Suitable for Newcomers / Intermediates / Regulars
Led by: Ratnaprabha & team
Cost £12/£5 Conc (if you are eligible for a concession, after you click the booking button, click 'Redeem Coupon' button and enter ‘CONCESSION-5’ For concession policy click here.)

Start your weekend in a positive way with our friendly Saturday morning class, suitable for all. The first hour is meditation teaching and practice. Then at 11:30 we continue with an exploration of Buddhist teachings, with a special keynote talk on the second Saturday of each month.

Great Buddhists

This autumn a series of talks on some of the amazing people who have exemplified Buddhist practice, communicated the teachings of Buddhism, and helped make Buddhism more accessible. These are our speakers:

14-Sep Kusalasara, Shantideva – the laziest monk makes good.

All the joy the world contains has come through wishing happiness for others. All the misery the world contains has come through wanting pleasure only for oneself.” (Shantideva)

Shantideva shattered his reputation for extreme laziness at Nalanda University around the year 700 by reciting his amazing book-length philosophical poem, 'the Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life'. Kusalasara is a fan of Shantideva, and will introduce his work and significance as one of the great Indian Buddhist bodhisattvas. Kusalasara is the women's Mitra convenor at the London Buddhist centre, and we are really lucky getting her to give our September talk. Look out for it on YouTube if you can't make it live.

12-Oct Ambedkar Day: celebrating the great Indian Buddhist reformer and statesman of the 20th century, Dr BR Ambedkar

9-Nov Sraddhagita On Dhardo Rimpoche, a modern Tibetan bodhisattva

14-Dec Karunagita, topic to be announced

ONLINE PARTICIPANTS:- Please pay what you can for the class to help support the centre

Click here to access the class on Zoom. Session opens at 10:15 and class starts 10:30. Zoom Meeting ID: 630 207 959; Passcode 549385. Watch the monthly talks on YouTube live here