Leave the world through wisdom
Come back to the world through compassion

- a path towards human enlightenment that includes community, friendship, residential retreats, study and the arts.

Work on your mind with committed Buddhist teachers.
Progress towards a more developed consciousness.
Live in the context of an aspirational community.

At the London Buddhist Centre you’ll learn how to work effectively with your mind from committed Buddhist practitioners. We teach meditation, mindfulness, and Buddhism in ways that are relevant to contemporary life. All this within the context of an aspirational community.

The London Buddhist Centre is at the heart of a varied and vibrant community of Buddhist practitioners in East London. We teach Buddhism and meditation in a way which is relevant to contemporary life.

Highlights

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Sat
18 Jan
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8:30 am
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12:30 pm
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18 Jan
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Sat
18 Jan

The Meditation Challenge

The world needs people who can help to positively change it. To help change the world, you need to change yourself. You need to become the change you want to see. To make progress on this path of transformation, we challenge you to: meditate every day for two weeks, join three Meditation Masterclasses with Maitreyabandhu and come to the centre as much as you can.
In person and online.
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Tue
11 Feb
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7:15 pm
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9:30 pm
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Tue
11 Feb
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Tue
1 Apr

Life with Full Attention

By putting mindfulness back into its Buddhist context, this course offers a way to transform ourselves and the ways we affect the world around us. As we learn to live with full attention, we become wiser - and the world needs wise people, who aren’t reacting habitually to life. Over eight weeks, delivered both in-person and online, you will explore various aspects of mindfulness and how to put them into practice in your life.
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Wed
26 Feb
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7:00 pm
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3:00 pm
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26 Feb
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Sun
2 Mar

Buddhism & Meditation Immersion Retreat

Human minds are tricky. They can be wonderfully wise or seriously toxic (and everything in between). It’s not our fault, but our minds can get us into some really bad places, or we can train our mind to get the most out of life. Everything we ever experience is experienced through our mind, so the state of our mind is the state of our life. If you’re serious about working with your mind, you need to give yourself time, space, and good conditions - away from our Westernized drive-through life and its dissipations.
£360 full | £290 conc | £240 18-25s
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Online offerings

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Tue
16 May
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2:26 pm
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3:26 pm
Online On-demand
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Tue
16 May
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Tue
16 May

Meditation Step by Step: Your Guide to Mindfulness

Our on-demand online course

An online course that you can take at your own pace. The course is taught by Suryagupta – Chair of the London Buddhist Centre. Teaching videos, guided meditations and worksheets, all of which can be done in your own time and that you can come back to as many times and you’d like.
£99 - Concessionary rates available
Online only.
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Tue
2 Jan
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8:00 am
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9:00 am
Online On-demand
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Tue
2 Jan
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Tue
2 Jan

Online Morning Meditation

Over the New Year, you can join others for morning meditation classes online. Each morning will begin with teaching to inspire your practice, followed by an unled meditation.
Online only.
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Wed
3 Jan
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8:00 am
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9:00 am
Online On-demand
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Wed
3 Jan
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Wed
3 Jan

Online Morning Meditation

Over the New Year, you can join others for morning meditation classes online. Each morning will begin with teaching to inspire your practice, followed by an unled meditation.
Online only.
More info