Dharma Day

SUNDAY 20 JULY

TURNING THE WHEEL OF THE DHARMA

‘At Isipatana, in the deer park at Sarnath, a Perfect One, accomplished and fully Enlightened, has set rolling the Wheel of the Dharma’

We will be celebrating the first turning of the Wheel of the Dharma, where the Buddha succeeded in leading his first five disciples to their own experience of the ineffable truth of the Dharma – and experiencing for ourselves how that wheel is continuing to roll today.

PROGRAMME

9.30am DOORS OPEN (they will be closed from 10.00am until the tea-break)

10am MEDITATION

11.30am TEABREAK

12pm DHARMA DRAMA: DRAMATIZATION OF THE BUDDHA’S FIRST DISCOURSE By Val Witonska, FOLLOWED BY PUJA

1pm      LUNCH AT THE WILD CHERRY

1.30pm CHILDREN’S EVENT (CANCELLED)

2.30pm THE LIVING FLAME OF THE DHARMA: A SYMPOSIUM OF TALKS BY LBC ORDER MEMBERS

4pm TEABREAK

4.30pm TALK BY SAGARAMATI FROM DHARMAPALA COLLEGE: ‘Conditioned-arising: the Unconditioned is conditioned – what?’

6pm SUPPER IN WILD CHERRY

7.30pm DHARMA DRAMA: DRAMATIZATION OF THE BUDDHA’S FIRST DISCOURSE By Val Witonska

FOLLOWED BY FESTIVE PUJA – PLEASE BRING A CANDLE

We will provide a crèche between 2.30 and 4pm. Please phone the LBC reception (Tel: 0208 981 1225) to book a place.