Our weekly online programme has been extended to include the following meditation and Buddhism webinars, workshops and courses. Retreat Earth, Heart and Sky: A Six Day On-line Retreat  Monday 1 June – Saturday 6 June Led by Paramananda and Bodhilila Through dwelling in our own heart we are connected to the ‘anima mundi’ or soul of…

Dear Friends, This is not an email I wanted to send but I am writing to you because I need your help. It is now a month since we closed the centre building in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. At that time I had four main concerns; how to stay connected with and support our…

Although we have had to close our Centre and Studio for the time being we are still delighted to be able to offer the following weekly programme for everybody to enjoy. As Bodhilila, Chair of WLBC, writes: The West London Buddhist Centre is not just the physical building, however beautiful it may be. The heart of…

This page will be updated on a regular basis and included in the weekly newsletter on a Thursday. If there are any significant changes we will send out a separate email either to the wider community or just to affected participants. Please keep checking back to changes to events/programme at the Centre.    *UPDATE: 20/3/2020…

The West London Buddhist Centre is putting on 2 exciting events on behalf of Gunnersbury Park and Museum this March – a Mindful Activity Day for Adults on 7 Saturday March and a Family Wellbeing Activity Afternoon on Sunday 15 March. During both events there will be a variety of mindful activities and workshops led…

This Spring we are offering a number of courses and events to help you learn meditation and mindfulness in our beautiful and peaceful Centre in West London. If you’re curious to see what meditation is about you can try a meditation or mindfulness course. If you’re looking to take your practice a little further, consider…

In case you missed it… Paramananda led our Sangha Night on 4 February on the topic of The Poetics of Practice. In this talk he explores how our use of language defines us and can potentially liberate us. He looks at how we use the internal voice as meditators and how the poetic flexibility of…

We are delighted to announce our retreat calendar for 2020! Going on retreat is one of the most powerful of Buddhist practices – taking time and space, surrounded by nature, to let go of the pressures of daily life and allow the mind naturally to relax and open. There will be a simple programme of…