Modern Buddhism for everyone!

'Everyone is welcome' is the catchphrase of modern Kadampa Buddhism.

Whether you are a Buddhist or not, you will definitely find something in the teachings and practices of modern Kadampa Buddhism that will help you find inner peace, solve your everyday problems, and improve your relationships with others.

In these courses, we explore the different and interesting challenges we face in life from the perspective of Buddhist philosophy. They include meditation, contemplation and teachings on how to create a more meaningful and peaceful life for ourselves and others.

'Kadam Dharma accords with people’s daily experience; it cannot be separated from daily life. Everyone needs it to make their lives happy and meaningful, to solve temporarily their human problems, and to enable them ultimately to find pure and everlasting happiness through controlling their anger, attachment, jealousy, and especially ignorance.'

– VENERABLE GESHE KELSANG GYATSO RINPOCHE

Clear Mind, Calm Heart

Friday 6th - Sunday 8th March
Weekend Course with Mark Manning

Through practical teachings and guided meditation sessions, you will learn how to let go of mental tension, relate to your thoughts with kindness, and develop a calm, open heart.

This course is suitable for everyone, whether you are new to meditation or already have some experience.

Make Your own Mala

Sunday 29th March | 10am-1pm
Workshop with Ling Brandwood

The mala, a rosary used to count recitations of prayers or mantras, is a very precious ritual object. It contains one hundred and eight beads.

In this workshop, you will learn how to make a mala (or repair an old mala) with an adjustable sliding knot.

Why do We Get Angry?

Saturday 11th April | 10am-1pm
Half-Day Course with Gen Kelsang Dema

Buddha gave very clear teachings about how anger destroys our happiness and peace of
mind and has no function other than to harm us. Once we recognise this and understand
the real causes of our anger will be highly motivated to overcome this destructive mind.

How to be Truly Patient

Saturday 11th April | 2:00-5:00pm
Half-Day Course with Kelsang Tharlam

On this half-day course, we will learn the practical methods to develop  the most beautiful mind of patience.

We will also learn how, far from being a weak, passive mind, patience gives us the strength and clarity to face life’s many challenges as well as enabling us to fulfil our spiritual goals.

How to Solve our Human Problems

Saturday 18th April | 10:00am-5:00pm
Day Course with Mark Manning

Happiness, joy, as well as anxiety, stress and all the problems we experience are feelings within our mind. So the real causes of both happiness and suffering must also lie within. Through meditation, we can increase the states of mind that lead to happiness and reduce and eventually completely abandon our painful experiences.

Peaceful Mind, Happy Life

Saturday 16th May | 10:00am-5:00pm
Day Course with Kelsang Tharlam

We all have within us our own source of inner peace. Amidst the busyness of daily life, it is easy to feel disconnected from this.

On this day course, we will learn how we can create our own inner peace using simple, accessible yet profound methods and how we can create a happy life for ourself and others without needing to change our external lifestyle.

What is Meditation?

Sunday 7th June | 10:00am-1:00pm
Workshop with Gen Kelsang Dema

Have you ever wanted to know how to have a peaceful and happy mind free from stress, anxiety and frustration?

In this workshop, we will gain a clear understanding of the many benefits of meditation and learn how to meditate. There will be plenty of opportunities to practise simple meditations that remove negativity from our mind and enable us to experience real inner peace and happiness.

Kindness - A Special Gift

Sunday 21st June | 10:00am-1:00pm
Half-Day Course with Donna Healey

Through Buddha's teachings, we learn to understand and appreciate that kindness is a very special gift that allows us to develop love for others and heal our own troubled mind. When we learn how to contemplate and meditate on kindness, we will find harmony in our relationships, a peaceful, joyful mind and we will experience true happiness within.

The Path to Everlasting Happiness

Saturday 4th July | 10:00am-5:00pm
Day Course with Mark Manning

Every thought we have creates inner pathways in the mind. Learn how to create paths to happiness within our own mind through meditation. In this way, we establish a reliable, pure and everlasting reservoir of happiness and protection from within that we can take with us wherever we go.

Letting Go of Anxiety

Saturday 18th July | 10:00am-5:00pm
Day Course with Kelsang Tharlam

Uncontrolled desire, or attachment, is the source of much of our worries, anxiety and discontent.

On this day course, we will learn profound, yet simple methods derived from ancient Buddhist wisdom to overcome uncontrolled desire. Although taught thousands of years ago, they are just as relevant today.