Foundation Programme Thursday Evenings
The Thursday Evening Foundation Programme is held at Burnley Kadampa Buddhist Centre. Please see their website for details.
Foundation Programme Friday Mornings
The Friday Foundation Programme is held at Buddha Land Kadampa Meditation Centre in Keighley.
It runs from 9.15am to 12.30pm, and there is a break in the middle.
We are currently studying ‘Meaningful to Behold‘.
This study programme is taught by Gen Kelsang Päljin, the Resident Teacher of Buddha Land Kadampa Meditation Centre, Keighley.
The classes are offered in person to provide the best environment in which the students can immerse themselves in the book; in excceptional circumstances we can offer a live stream or recording of the class. If you would be interested in attending this class, please get in touch – phone us or drop us an email.
Wishfulfilling Jewel Puja
Fridays at 7.30pm & Saturdays at 5pm
(1 hour)
Wishfulfilling Jewel is a slightly more extensive version of the Heart Jewel prayers, prayers to the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden.
On Fridays we engage in this practice with tsog offerings (offerings of food to enlightened beings; if you would like to make such an offering please bring vegetarian food) – a method for transforming our daily activities into a spiritual path.
We use the prayer booklet, ‘Wishfulfilling Jewel,’ for this puja. If you want to buy your own copy you can purchase it online; an electronic version of the booklet is available as well as the paper version – https://tharpa.com/uk/wishfulfilling-jewel-booklet-532.html
The Confession Buddhas
Tuesdays at 7.40am
(30 minutes)
In our previous lives, whilst under the influence of deluded minds, we created a great deal of negative karma, and we also transgressed our commitments and incurred root and secondary downfalls. As a result we now experience difficulties in developing faith and conviction in Dharma, and in making progress on the stages of the path to enlightenment. Since these transgressions and downfalls seriously obstruct our spiritual development, it is essential that we purify them.
One of the best methods for purifying downfalls is this one, ‘the Mahayana Sutra of the Three Superior Heaps,’ or ‘The Bodhisattva’s Confession of Moral Downfalls,’ in which we make physical and verbal prostrations to the 35 Confession Buddhas.
We use the prayer booklet, ‘The Bodhisattva’s Confession of Moral Downfalls,’ for this puja. If you want to buy your own copy you can purchase it online – https://tharpa.com/uk/the-bodhisattvas-confession-of-moral-downfalls.html
An electronic verson of the booklet is available as well as the paper version.
