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A Special Event
UK Southern Dharma Celebration

Medicine Buddha empowerment
with Kadam Bridget Heyes

Dates: Fri 2 Mar - Sun 4 Mar

Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square,
Holborn, London WC1R 4RL (Holborn tube)
see local map

Medicine Buddha is a wise and compassionate
Buddha doctor who works to free all living beings
from the source of all physical suffering and mental
pain - the negativity within their own minds.
By relying upon Medicine Buddha sincerely we can
be cured of all pain, sickness, dangers and obstacles
permanently and experience the everlasting
peace and happiness of full enlightenment.

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Refuge retreat
with Resident Teacher Ai Peng McBretney

Date: Fri 16 Mar - Sat 17 Mar

Retreat session times:
Fri 16 Mar
Introduction to retreat: 7.30pm-9.15pm

Sat 17 Mar
Session 1: 8.30am-9.45am
Session 2: 10.30am-11.45am
Wishfulfilling Jewel with tsog: 12.00pm-1.00pm
Session 3: 3.15pm-4.30pm
Session 4: 5.15pm-6.30pm

When we experience problems and difficulties we
seek protection from this suffering. However, the
protection we find in the world is at best temporary
and new problems soon arrive. By turning to Buddha
and his profound teachings, and following the example
of experienced practitioners, a special refuge can be
developed in our mind that provides us lasting
protection. Find out more at the introductory talk
on Friday evening with Ai Peng McBretney.

Suggested donation: £8 for the day

Great relationships
with Resident Teacher Ai Peng McBretney

Date: Sat 24 Mar

Time: 10.00am-1.00pm

Although we love our friends and family we still
sometimes get angry with them, and so create
unhappiness for ourself and our loved ones.
On this course we can learn methods that will
help us to build the foundation for stable and
satisfying relationships.

Fee: £25 (including a two course lunch)

Deposit £10.00 GBP Full payment £25.00 GBP

Developing wisdom
Seeing things as they really are
with Resident Teacher Ai Peng McBretney

Date: Sat 31 Mar

Time: 11.30am-1.00pm

Venue: Friends Meeting House,
18 Dundonald Drive, Leigh-on-Sea SS9 1NB
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Delusions often crowd our mind. They make us
view the world, other people and ourself in a
distorted way. When our mind is under the
influence of delusions, we are out of touch
with reality and are not seeing things as they
really are. An opportunity to learn how to
to identify our delusions and develop wisdom.
With no delusions remaining in our mind, there
is nothing that can disturb our inner peace.

Fee: £8

Full payment £8.00 GBP

Special Fasting & Purification retreat
In conjunction with Buddha Avalokiteshvara

Date: Sat 14 Apr - Sun 15 Apr

Retreat session times:
Taking Precepts: 6.30am-7.15am (not optional)
Session 1: 8.00am-9.15am
Session 2: 10.45am-12.00noon
Session 3: 3.30pm-4.45pm

Wishfulfilling Jewel puja:
Sat 14 Apr 5.30pm-6.30pm (with tsog offerings)
Sun 15 Apr 12.15pm-1.00pm

This special fasting and purification practice is
performed in conjunction with Eleven-faced
Avalokiteshvara. It is very powerful for purifying
negative karma of body, speech, and mind, and for
pacifying strong delusions such as desirous
attachment and hatred. It is also a special method
for receiving blessings and improving our
experience of love, compassion, and bodhichitta.

Ai Peng McBretney will grant precepts on both days
at 6.30am. Anyone wishing to join any sessions of
the retreat is required to take precepts on the day.

Suggested donation: £8 for the day

Learn to meditate: the basics
with Resident Teacher Ai Peng McBretney

Date: Sat 28 Apr

Time: 10.00am-1.00pm

The purpose of meditation is to make our mind
calm and peaceful. Meditation is simple to learn.
In this course we can learn the basics of
meditation and see practically how to
"administer" meditation to improve our lives.

Fee: £25 (including a two course lunch)

Deposit £10.00 GBP Full payment £25.00 GBP

Guru yoga & mandala offering retreat
with Resident Teacher Ai Peng McBretney

Date: Fri 11 May - Sat 12 May

Retreat session times:
Fri 11 May
Introduction to retreat: 7.30pm-9.15pm

Sat 12 May
Session 1: 8.30am-9.45am
Session 2: 10.30am-11.45am
Wishfulfilling Jewel with tsog: 12.00pm-1.00pm
Session 3: 3.15pm-4.30pm
Session 4: 5.15pm-6.30pm

On Friday evening Ai Peng McBretney will explain
how engaging in the practice of Guru Yoga,
together with making mandala offerings, creates
a vast collection of merit or good fortune through
which we can receive the powerful blessings of our
Spiritual Guide and fulfil our spiritual wishes.
On Saturday we will then have the opportunity to
engage in the practice. Everyone is welcome.

Suggested donation: £8 for the day

International NKT-IKBU Spring Festival
Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre
Ulverston, Cumbria

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Practical solutions to daily problems
with Resident Teacher Ai Peng McBretney

Date: Sat 9 June

Time: 10.00am-1.00pm

There are countless conditions that frustrate
our plans and prevent us from doing what we
want. It is as if we are living in a thornbush -
whenever we try to move we are wounded by
circumstances. This course offers us solutions
to the difficulties that we meet in our everyday life.

Fee: £25 (including a two course lunch)

Deposit £10.00 GBP Full payment £25.00 GBP

International NKT-IKBU Summer Festival
Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre
Ulverston, Cumbria

Modern Buddhism,
the Path of Compassion and Wisdom

A very rare opportunity to receive the oral
teachings on the whole of Modern Buddhism.

Week 1 Part One - Sutra
with Refuge and Bodhisattva Vow Ceremony
with Gen-la Kelsang Kunsang

Week 2 Part Two - Tantra
with Je Tsongkhapa Empowerment
with Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong

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