Wat London held their Songkran / Thai New Year festival on Sunday 15th April 2018
Around thirty monks and regular attendees from Wat Manchester joined in, with most people travelling there and back in a specially chartered bus
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Songkran Festival Sunday 8th April 2018
Songkran / Thai New Year Festival was held on Sunday 8th April 2018 at the temple
We were delighted to have Councillor Linda Holt, the Mayor of Stockport as our guest of honour
Many local people visited the temple for the first time
A great many people attended and a great day was had by all
Many thanks to all the people who contributed to making the day a great success
Local Leaflet Delivering
Everyone is invited to help with delivering leaflets to local houses near the temple in time for the Songkran Festival on April 8th
The leaflets invite local people to visit the temple for Songkran, Meditation and Yoga classes and thank them for their support in Phra Seri’s visa case
If you would like to deliver some leaflets, please collect some from the temple, and use the form and map to avoid replication
Many thanks to San for designing and printing leaflets
Temple Garden Clearing-up Day, Saturday 31st March 2018
Temple Garden Clearing-up Day
Saturday 31st March 2018, 11:00 am
Please help tidy up the Temple garden to make it look beautiful for the Songkran Festival on 8th April
Tasks include: Weeding, clearing leaves, mowing the grass, cutting branches, trimming the hedges, taking rubbish and green waste to the tip, etc, etc
We already have some tools, but please bring your own strimmers, loppers, trimmers, shears, shovels and rakes and other implements
Start at 11:00 by offering food to the monks, then start on the garden after lunch
Lunch will be generously provided by Phetpailin Thai Restaurant
Songkran Thai New Year Water Festival, April 8th 2018, from 10:00 am
This year’s Songkran Thai New Year Water Festival will be held on Sunday April 8th from 10:00 am onwards
All are welcome, please invite family and friends
Delicious Thai refreshments will be generously provided by local Thai restaurants and temple supporters
Inner Peace Meditation Retreat, March 23rd – 25th 2018, Dhammakaya Temple Woking, Surrey
Have you ever wished you had somewhere to go when life pulls you off-centre? A place where you can find your inner strength, calm, and wisdom whenever you need it?
Take the opportunity to deepen your meditation practice on a weekend long meditation retreat organised by our sister temple in Woking, Surrey
More about the retreat here http://www.watphradhammakayalondon.co.uk/the-inner-peace-weekend-meditation-retreat-15th/
Further information about the Woking temple can be found here http://www.watphradhammakayalondon.co.uk/
Reserve your place on the retreat here http://www.watphradhammakayalondon.co.uk/weekend-retreat-16/
Chakra Yoga and Pilates Workshop, Sunday March 18th 2018
Jeannette and Maria will be running a Chakra Yoga and Pilates Workshop at the temple on Sunday March 18th 2018 1:30 – 5:00 pm
Delicious Thai refreshments will be generously provided by Chilli Banana Restaurant
Phra Seri is granted Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK
An innocuous looking plain brown UK Government style envelope arrived in the post at the temple
It contained a letter from the Home Office with the fantastic news that Phra Seri has been granted Indefinite Leave to Remain (i.e. Permanent Residency) in the UK
We are all delighted, as you can probably imagine! Thank you everybody, for your hard work, support, signatures and encouragement!
Wednesday Meditation Class Showcased on dhammakaya.net
The Wednesday Meditation Class led by Phra Seri was showcased on dhammakaya.net
http://en.dhammakaya.net/2018/02/11/wednesday-meditation-class-manchester-united-kingdom-2/
The New Kitchen Takes Shape
The new kitchen at the temple came into being with astonishing rapidity during January and February 2018
Many thanks to everyone who generously gave their time, money and help to bring about the new kitchen
