Why meditate?
Overcome stress and anxiety
Find peace of mind through practising meditationSo much of the stress and tension we normally experience comes from our mind
Many of the problems we experience, including ill health, are caused or aggravated by this stress. We can reduce this stress through meditation.Solve the problems of daily life
All the problems we experience come from the side of the mindProblems arise only if we respond to difficulties with a negative state of mind
If we want to be free from problems we must transform our mindMeditation gives rise to mental peace
The supreme permanent mental peace is enlightenmentMeditation is a scientific method to transform human nature from bad to good
Everybody needs to be good natured with a good heartWhat’s on in the Temple:
During the NKT-IKBU International Fall Festival, Temple for World Peace will close to allow people to attend, and so there will be a week’s break in our programme of classes in South London between Saturday 7 October and Saturday 14 October.
We will re-open on Sunday 15 October with our Free class Prayers for World Peace at 11am and and continue with our full programme including the following special events coming up very soon…
W/C 16 Oct
Monday 16 Oct | Special Public Talk | 7 – 8:30pm
Tuesday – Friday | 30-Lunchtime Meditation Class | 12:30 – 1pm
Tuesday 17 Oct | Mindfulness class, 4-week series – ‘Modern Buddhism: The Path of Compassion and Wisdom – The path of Compassion’ | 7-8.30pm
Wednesday Morning | Mindfulness class – Meditations for a Happy Life | 10 – 11am
Wednesday Evening | Learn to Meditate Class | 7 – 8pm
Thursday Evening | In-Depth Study Programme
Saturday 21 October | Dealing with Difficult Peaople – Half-day Course | 10am – 1pm
Sunday Morning | Prayers for World Peace | 11am – 12:15pm
Local Classes:
Tuesday 17 October | Guildford, Mindfulness class, new 4 week series | ‘Stress Free Living’ | 7.30-9.00pm
Wednesday 18 October | Beckenham: Mindfulness class, new 4 week series | – ‘Stress Free Living’ | 7.30-9.00pm
Modern Buddhism in London
KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE LONDON (KMC London) is a centre for modern Buddhism that offers local, regional and international courses for people from all walks of life. Its principal location is the Temple for World Peace in Morden.
The centre offers a comprehensive programme of weekday classes, and courses, retreats, workshops and family activities at weekends.
All events at the centre are open to everyone and include practical courses such as how to use meditation to solve our anger problem, which lies at the root of many family problems. This activity is completely peaceful and joyful and is very important as protection against future suffering.
Modern Buddhism is a special presentation of Buddha’s teachings for the modern world that shows how Buddha’s advice on wisdom and compassion can benefit anyone in modern society regardless of age, race, gender or faith. Its introduction into modern society has been pioneered by the contemporary Meditation Master Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche.
Everyone, whether Buddhist or not, can benefit from the practices of modern Buddhism, which show how to develop peaceful minds and act in peaceful ways. These practices are very important for peace in the home, peace in society and peace in the world.
The Temple for World Peace
In these perilous times people throughout the world are wondering how to make the world a more peaceful place.
Buddha taught that peace in the world depends upon peace in the heart because it is not possible for people with unpeaceful minds to create a peaceful world. Peace in the heart, or inner peace, depends on meditation, which is a special method to pacify our unpeaceful and negative states of mind and replace them with peaceful, positive states of mind.
At the Temple prayers and meditations for world peace are held every day. The Temple also offers classes, courses and retreats on how to use meditation to become a good natured person with a good heart. These activities are suitable for anyone, Buddhist or not.
Without inner peace, outer peace is impossible. We all wish for world peace, but world peace will never be achieved unless we first establish peace within our own minds. We can send so-called ‘peacekeeping forces’ into areas of conflict, but peace cannot be imposed from the outside with guns. Only by creating peace within our own mind and helping others do the same can we hope to achieve peace in this world.
Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche
Free e-book
Through practising the instructions presented in this book we can transform our life from a state of misery into one of pure and everlasting happiness. These instructions are scientific methods to improve our human nature. Everybody needs to be good-natured with a good heart, because in this way we can solve our own problems as well as those of others, and we can make our human life meaningful.
Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche
To download the free eBook visit www.howtotyl.com
Opening times
The Temple is open at the following times:
Monday – Closed
Tuesday – 11am – 9pm
Wednesday – 10am – 8.30pm
Thursday – 11am – 9.30pm
Friday – 11am – 4pm
For weekends, please see our schedule of events