Why meditate?

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

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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