Meditation

Meditation

Meditation is the most direct way to work on your mind and so transform your experience of life. 

Meditation confronts you with who you really are, and what really drives you. It also has the potential to introduce you to a wholly new way of being: insightful, blissful, and absorbed.

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We teach meditation as part of a unified Buddhist vision: a vision of self-transformation that, engaged with intensively enough, leads to Enlightenment. 

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Meditation is a ‘start-where-you-are’ practice. It leads you step-by-step through integration, emotional strength, insight, and finally expresses itself in spontaneous compassion. It is not primarily a technique – it’s more of an art, involving a touch of magic. 

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We recommend:
  • Learn two fundamental meditation practices, cultivating focus and emotional strength, at one of our evening classes.
  • Progress onto one of our more intensive courses.
  • Go on retreat to meditate in the best possible conditions.

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Come to along to the London Buddhist Centre in Bethnal Green, East London. All recurring classes are free, with donations welcome.

Weekly Schedule

Daytime Classes

Lunchtime Meditation | Mon to Sat | 1–2pm

Daytime Buddhism & Meditation | Wednesday | 10.30–12.30pm

Morning Meditation | Saturday | 10.30am–12.15pm

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Evening Classes

Dharma Night | Monday | 7.15–9.30pm

Meditation | Tuesday | 7.15–9.30pm

Meditation | Wednesday | 7.15–9.30pm

Meditation & In Conversation | Thursday | 7.15–9.15pm

Story-telling and Ritual | Friday | 7.15–9.30pm

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All of our weekly classes are free, with donations welcome.

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Lunchtime Meditation Class

Lunchtime Meditation Class

Join us in person to meditate with others in the LBC shrine room and develop your ability to work creatively with your mind. Ideal for complete newcomers and for those who want to keep learning.
Free (with donations welcome).
In person, just turn up.
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Lunchtime Meditation Class

Lunchtime Meditation Class

Join us in person to meditate with others in the LBC shrine room and develop your ability to work creatively with your mind. Ideal for complete newcomers and for those who want to keep learning.
Free (with donations welcome).
In person, just turn up.
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The Mythic Realm

The Mythic Realm

A Friday Night Class Series

A five week series at the Friday class, exploring archetypal Buddha & Bodhisattva figures.
Free (with donations welcome).
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Sub30 Friday Class

Sub30 Friday Class

For those aged 18–30

Join others aged 18–30 for an evening of meditation, discussion and reflecting on what is most valuable in life.
Free (with donations welcome).
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Saturday Morning Class

Saturday Morning Class

Drop in and visit us in Bethnal Green to either learn to meditate from scratch or join the regulars to take your practice deeper.
Free (suggested donation £11).
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Free Your Mind

Free Your Mind

A four-week course in Deptford

The state of our mind is the state of our life. We're mostly unaware of how our negative habits limit our experience and are oblivious to the vast potential of our minds. Buddhist practice gives us the tools to change that and awaken to life’s depths. On the course, we will teach you some of the fundamentals of Buddhist thought, as well as two foundational meditation practices.
£65 full / £45 low income
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Lunchtime Meditation Class

Lunchtime Meditation Class

Join us in person to meditate with others in the LBC shrine room and develop your ability to work creatively with your mind. Ideal for complete newcomers and for those who want to keep learning.
Free (with donations welcome).
In person, just turn up.
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Gardening Retreat

Gardening Retreat

Join our gardening retreat at Vajrasana, to help out with maintaining and improving the beautiful grounds and gardens at Vajrasana gardens, alongside typical retreat activities of meditation, study, ritual and connecting with others.
£200 full | £140 low income
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Online Morning Meditation

Online Morning Meditation

This week-long series of guided meditation happens at the start of every month. An opportunity to meditate with others and ask questions.
Free (with donations welcome).
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Lunchtime Meditation Class

Lunchtime Meditation Class

Join us in person to meditate with others in the LBC shrine room and develop your ability to work creatively with your mind. Ideal for complete newcomers and for those who want to keep learning.
Free (with donations welcome).
In person, just turn up.
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Gender Diverse Sangha Retreat

Beyond the binary

This retreat will be led by a team of gender diverse order members. It is open to those that are mitras and order members as well as those who are thinking of becoming mitras (by invite).
We will explore practising the dharma together as gender diverse people. People who identify as trans, non-binary, gender fluid, gender non-conforming, agender, intersex and gender diverse are all welcome.
Adhisthana retreat centre
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Yoga for Meditation Retreat

£480 full | £390 low income
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Autumn Restorative Yoga Afternoon

A longer session of restful poses, turning inwards and promoting more relaxation as we move into Autumn.
£26 full | £19 low income
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10 Oct
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Kum Nye Tibetan Yoga Workshop

Kum Nye is a Tibetan movement practice, similar to tai chi or yoga. This workshop explores simple exercises using movement, breath and awareness to release tension and develop a deeper sense of ease in both body and mind.
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3:00 pm
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Kum Nye Tibetan Yoga Workshop

Kum Nye is a Tibetan movement practice, similar to tai chi or yoga. This workshop explores simple exercises using movement, breath and awareness to release tension and develop a deeper sense of ease in both body and mind.
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3:00 pm
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Kum Nye Tibetan Yoga Workshop

Kum Nye is a Tibetan movement practice, similar to tai chi or yoga. This workshop explores simple exercises using movement, breath and awareness to release tension and develop a deeper sense of ease in both body and mind.
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Winter Solstice Yoga Afternoon

An opportunity to rest and relax as we head into the shortest day of the year. A longer session of Yoga and Yoga Nidra to restore and rejuvenate body, heart and mind.
£26 full | £19 low income
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