Sangha Works Week

Is your Dharma practice alive in everything you do?

Every August, the regular Buddhist Centre timetable has a summer break, and whilst we down tools of one sort, we pick up our our gardening, DIY and cleaning tools instead! With the centre empty of normal classes, the Centre Team and wider Sangha can take care of bigger deep cleaning, maintenance and repair tasks.

This week of activity is an expanded version of the weekly Wednesday morning sangha works sessions, where the centre receives invaluable care and attention from volunteers in the Sangha Works team. The ethos behind the events is:

Without our realising, our Dharma practice can easily become compartmentalised into the time we spend 'on the cushion' or at the Buddhist Centre. There's a lot we can learn about ourselves when we bring our practice into shared tasks and activities.

Sangha Works provides a meaningful opportunity to engage our Dharma practice in something tangible, and make a vaulable contribution to our Centre at the same time.

Connect with others, give back to your local Buddhist Centre and engage in meaningful, off-the-cushion practice.

Volunteers, please email our caretaker to let us know which days (morning and/or afternoon session) you are able to join us.
You could include any particular skills you would like to offer, e.g. woodworking, painting, use of car to go to the tip.
This allows us to plan ahead in terms of work and also food.

caretaker@bristol-buddhist-centre.org

Wear old clothes for messy tasks. All tools and safety gear provided.

Shape of the day:

We start with a check-in, then choose tasks to work with as practice. These often include:

DIY  & repairs
Cleaning & tidying
Gardening
Tending the shrine

 ...but can include more! We can also provide sit-down jobs for those with differing levels of ability.

1 - 2pm Lunch provided

Tea, coffee, biscuits... and good company!