutra readings, readings from Bhante, and a keynote talk by one of Triratna’s seniormost and inspiring teachers, Vajratara: The Way to Freedom.
Event Schedule
Led by Jyotismati and Dayanatha
8.30am - 9.30am | 6 Elements Meditation for Order Members (led by Maitreyi)
9.30am | Breakfast (all welcome)
10.30am | Meditation, Reflection & Sutra Readings: From suffering to liberation
11.30am | Silent Tea Break
Doors re-open for those wishing to join.
12pm | Meditation, Reflection & Sutra Readings: A New Kind of Consciousness
1pm | Shared lunch
Please bring vegan food to share.
2:30pm | The Sound of the Dharma: Musical offerings with Vandanajyoti
Hear Vandanajyoti trained in Indian classical music, play her instruments with singing. Suitable for adults and children.
3.30pm | Tea and cake
4:00pm | The Way to Freedom - Dharma Talk by Vajratara
A keynote talk from Vajratara. She is one of our most experienced teachers within our movement and lives at the womens ordination training retreat centre.
5.30pm | Dinner in Mandala Café (by donation)
Cooked and served by our team of chefs.
7pm | Festival Day Puja with Mitra Ceremonies
When someone becomes a Mitra at the London Buddhist Centre, they are publicly declaring, in a ritual context, that they are a Buddhist. It's a very moving and significant event for both those becoming Mitras and also for those witnessing. Join in this uplifting ceremony led by LBC Chair Suryagupta.
Bring cards and gifts for new Mitras if you wish.
End by 9.30pm
