Uposatha Sangha 2023

  • Jan 06

    Friday Jan 6, 2023 - Tuesday Dec 26, 2023

    (Start time Fri 19:00 GMT - End time Tue 19:30 GMT)
    Online
    Chris Cullen, Jaya Rudgard, Yuka Nakamura
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    This happens every two weeks according to the lunar calendar. This programme is offered on a dāna basis
    Session information
    Sessions
    2023 Session 1
    Fri 06 Jan 19:00 GMT - Fri 06 Jan 19:30 GMT
    Online
    2023 Session 2
    Sat 21 Jan 19:00 GMT - Sat 21 Jan 19:30 GMT
    Online
    2023 Session 3
    Sun 05 Feb 19:00 GMT - Sun 05 Feb 19:30 GMT
    Online
    2023 Session 4
    Mon 20 Feb 19:00 GMT - Mon 20 Feb 19:30 GMT
    Online
    2023 Session 5
    Tue 07 Mar 19:00 GMT - Tue 07 Mar 19:30 GMT
    Online
    2023 Session 6
    Tue 21 Mar 19:00 GMT - Tue 21 Mar 19:30 GMT
    Online
    2023 Session 7
    Wed 05 Apr 19:00 BST - Wed 05 Apr 19:30 BST
    Online
    2023 Session 8
    Wed 19 Apr 19:00 BST - Wed 19 Apr 19:30 BST
    Online
    2023 Session 9
    Fri 05 May 19:00 BST - Fri 05 May 19:30 BST
    Online
    2023 Session 10
    Fri 19 May 19:00 BST - Fri 19 May 19:30 BST
    Online
    2023 Session 11
    Sat 03 Jun 19:00 BST - Sat 03 Jun 19:30 BST
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    2023 Session 12
    Sat 17 Jun 19:00 BST - Sat 17 Jun 19:30 BST
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    2023 Session 13
    Mon 03 Jul 19:00 BST - Mon 03 Jul 19:30 BST
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    2023 Session 14
    Mon 17 Jul 19:00 BST - Mon 17 Jul 19:30 BST
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    2023 Session 15
    Tue 01 Aug 19:00 BST - Tue 01 Aug 19:30 BST
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    2023 Session 17
    Wed 16 Aug 19:00 BST - Wed 16 Aug 19:30 BST
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    2023 Session 18
    Wed 30 Aug 19:00 BST - Wed 30 Aug 19:30 BST
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    2023 Session 19
    Thu 14 Sep 19:00 BST - Thu 14 Sep 19:30 BST
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    2023 Session 20
    Fri 29 Sep 19:00 BST - Fri 29 Sep 19:30 BST
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    2023 Session 21
    Sat 14 Oct 19:00 BST - Sat 14 Oct 19:30 BST
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    2023 Session 22
    Sat 28 Oct 19:00 BST - Sat 28 Oct 19:30 BST
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    2023 Session 23
    Mon 13 Nov 19:00 GMT - Mon 13 Nov 19:30 GMT
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    2023 Session 24
    Mon 27 Nov 19:00 GMT - Mon 27 Nov 19:30 GMT
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    2023 Session 25
    Tue 12 Dec 19:00 GMT - Tue 12 Dec 19:30 GMT
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    2023 Session 26
    Tue 26 Dec 19:00 GMT - Tue 26 Dec 19:30 GMT
    Online
Description

Building our Practice Community

Continuing the sangha we started in January 2022, this year we will also invite you to come and join us via Zoom for half an hour on the new and full moon of each month.

Inspired by the ancient tradition of observance of the Uposatha days, these gatherings offer an opportunity to support and encourage one another in renewing our commitment to practice.

We’ll lead a simple forgiveness meditation and take the refuges and precepts in the traditional way, have a brief sit, share another reflection, and dedicate the blessings of our practice

The sangha started with an Introduction to Uposatha Sangha gathering on Sunday 2 January 2022 (the new moon). We introduced the texts and practices, and had some time to meet, meditate and reflect together on our relationship to tradition, and to ritual, and how to make use of these times together.

To access an audio recording of this session, please click here.

Here you can also download the text used during the ceremony here

You can read feedback and experiences from participants who attended the sessions here and an interview with Jaya Rudgard about the sangha here.

Once you have registered for the Uposatha Sangha you will receive a link which works for all sessions.

There is no need to attend regularly or let us know whether or not you are coming each time: you can just turn up whenever you are able to join us and either or two of us will be there.

We look forward to seeing you and to supporting our practice together!

Event Details

Schedule:

Our meetings will be at 7-7.30pm GMT/8-8.30pm CET (BST (British Summer Time) from 5th April to 28th October included). Dates will follow the lunar calendar so the day of the week will vary: please see the list of dates and times until December 2023 below.

Full and new moon dates for 2023

6th January 2023 Full
21st January 2023 New
5th February 2023 Full
20th February 2023 New
7th March 2023 Full
21st March 2023 New
5th April 2023 Full
19th April 2023 New
5th May 2023 Full
19th May 2023 New
3rd June 2023 Full
17th June 2023 New
3rd July 2023 Full
17th July 2023 New
1st August 2023 Full
16th August 2023 New
30th August 2023 Full
14th September 2023 New
29th September 2023 Full
14th October 2023 New
28th October 2023 Full
13th November 2023 New
27th November 2023 Full
12th December 2023 New
26th December 2023 Full

Suitability:

Open to all - new and experienced practitioners alike

Cost:

These gatherings are being offered freely, but for those who wish there will be an opportunity to offer Dana.

Teachers:

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JAYA RUDGARD
began meditating in the 1980s and practised for eight years as a nun in the Thai Forest tradition in England with Ven. Ajahn Sumedho as her teacher. She is a graduate of the Insight Meditation Society/Spirit Rock Teacher Training and teaches Insight Meditation and mindfulness in the UK and internationally. Jaya is a qualified yoga teacher and a certified Holden Qigong instructor.

YUKA NAKAMURA has practised Buddhist meditation in different traditions since 1993, has a PhD in Developmental Psychology and is a certified MBSR-teacher. Trained as a Buddhist meditation teacher by Fred von Allmen she teaches meditation at Beatenberg (Switzerland), Gaia House (UK), Insight Meditation Society (Barre, MA) and other places. Yuka offers MBSR-courses and MBI-trainings at the CFM Zentrum für Achtsamkeit (CH).

Chris CullenCHRIS CULLEN has practised and studied the Buddha's teachings since 1994 and has been teaching Insight Meditation retreats since 2010. He is also on the teaching team of the University of Oxford’s Mindfulness Centre, teaching Buddhist Psychology on the Masters course in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and running the mindfulness programme in the UK Parliament. He has a psychotherapy practice in Oxford.