Sangha Evening in Deal

Our regular Sangha Evenings are held in-person at Sholden Hall on Wednesdays from 7-9pm. (In Buddhism Sangha means ‘community’). 

Our Sangha Evenings are suitable for people who know the Mindfulness of Breathing and Metta Bhavana Meditations.

We usually have a lightly led meditation and a talk. Once a month we include a pūjā (ritual). There is also a chance each week for a cuppa and a catch up at the break!

We announce our weekly events along with our Zoom code (for occasional online weeks) in our regular mailings. If you would like to receive our email contact: ekbuddhists@gmail.com

Please also consider following our Triratna East Kent Buddhist Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/148699268982875/

Please note - we are no longer running a regular monthly Zoom session, and on the first Wednesday of each month there will be no Sangha Evening at Sholden Village Hall.

We are hoping that people will take the initiative and organise a more informal event for people to attend on that first Wednesday eg a walk, a short meditation on the beach or meeting in someone's house or to attend events in Margate or Canterbury.

Our Future Sangha Evenings:

On the first Wednesday of each month there will be no Sangha Evening at Sholden Village Hall.

We are hoping that people will take the initiative and organise a more informal event for that first Wednesday, so please email ekbuddhists@gmail.com if you wish to organise something. Thank you.

Friday 8th December:

Danapriya is hosting a Men’s Event. 
Click here for details.

Wednesday 13th December:

Vidyanadi is hosting an evening on the Winter Solstice & pausing.

“We are in between what is collapsing and what is emerging. The dark night of transition. The trapeze artist in the middle of the air. So what do we do? We practice. We practice so that we do not dim the light on what is emerging. So that we may live in uncertainty with equanimity.”

I love this quote from Larry Ward. It nods to  the unrest and war that is happening outside as well as to the liminal in between time of nature that are the darkest nights of the winter solstice and our wish for the returning of the light.

This time of year calls on us to pause, to settle and indeed to practice. It asks us to stop the headlong rushing ahead to notice what is going on within and not just without.

This week we will have a beautiful three part forgiveness meditation and a ritual of letting go, practiced with the intention of making a clearing within for peace to arise that we can carry out as light into the dark nights.

Wednesday 20th December:

Maddava is hosting an end of year Sangha. Please note there will not be a Sangha Evening on Wednesday 27/12/23 or Wednesday 03/01/24.