Parinirvana Day Festival: Sunday 14th February 2021 from 11:00am
Hosted by Anandavajra and Lalitaraja with help from Santva.
Suitable for Newcomers / Intermediates / Regulars.

Parinirvana Day is one of the great annual Buddhist Festivals. It honours the day when the Buddha’s died. This is known as his Parinirvana - the death of his human form. Death is a mystery to us all and the death of an Enlightened being is even more mysterious. There will be opportunities to meditate, reflect and connect as we remember the Buddha’s life and death, and also the lives and deaths of others we have lost. Only by turning towards and honouring the impermanence of all things may we find true value and meaning in life. Join the NLBC today as we come together to support each other in doing just that - especially in these challenging global times. A morning of meditation, reflection and readings, a talk with plenty of time to share and a puja make up the day.

PROGRAMME OF SESSIONS

11:00-13:00 Compassion meditation, readings and reflection: led by Santva

13:00-14:00 Lunch: the Zoom room will remain open for anyone who wants to chat informally over lunch

14:00-15:15 Talk and discusssion: “Dialogues About Death...” led by Lalitaraja

15:30-16:30 Paranirvana Puja led by Anandavajra with chanting

Join us online - suitable for Newcomers/Intermediates/Regulars. Please try to join at the start of a session rather than partway through if you can. There will be one Zoom link for all the sessions. Click HERE for Zoom link, or sign-up to Zoom and use Meeting ID: 884 2112 4569 and Passcode: 533893.

Our wonderful teachers give their time for free to put on these events. Please join that spirit of generosity and help us to keep our Centre alive through this current crisis. Please donate if you can by clicking here and use reference ‘Festival Day’. Suggested donation £20.