Welcome to the Newcastle Buddhist Centre website
We offer a variety of courses in meditation an Buddhism to suit both beginners and those with more experience.
We also run other events such as weekend retreats yoga classes, Shiatsu activities and the celebration of Buddhist festivals.
Sangha
Sangha is a Pali word often translated as ‘spiritual community.’ This sense of community and friendship is very important at the Newcastle Buddhist Centre. We hope that when people come along, they gain more than knowledge about Buddhism, but experience the Buddha’s teachings through friendship and positive communication with others.
Payment
The Newcastle Buddhist Centre tries as far as possible to operate on the basis of dana. Dana is a Pali word meaning generosity and dana is seen as of fundamental importance in Buddhism.
We therefore hope to run the Buddhist Centre on the basis of the generosity of those who attend our courses and classes, without set charges for events.
At present however we have a set charge for our introductory courses and for our weekend retreats. All other classes are by donation though we may recommend a suggested donation.
We are a not for profit organisation and our aim is to make the Buddha’s teaching available to anyone who wishes to access it – yet we are reliant on a certain income to make resources available. If money is a problem with any of our events, please do get into negotiation with us.
