Welcome to the Brighton group for the Awakened Heart Sangha – an international Tibetan Buddhist community of students of Lama Shenpen Hookham. Please visit our Dates & Events page for details of our upcoming events .
Under the current Coronavirus restrictions, we have moved our group on-line. We will be continuing our on-line meetings with a one hour session on August 1st, and then continuing to alternate one and two hour sessions every week to the end of September. We’ll be reviewing this at the end of September, when we’ll know whether we can go back to meeting at Studio iO or will need to continue to meet on-line.
A full set of on-line dates is given below.
Our practice is mostly Formless Meditation as taught by Lama Shenpen Hookham. We also do Apramanas (Brahma Vihara) meditation, including metta bhavana practice. If you’re not familiar with these practices and you’d like to come along, please email Sherab (Ian) at sherab-dorjay@redbuddhahouse.net .
You can join the group from home using the Bodhi Tree Zoom Room: just click on https://zoom.us/j/8342369279 and follow the instructions, or if you have Zoom installed, our meeting ID is 834-236-9279. You will need to have Zoom installed on your computer in advance. Feel free to share this link with others, our groups are open to anyone.
If you’d like to be added to the mailing list for the group, please contact Sherab at sherab-dorjay@redbuddhahouse.net .
Group Sessions
1 hour sessions (11:00 to 12:00) August 1st, August 15th, August 29th, September 12th, September 26th
These are primarily opportunities to meet and meditate together:
Opening meditation (10 mins)
Brief checking in
Meditation (usually Formless Meditation) (30 mins)
Dedication and close
2 hour sessions (11:00 to 13:00): August 8th, August 22nd, September 5th, September 19th, September 26th
These sessions include more teaching and discussion. They will be arranged in four week blocks around a particular theme. For details of themes, sign up to our email list by contacting sherab-dorjay@redbuddhahouse.net :
Opening meditation (10 mins)
Brief checking in
Session intro
Meditation (usually Formless Meditation) (30 mins)
Break
Reflection on the theme and discussion
