This Saka Dawa, we are inviting our community to help fund a public mural on Duggard Way, around the corner from Jamyang, as part of Lambeth Council’s Liveable Neighbourhood project for the area.

Working with artist Justin Catto, and shaped by months of community consultation, the mural will capture the character of this corner of south London: the iconic buildings of Kennington and Elephant & Castle, a nod to the pink elephant statue that once stood proud at the roundabout, and a representation of modern Western monasticism rooted here at Jamyang. At its heart will sit a quote from His Holiness the Dalai Lama, offered as a small gift from our community to everyone who passes by.

The canvas is prepared. The design is taking shape. What remains is the install, and that is where you come in.

Saka Dawa is the most sacred month in the Tibetan Buddhist calendar, when the merit of generous and virtuous actions is said to multiply many times over. Whether you give £5 or £500, your gift this month helps turn a wall into a welcome, and a neighbourhood project into something the whole community can call its own.