Class · Online (Zoom)
This event has passed. It took place on Friday 19 May 2023 at 7:00pm – 8:30pm (UK time).
Online (Zoom)
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Online
Many consider the Refuge Ceremony to be the moment in which one officially becomes a Buddhist. It is also the time one receives a dharma name (or refuge name).
Taking the Refuge Vows marks your formal commitment to practice the path of Dharma. Of course, to practice Buddhism, we don’t have to make this official commitment, but if we do so it serves to solidify our sense of purpose. We go for refuge because we are determined to overcome our suffering and help others overcome their suffering.
Taking the Refuge Vow means making a commitment to the path of looking within and practising Dharma. One takes refuge in the Buddha as an example, in the dharma as the path, and in the sangha as companionship.
The essential point of Dharma practice is to transform the mind, and we formally devote ourselves to this inner journey when we take this vow. It can be viewed as marking a time of change in our life, a time when we are ready to turn inward and work with the conditions of our own minds and hearts, as a method to bring greater ease, happiness and meaning to life.
The Refuge Ceremony itself consists of a short guided meditation, a talk on the meaning of Refuge, and then the actual Taking the Vows. Anyone is welcome to come along, and you can decide whether or not to take the vows after hearing the talk.
David is planning to offer the Refuge Vow during an online ceremony on Wednesday, 31st August 2022 at 7pm.
Other dates will be planned for later in the year once we have enough requests, to register interest for future dates please do not book below but use the form here.
4 dates
This class runs on 4 dates (22 January 2022 & 23 January 2022 & 31 August 2022 & 19 May 2023), and each one is booked separately. All of these dates have now passed.
David Oromith, Buddhist Contemplative, Author & Meditation Guide
David is a Buddhist contemplative, meditation guide and retreat leader. He is the Co-Founder of Samadhi and author of A Practical Guide to Mindful Living. He has received non-monastic ordination in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and teaches workshops internationally, leads retreats across the UK and runs classes locally.
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