A More Beautiful Life - a six week journey into an open and more expansive way of living

A six-week introductory course exploring a vision of Buddhist practice that reaches beyond personal wellbeing, inviting us into a more connected, compassionate, and wholehearted relationship with life.

Awakening is less about acquiring something than about learning to appreciate reality differently. Drawing on the Sanskrit term vidyā, Buddhist teacher Sangharakshita describes wisdom as "a sort of relishing of things, a harmony with the world." Rather than asking what experience can give us, we simply learn to dwell within it. Beauty begins to reveal itself when we stop trying to possess it. We’ll be exploring…

- Mettā (loving-kindness) as the emotional foundation of practice

- Spiritual friendship as an essential condition for growth

- Beauty and appreciative awareness as gateways to collectedness

- Ethical communication as practice in relationships

- Sangha as a field of transformation

- Insight into feeling and craving as the basis of freedom from suffering

Led by Maitranayaka and team

Open to all, no previous experience necessary. Tuesday evenings 7 - 9 pm.

If you are driving to the centre the closest long stay car park is James Street.

https://www.southampton.gov.uk/travel-transport/find-and-plan/find-parking/