Brighton Buddhist Centre is offering a one stop swap shop – bring your dystopia for the great utopia exchange! Whilst it’s being processed by the officials – drink tea, dance, create a utopian mythical creature, write, find your inner clown, listen and learn about ‘Utopia, dystopia and Buddhism’, get out of your head with new portals to sacred pathways of the heart with Jayagita, meditate, embody the deep feminine with dance of the dakini, and then make yourself cosy for some bedtime clown stories, but make sure you’re around at midnight for the transformation into Utopia ritual…
~ bring something to leave behind ~
What would your Utopian mythical creature look like? Create your own with simple techniques like collage and drawing and tell us about it’s special powers. For ages 8-18+ by Libby Davy from Egg House Art www.egghouseart.com
Utopia is described as an imagined perfect place, but what does this mean for a Buddhist? Isn’t Buddhism all about suffering? Do Utopia and Dystopia occupy contiguous philosophical spaces, or are they actually interchangeable? A talk exploring the mythos and imagery of Utopia, Dystopia and Buddhism in the 20th and 21st centuries by Dh. Vidyadhara PhD
Danceitation: Meditation and free-form dance with DJ Jayagita
Get out of your head with new portals to sacred pathways of the heart and experience the stillness of meditation in the abundant vitality of dance.
Dance of the Dakini — Embodying the Deep Feminine — Meditation and Movement.
With Laura Shewan.
The Shakyamuni Mantra with Mahasukha
To end the ritual we’ll give voice to our deepest aspirations and devotion to the Buddha through chanting a beautiful Shakyamuni mantra, with harmonies and the sonorous beat of the drum, and through making offerings of light and incense. An uplifting and magical experience imbued with a spirit of devotion.
Letters from Nowhere by Danielle Kerris. Utopia means both ‘good place’ and ‘no place’. If we were to empty ourselves what words would we find? If we let go of the known what then springs up from nowhere, like flowers in the desert? An experimental meditation and writing workshop. Come. Empty. Write. 8-9.30pm Bring pen and paper.
