West London Buddhist Centre Blog
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The Precious Jewel Appeal
Keep the West London Buddhist Centre Shining Dear West London Sangha Member, We hope you are well and keeping safe. Difficult and potentially isolating times like these show more than…
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Bodhilila’s Notes
Last month I shared our plans to begin offering some socially distanced events at the West London Buddhist Centre. Today, as England begins a second period of lockdown, it is…
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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…
