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30th Anniversary Urban Retreat: 9th –16th November On the Urban Retreat you decide what commitments to take up while going about your usual routine. We will support your efforts by opening the Centre for morning meditation, hosting special classes, and sending you daily text messages and audio downloads. We start with a day retreat in which the new shrine room painting will be unveiled, and we finish with a day retreat and then Sangha day. In the evenings there will be free classes all week, including newcomers’ meditation classes from 7.15 to 8.15pm, followed at 8.30pm by a series of very special events celebrating the people and positivity of the LBC. We want everyone who comes to the LBC to attend this year’s 30 th anniversary Urban Retreat – so the week is free of charge for all.
Sunday 9th November 9.30am Doors open 10.00am Creating the Urban Retreat – time to set up our intentions for practising Urban Retreat 1.00pm Lunch (please bring vegetarian lunch to share) 2.15pm Creating the Urban Retreat (continued) 3.30pm – tea 4pm – Sangharakshita Interview The Venerable Sangharakshita is founder of the Western Buddhist Order. Maitreyabandhu will interview him about his vision for the LBC, his life here in Bethnal Green, the building of the Centre in the 1970s, and his hopes for the future. 5pm – Grand unveiling. Bhante will unveil the new 12-foot triptych, painted by Aloka for the basement shrine room. This event will be streamed live on the internet - click here
7am: Open Morning Meditation – please be aware that the doors will close and lock at 7am (you’ll have missed it!) 7.15pm – 8.15pm Free meditation class for all (newcomers very welcome) 8.30pm. Regarding the Cries of the World 30 th Anniversary inaugural talk by Parami: Parami lived and worked at the LBC for many years and is now based at Taraloka women’s retreat centre. She’s a member of the college of Public Preceptors
7am: Open Morning Meditation – please be aware that the doors will close and lock at 7am (you’ll have missed it!) 7.15pm – 8.15pm Free meditation class for all (newcomers very welcome) 8.30pm. The Centrality of Going for Refuge Sanghadasa, Muditasri, Amitajyoti, Amaragita, Vidyakaya and Silapiyaare going to share with us the point in their spiritual lives when they realized that their Going for Refuge to the Three Jewels had become effective
7am: Open Morning Meditation – please be aware that the doors will close and lock at 7am (you’ll have missed it!) 7.15pm – 8.15pm: Free meditation class for all (newcomers very welcome) 8.30pm: A Circle of Friendship Men and women from around the LBC share the joys and challenges of their friendships
7am: Open Morning Meditation – please be aware that the doors will close and lock at 7am (you’ll have missed it!) 7.15pm – 8.15pm Free meditation class for all (newcomers very welcome) 8.30pm:Creating the New Society - a vision created and re-visited: three presentations Padmasuri Talking about starting the Cherry Orchard (now the Wild Cherry) restaurant over 25 years ago. She is now based in Cambridge and a member of the college of Public Preceptor Ratnaguna Talking about setting up Friends Foods (now Friends Organic) 31 years ago. He is now based in Manchester and part of the Breathworks project. The Evolution Bethnal Green Team Talking about the New Society now and sharing their wealth!
7am: Open Morning Meditation – please be aware that the doors will close and lock at 7am (you’ll have missed it!) 7.15pm – 8.15pm Free meditation class for all (newcomers very welcome) Atula Will lead an evening of meditation and ritual. Atula was one of the principal driving forces behind the building of the LBC 3o years ago. He is a much loved friend to many of the men and women who have come to the LBC.
Day Retreat: Reporting back and looking forward This day retreat concludes our week of intensified practice. We will meditate together, share how we the week has gone – what worked and didn’t work. We will then write ourselves a postcard, reminding us what helped us practice. The LBC will then send these postcards out a month later. The day begins at 9.30am and finishes with a special ritual at 4pm.
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