West London Buddhist Centre Blog
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The System of Practice, the Heart of Practice
I was enthralled by the recent serialisation of Adous Huxley’s dystopian futuristic novel ‘Brave New World’. In case you’re not familiar with the story (spoiler alert!) ‘New London’ is populated…
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The Fruits of Commitment
If somebody asked you to put aside an evening every week for the next five years, what would your response be? Would you consider turning up each week for a…
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Bodhilila’s Notes
Dear Friends, I know it’s been a long time since I’ve written to you in this way but you have been in my thoughts throughout this challenging time. Some of…
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Padmasambhava, Jackals and Demons
Once again we are faced with grim daily statistics of new Covid infections and increasing hospital admissions. Of course it feels different this time considering that the majority of the…
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Why talk about death?
We have been holding Death Conversation Cafes at the West London Buddhist Centre for over three years. Why? Death Cafe is an initiative set up by Jon Underwood, a psychotherapist,…
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What About Anger?
We are into our second series of webinars on the Abhidharma’s analysis of the mind. The material, based on Subhuti’s Mind in Harmony, is frequently insightful and thought provoking and…
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Brave New World
In these unusual days I find myself wanting to reflect a little on what a strange thing it is to be alive at this time in the journey of humankind….
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Thank you Vajrasadhu!
Dear friends, I heard this week that Vajrasadhu died on 26th May, aged 74, after four weeks in hospital following a stroke. Very few of our sangha knew him as…
