Author Archives: Akuppa

Kamalashila’s Launching “Buddhist Meditation”

Kamalashila will be visiting the Centre for the Sangha Class (7.30-9.30pm) on Wednesday 25 April. He will be launching the revised edition of his classic book “Buddhist Meditation”, which is an excellent guide to meditation for beginners and seasoned practitioners alike. He will be talking about the book and, we //Read More

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“New Centre Fund” Launched

The Centre has launched an appeal to raise money for a move to new premises. After renting premises for the last 18 years, we now want to explore the possibility of buying our own premises in the next year or so. This will enable us to build up a resource //Read More

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Sangha Classes in April

Here are the themes for the Sangha Classes in April: Wednesdays 7.30-9.30pm. Amongst other things, we’ll be looking at the 12 ‘positive nidanas’ – a vision of spiritual awakening as a succession of unfolding states of mind. The class is open to all who have learnt the Mindfulness of Breathing //Read More

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Sangha Nights in February – the Passing of the Buddha

On Wednesday evenings this month we’ll be continuing to focus on the figure of the Buddha. So far in this series, we’ve been looking at the real life encounters between the historical Buddha and people he met. We’ve looked at his first meetings with people who went on to be //Read More

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