At the end of September, our centre was visited by it’s president, Vajragupta, for a packed week of events and meetings with sangha members.
On Tuesday 24th, Vajragupta led a sevenfold puja and Mitra ceremony welcoming Shenden, Gemma, Spencer and James into the sangha.
Muditalila and Prajnavaca rejoiced in the merits of the mitras, the Welsh language sangha joined via Zoom to offer their support, an updated Welsh translation of the sevenfold puja was celebrated, lots of confetti was thrown and the evening ended with celebratory cakes.
One of the mitras, Gemma, said “It was a really special evening that I’ll remember for a long time. To be able to go through the ceremony with 3 others from my course and then have so many people come and support the four of us felt a real privilege. Massive thank you to everyone”
Day Retreat on Fearlessness
After a busy week meeting lots of the sangha individually, Vajragupta led a sold out day retreat on “Facing Fear, Finding courage”.
The morning looked at part of the Bhayabherava sutta. After an impressive shared lunch, the afternoon focused on what could overcome fear and dread.
Vajragupta led a short guided meditation asking people to reflect on something that was causing them fear at the moment, and what “superpower” they could nurture to address that fear. The retreat then ended with a short ritual where people made offerings of their commitment to nurture that “superpower”.