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Classes and Events

Weekly in-person classes

You don't need to book, just turn up

Weekly in-person classes

You don't need to book, just turn up

Lunchtime Meditation | Mon to Sat
1–2pm
Monday Night Dharma | 7.15–9.30pm
Tuesday Night Meditation | 7.15–9.15pm
Wednesday Morning Dharma | 10.30–12.30pm
Wednesday Night Meditation | 7.15–9.30pm
Thursday Night Meditation & In Conversation
7.15–9.15pm
Friday Night Story-telling and Ritual | 7.15–9.30pm
Saturday Meditation
10.30am–12.15pm and 1–2pm

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12 Apr

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12 Apr

Mantra Chanting

Here's a chance to chant a few different Buddhist mantras in a group as a way to going deeper in one's experience.

By donation

In person - just turn up

More info

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12 Apr

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12 Apr

Wednesday Night Meditation

Our weekly Wednesday class gives you the chance to learn fresh approaches to meditation, try them out and ask questions to experienced meditators.

In person - just turn up

More info

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13 Apr

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13 Apr

Lunchtime Yoga Class

Visit us in Bethnal Green to practice yoga as a foundation for meditation - encouraging flexibility, strength and awareness of physical sensations.

In person - just turn up

More info

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13 Apr

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13 Apr

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.

By donation

In person - just turn up

More info

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13 Apr

Eight Step Recovery Group For Men

Eight Step Recovery is an alternative recovery program to the 12-Step program of Alcoholic Anonymous. The program is a set of mindfulness teachings outlining a suggested course of action for recovery from addiction, stinking thinking, negative mental states, and compulsive and obsessive behaviours.

By donation

In person - just turn up

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13 Apr

Thursday Night Class: Meditation & In-Conversation

We will meditate in the first half of the evening (with an opportunity for newcomers to learn meditation from scratch). In the second half we will have a conversation between two members of our Order on their lived experience as Buddhists

Free (suggested donation £10)

In person - just turn up

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14 Apr

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14 Apr

Lunchtime Yoga Class

Visit us in Bethnal Green to practice yoga as a foundation for meditation - encouraging flexibility, strength and awareness of physical sensations.

In person - just turn up

More info

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14 Apr

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.

By donation

In person - just turn up

More info

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Evening Restorative Yoga Class

Visit us in Bethnal Green to practice yoga as a foundation for meditation - encouraging flexibility, strength and awareness of physical sensations.

In person - just turn up

More info

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Friday Night Class

End the week in person at the LBC with an inspiring evening of meditation, tale-telling and ritual. For anyone who is familiar with the basics of the Mindfulness of Breathing and Metta Bhavana meditation practices.

Free (suggested donation £10)

In person - just turn up

More info

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15 Apr

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Morning Yoga Class

Visit us in Bethnal Green to practice yoga as a foundation for meditation - encouraging flexibility, strength and awareness of physical sensations.

In person - just turn up

More info

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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 £10)

In person - just turn up

More info

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15 Apr

Lunchtime Yoga Class

Visit us in Bethnal Green to practice yoga as a foundation for meditation - encouraging flexibility, strength and awareness of physical sensations.

In person - just turn up

More info

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15 Apr

Lunchtime Meditation 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.

By donation

In person - just turn up

More info

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16 Apr

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16 Apr

Spring Morning Yoga

Come and celebrate nature's new year with a morning of yoga to reawaken and energise your body and mind. We will be saluting the sun and welcoming a brighter, lighter way of being.

In person - just turn up

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Aikido & Meditation day

Join Nandaraja and Aryavasin for a day of practice combining meditation with Aikido. Aikido is an ethical means of self-defence, requiring integration of mind, speech and body.

In person - just turn up

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17 Apr

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17 Apr

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17 Apr

Lunchtime Yoga Class

Visit us in Bethnal Green to practice yoga as a foundation for meditation - encouraging flexibility, strength and awareness of physical sensations.

In person - just turn up

More info

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17 Apr

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17 Apr

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.

By donation

In person - just turn up

More info

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Evening Yoga Class

Visit us in Bethnal Green to practice yoga as a foundation for meditation - encouraging flexibility, strength and awareness of physical sensations.

In person - just turn up

More info

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22 May

Introduction to Buddhism & Meditation Course

This six-week course is one of the best ways to get a grounding in what we do at the LBC. It will give you an overview of Buddhist principles, plus two meditation practices that cultivate self-awareness, open-heartedness and insight.

In person - just turn up

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Dharma Night

Treading the Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path is a matter of ‘bringing the whole of our life up to the level of its highest moments’ – so says our teacher, Bhante Sangharakshita. It is both vision and transformation; a sight of the mountain peak, and a map for trudging up its slopes bit by bit.

In person - just turn up

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18 Apr

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18 Apr

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18 Apr

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.

