Parinirvana Day Festival with keynote talk from Jnanavaca and Mitra Ceremonies Parinirvana Day commemorates the death of the Buddha’s physical body while celebrating the undying nature of his enlightenment. The festival is an opportunity to reflect on our own mortality and to commemorate loved ones who have died over the past year. We're delighted to…
**Monday Night Meditation** Start the week as you mean to go on - join us tonight at Effra Space from 7.20pm This week, we take a fresh look at the Metta Bhavana practice. This practice of cultivating loving kindness helps us to become more present with ourselves and others, by becoming more emotionally open and…
If you were unexpectedly diagnosed with life threatening cancer, would your Buddhist practice hold up in the face of despair and anger? Join us for what is likely to be remarkable evening with Devamitra - a former English actor and respected Buddhist teacher. Devamitra will be speaking on his experience of facing a serious cancer…
**Monday Night Meditation** Start the week as you mean to go on - join us tonight at Effra Space from 7.20pm This week, we take a fresh look at the Mindfulness Of Breathing practice. This practice of cultivating awareness helps us to become more present and alive to whatever is happening in our lives. The…
“Form is only emptiness. Emptiness is only form” - The Heart Sutra The Heart Sutra is one of the most mysterious and beautiful texts in the Buddhist tradition and, in many ways, a summation of the Buddha's teaching on emptiness. In this evening of practice and reflection, Amarapuspa will introduce the key ideas and themes…
**Monday Night Meditation** Start the week as you mean to go on - join us tonight at Effra Space from 7.20pm This week, we take a fresh look at the Metta Bhavana practice. This practice of cultivating loving kindness helps us to become more present with ourselves and others, by becoming more emotionally open and…
Beyond All Boundaries - A Course on the Meditations of Immeasurable Interconnectedness In Buddhist meditation, often we speak of cultivating loving-kindness for all beings, everywhere, throughout all space and time... Although, if we find ourselves with a reactive, restless mind, rather than a creative imaginative one, then this can seem completely beyond what we are…
**Monday Night Meditation** Start the week as you mean to go on - join us tonight at Effra Space from 7.20pm This week, we take a fresh look at the Mindfulness Of Breathing practice. This practice of cultivating awareness helps us to become more present and alive to whatever is happening in our lives. The…
**Monday Night Meditation** Start the week as you mean to go on - join us tonight at Effra Space from 7.20pm This week, we take a fresh look at the Metta Bhavana practice. This practice of cultivating loving kindness helps us to become more present with ourselves and others, by becoming more emotionally open and…
Monday Night Meditation: Practices for a Crazy World Help create the world you want to live in - join us at Effra Space from 7.20pm This week, we take a fresh look at the Mindfulness Of Breathing practice. This practice of cultivating awareness helps us to become more present and alive, as well as more…
Monday Night Meditation: Practices for a Crazy World Help create the world you want to live in - join us at Effra Space from 7.20pm This week, we take a fresh look at the Metta Bhavana practice. This practice of cultivating loving kindness helps us to become more open and engaged, with ourselves and others;…
Monday Night Meditation: Practices for a Crazy World Help create the world you want to live in - join us at Effra Space from 7.20pm This week, we take a fresh look at the Mindfulness Of Breathing practice. This practice of cultivating awareness helps us to become more present and alive, as well as more…
Monday Night Meditation: Practices for a Crazy World Help create the world you want to live in - join us at Effra Space from 7.20pm This week, we take a fresh look at the Metta Bhavana practice. This practice of cultivating loving kindness helps us to become more open and engaged, with ourselves and others;…
The Sound of One Hand: An evening with Satyadasa Satyadasa, author of The Sound Of One Hand, is visiting Brixton to lead an evening of meditation, reflections on the ups and down of spiritual practice and personal stories from his book. Subhuti writes: ‘Satyadasa lays himself bare, revealing struggles, personal and spiritual that will be…
Monday Night Meditation: Practices for a Crazy World Help create the world you want to live in - join us at Effra Space from 7.20pm This week, we take a fresh look at the Mindfulness Of Breathing practice. This practice of cultivating awareness helps us to become more present and alive, as well as more…
