Courses and Events in the North East
Day Courses and Workshops
Once a month the centre offers a whole range of days courses catering for all levels of interest. The days will normally include guided meditations, morning & afternoon talks as well as plenty of opportunity for questions and discussion.
Beginners should keep an eye out for our popular day course entitled The Teachings of Buddha. Other courses will explore in greater detail a particular theme, designed to help us overcome our human problems and find inner peace
Empowerments
An empowerment is a very beautiful ceremony in which we will make a special and close connection with a particular Buddha. This will enable us to swiftly receive their blessings and thus gain inner realizations and experience of their particular practice.
Feast of Delight - Every Month
Feast of Delight
16th May at 7.00 pm - book by 10 am on the Wednesday prior to the event.
A relaxing guided meditation followed by three courses of delicious, light, contemporary vegetarian food.
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Enjoy a relaxed atmosphere with like minded spiritual friends - bring your own friends or come and make new ones!
Places are strictly limited to the first 24 bookings.
(Full payment in advance is required)
Price £10 per person Children under 14 half price
These 'Feasts of Delight' are a monthly event, please see the appropriate monthly calendar for the exact schedule.
Pujas - Chanted Meditations
The chanted meditations at Atisha Centre, known as ‘pujas’, and follow a range of Buddhist prayer booklets prepared by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso and published by Tharpa Publications. These prayer booklets, known as sadhanas, can also be used for individual practice and are available from our book shop.
Engaging in pujas is a special method for purifying negativity, accumulating merit and receiving blessings. It helps us to develop and maintain a positive mind, and is a powerful preparation for meditation.
Everyone is welcome to attend all the pujas apart from Highest Yoga Tantra pujas,
which are for practitioners only.
Click here for details on Pujas
Retreats
Retreats are an opportunity to spend an extended time focusing on a particular practice. Previous experience of the practices would therefore be useful. They are very precious opportunities in the year for us to break away from the usual tasks of everyday life in order to gain deeper experience of the teachings.
Payment with Centre Cards
For just £30 per month you can get a Centre card - entitles you to go to as many GP and FP classes as you want and get half price day courses & empowerments, and know that you're helping Atisha Centre by making a regular contribution. You can pay monthly by standing order or pay quarterly or annually by cheque or cash. For more information contact the Education Programme Coordinator.
Click here for a Standing Order application form
