Starts Thu 9 Apr | 7-9.15pm

Discover what meditation and Buddhism can offer in our friendly, 5-week course. You'll learn foundational meditations practices and explore core concepts like karma and enlightenment.

Sat 11 April | 10.30am - 12.30pm

Special guest speaker, Prajnadevi, will introduce this month’s theme of Comparing Meditations: Mindfulness, Metta, Insight, Devotional practices, Just Sitting. 

Starts Wed 15 April | 7 - 9.15pm

This three evening course led by Vajradaka is in workshop style: bringing together personal understanding of the principles and skills of meditation combined with a personal and direct experience and development of them.

Sun 19 Apr | 10am-5pm

On this day retreat, look into a number of approaches to ‘Just Sitting’ meditation and explore how it can be used as a helpful basis for insight inquiry.

No need to book, just turn up

Led by Karunagita

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Sun 3 May | 10am-5pm

A day retreat for people of African, Asian & mixed heritage to come together fand practice meditation, explore the Buddha’s teaching and connect with others.

Led by Guhyasakhi & Jayakara

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Mon 4 May | 10am - 3pm

Join us for a day of "generosity in action" We’ll be beautifying the centre, embarking on a spring clean and putting together some flat-pack furniture. It’s a wonderful opportunity to take our practice off the cushion and into our hands.

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Sun 10 May | 10.30am - 4.30pm

Buddha Day is the most significant festival in the Buddhist calendar - a celebration of the Buddha’s Enlightenment and of the potential for awakening within us all. 

Led by Maitrishura & Anantavaira

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Sun 10 May | 5pm - 6.15pm

After our Buddha Day celebrations, stick around for a special screening of Cradle of Light (2025, 62 mins). This moving documentary traces the remarkable story of the Triratna movement taking root in Mexico.

Organised by Suryaprabha

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Sun 26 Jul |  10.30am - 4.30pm

Dharma Day is the celebration of the Buddha’s teaching to attain liberation. Two months after his enlightenment his first disciples became awakened. Join us to celebrate this "first turning of the wheel of Dharma".

Led by Ratnaprabha

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Wed 26 Aug | 6.30pm - 8pm

Celebrate what would have been Urygen Sangharakshita’s 101th birthday with the second of 108 annual rituals at the North London Buddhist Centre.

Led by Maitrishura

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Sat 4 Apr | 2-4.30pm

We will look in more detail at the wheel of life and try to understand how it relates to us at the present time and how it gives us ideas about obstacles in our lives and how we can overcome them. Through talk and discussion and exploring through art, we can get a richer connection with our spiritual path.

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Sat 20 June | 2 - 4.30pm

We will explore Sangharakshita’s poem the four gifts initially through storytelling and discussion before using art materials to creatively investigate our own responses. The afternoon will include meditation, mantra and ritual.

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Sat 25 Apr | 1.30-4pm

This text contrasts the self-satisfied householder Dhaniya’s sense of security with the Buddha’s deeper, unshakeable freedom, showing that true safety comes from letting go, not from possessions or circumstances.