By donation

In person - just turn up

More info

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18 Apr

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Volunteering Session

Come along after the lunchtime class to work alongside the Caretakers in looking after the fabric of the centre. A wonderful way to give back, and contribute practically to the LBC!

In person - just turn up

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18 Apr

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18 Apr

Tuesday Night Meditation Class

You can either learn to meditate from scratch and develop the foundations for a daily practice or join the regulars to build on what you know and discover how to apply Wisdom reflections in meditation.

Free (suggested donation £10)

In person - just turn up

More info

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19 Apr

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Daytime Buddhism & Meditation Class

Join in for our regular daytime weekly class of Dharma teaching and practice. In person at the LBC and live on Zoom.

In person - just turn up

More info

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19 Apr

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19 Apr

Lunchtime Yoga Class

Visit us in Bethnal Green to practice yoga as a foundation for meditation - encouraging flexibility, strength and awareness of physical sensations.

In person - just turn up

More info

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19 Apr

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.

By donation

In person - just turn up

More info

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19 Apr

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19 Apr

Evening Yoga class

Visit us in Bethnal Green to practice yoga as a foundation for meditation - encouraging flexibility, strength and awareness of physical sensations.

In person - just turn up

More info

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19 Apr

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19 Apr

Mantra Chanting

Here's a chance to chant a few different Buddhist mantras in a group as a way to going deeper in one's experience.

By donation

In person - just turn up

More info

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19 Apr

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Wednesday Night Meditation

Our weekly Wednesday class gives you the chance to learn fresh approaches to meditation, try them out and ask questions to experienced meditators.

In person - just turn up

More info

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20 Apr

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20 Apr

Lunchtime Yoga Class

Visit us in Bethnal Green to practice yoga as a foundation for meditation - encouraging flexibility, strength and awareness of physical sensations.

In person - just turn up

More info

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20 Apr

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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.

By donation

In person - just turn up

More info

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Eight Step Recovery Group For Men

By donation

In person - just turn up

More info

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20 Apr

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25 May

Mindful Movement and Yoga Course

This six-week course is a unique fusion of yoga with mindful movement. The sessions combine yoga with elements of contemporary dance, qi gong and somatic practices. This is for you if you would like to explore moving more mindfully, with deeper listening to your body.

In person - just turn up

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Heart of Freedom

Bringing the Metta Bhavana practice to life

Our online course explores how loving-kindness can transform our relationship with ourselves, friends, colleagues … in fact, everyone we encounter. Through these teachings and practices we discover how our connections with ourselves and other people are a gateway to ultimate freedom.

In person - just turn up

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20 Apr

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Thursday Night Class: Meditation & In-Conversation

Free (suggested donation £10)

In person - just turn up

More info

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21 Apr

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21 Apr

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Work Morning

Join us for a morning at the LBC and help to beautify the centre for the sangha of the present and future. An opportunity to volunteer, meditate and practise Buddhist ritual.

Bring some vegan lunch to share

In person - just turn up

More info

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21 Apr

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Lunchtime Yoga Class

Visit us in Bethnal Green to practice yoga as a foundation for meditation - encouraging flexibility, strength and awareness of physical sensations.

In person - just turn up

More info

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21 Apr

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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.

By donation

In person - just turn up

More info

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21 Apr

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Evening Restorative Yoga Class

Visit us in Bethnal Green to practice yoga as a foundation for meditation - encouraging flexibility, strength and awareness of physical sensations.

In person - just turn up

More info

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21 Apr

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PoetryEast: Two Great Modern Poems

Philip Hoy and Stephen Yenser in conversation with Maitreyabandhu

This special-focus PoetryEast explores two great modern poems: Venetian Vespers by Anthony Hecht, and The Book of Ephraim by James Merrill.

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21 Apr

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Friday Night Class

Free (suggested donation £10)

In person - just turn up

More info

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Sub25 Third Friday Class

Today we are offered one hundred ways to overcome our dissatisfactions. But do these offer a solution? Or do they keep us circling around familiar territory?

Free (suggested donation £7)

In person - just turn up

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22 Apr

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Morning Yoga Class

Visit us in Bethnal Green to practice yoga as a foundation for meditation - encouraging flexibility, strength and awareness of physical sensations.

In person - just turn up

More info

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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 £10)

In person - just turn up

More info

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Lunchtime Yoga Class

Visit us in Bethnal Green to practice yoga as a foundation for meditation - encouraging flexibility, strength and awareness of physical sensations.

In person - just turn up

More info

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Lunchtime Meditation 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.

By donation

In person - just turn up

More info

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24 Apr

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Lunchtime Yoga Class

Visit us in Bethnal Green to practice yoga as a foundation for meditation - encouraging flexibility, strength and awareness of physical sensations.

In person - just turn up

More info

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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.

By donation

In person - just turn up

More info

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