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Kissing the Joy as it flies

Parinirvana Day: a Buddhist Approach to Death and Impermanence.

10am                      Arrive
10.15 to 12noon      Meditations with readings
12noon                   Parinirvana Day talk
1pm                        Shared lunch
2pm                        Reflection & Death Awareness workshop
4pm                        Puja – please bring photos of loved ones
who have died in the past year or so.
5pm                        Clear up and depart
 
Parinirvana Day is a festival which commemorates the Buddha's final passing into nirvana at his death. In recognising the inevitability of death, we can dedicate our remaining days to what is most important to us.
 
Everyone is welcome to all or part of the day. Please bring vegan or vegetarian food to share at lunchtime. You may also like to bring pho­to­graphs of any­body close to you who has died in the last year.

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Festival dates in 2012

Parinirvana Day Sunday 19th February 2012
Triratana Day  Saturday 7th April 2012
Buddha Day  Sunday 6th May 2012
Dharma Day Sunday 1st July 2012
Birmingham Buddhist Centre Open Day Sunday 8th July 2012
Padmasambhava Day Sunday 7th October 2012
Sangha Day Sunday 25th November 2012

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