The Journey and the Guide: A Practical Course in Enlightenment

We are offering this 8-week (fortnightly) course based on Maitreyabhandu's book, ‘The Journey and the Guide: A Practical Course in Enlightenment’.  The material explores the Triratna system of spiritual training: from integration and positive emotion to spiritual death and rebirth. 

These eight weeks (fortnightly) will start on the 22nd April 2025. The course is suitable for interested beginners and is an open offer to regulars wanting to deepen their practice.  You’ll receive your own copy of the book ‘The Journey and the Guide’, written by Maitreyabandhu, who is a senior Buddhist teacher at the London Buddhist Centre, as well as a poet, critic and writer. 

• Interested beginners or non-sangha members, please book using the ‘Book Now’ button at the bottom of this page.  All are welcome but numbers are limited to 10 beginners.
• Regular sangha members wishing to attend the course should email (info@forthvalleybuddhist.com) if you will be attending the course.  Please advise if you currently have a copy of the book or would require a copy.  On the first evening there will be a small ceremony performed as part of issuing the copies of the book.  If you already have a copy of the book, please bring your copy along on the night (whether in paperback, e-reader or audio format) to be used in the ceremony.

Our suggested donation for the course can be made on the first night (between £5.00 - £15.00) to help cover the course materials. However, please note that if your current funds or circumstances won't allow for that please still book the course and feel welcome to join us.  You are also warmly welcome to attend our regular weekly Tuesday evening Sangha nights before, after, and during the course.

“The natural mode of consciousness is to expand. In every moment we can either allow consciousness to unfold or we can make it ‘me’ and ‘mine’ and feel it shrink back to the level of egocentricity.  It’s as if we’ve identified with a tiny ripple on the surface of the ocean.  Once we have let go of that identification there’s the whole ocean: centre-less, edgeless, completely free." 

(Maitreyabandhu)

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