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Oskar has painted a new mural behind the Centre, with a quote from Dhardo Rimpoche, very influential within our Buddhist tradition

Paranayaka reflects on his eight and a half years of working in the Centre Team as that time comes to an end.

Everyone working in our shop and reception is unpaid, including the manager. Anandamoksha tells us more . . .

One fruit of the dialogue around the need to move our Centre has been the development of a fresh and compelling vision

Finding beauty in the imperfect and the temporary, Warren tells us about starting to look after the flowers in our shrine rooms

Dayanandi shares the personal journey behind her current project – a book about Bhante Sangharakshita and his eight main teachers

Tom is one of the leaders of our lunchtime meditation sessions, held here in the Lotus Hall on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursday at 1pm

More than just a vegan café and alcohol-free bar, Hinterland celebrates its first year in our basement space

Upekshapriya shares his experience of teaching a recent introduction to Buddhism and Meditation course here

An alcohol free bar and café is now open in our basement – set up by members of our community and inspired by Buddhist values

Video update on plans for our community’s future location – conversations with Sangha members are at the heart

Rachael shares her experience of doing two evening courses here last year, first introductory and then going deeper

We have made the major decision to start the process of moving from our current building to the next chapter in our community’s life

Launching our 2022 fundraiser, Silabodhi suggests an alternative perspective on giving to the Buddhist Centre this year

If you’d like to work from the Buddhist Centre, Breathworks are now renting out desk space in their office at donation rates

Members of our community share their recent explorations of race in light of their Buddhist practice. December 2020

There’s so much sadness about the loss of the lovely daytime vegan café in our basement. Can anything be done? Well, maybe . . .

The lovely daytime vegan café in our basement won’t be re-opening after their enforced summer closure. This is sad news for all of us.

The week after lockdown, nine women gathered experimentally online to create portable shrines together