Latest Posts
Find out all the latest news from the Centre, and read articles written by our teachers.
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Is the Dharma moving?
With the first of three monthly Creative Mindful Movement workshops coming up this Saturday, 12 October, 2-5.30pm, Alex Crowe, who is leading them, shares something of his experience of movement and how it connects to mindfulness and Buddhist practice.
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Exciting news! Saraha coming to the WLBC
Saraha, a well-known and loved Order member will be joining the Centre Team temporarily from late September to early November this autumn. Saraha has given a long and varied service…
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Saltwater Dharma 2: Mindful Anything?
Our Mindfulness for Wellbeing programme Coordinator reflects on the pros and cons of ‘mindful’ everything after an eventful trip to Newquay to deliver taster sessions at the Boardmasters music and…
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*UPDATED* 17/2/2020 on Article in Observer 21.07.2019
The Observer published an article, Buddhist, teacher, predator: dark secrets of the Triratna guru, on Sunday 21 July, 2019. The Adhisthana Kula, a group of long-standing members of the Triratna…
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New meditation book by Paramananda
WLBC meditation teacher Paramananda has just published his latest book, The Myth of Meditation: restoring imaginal ground through embodied Buddhist practice.
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Wilde Wisdom
Lucy Shaw’s stage adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ is showing at the Jermyn Street Theatre until 6 July. Here Lucy (a WLBC mitra) writes about her interpretation of the piece in Buddhist-inspired terms as a ‘cosmic myth’ about the consequences of splitting off parts of ourselves in pursuit of perfection.
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Dreaming the Sangha
I’ve been looking back over my life recently, reflecting on my spiritual journey so far and how much I have changed over the years. Some of this reflection was triggered…
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Confessions of a Buddhist barman
Ahead of the Sangha Soiree coming up on Saturday 11 May, Vilasamani talks about what these gatherings are and why he runs them – and why this one will be a little different…
