Sunday Dharma Talks
2026-11-15 11:00 - 12:30 (Europe/London) | Hybrid, Jamyang London Buddhist Centre, 43 Renfrew Road, London, SE11 4NA, United Kingdom
Curious about Buddhism, or looking to reconnect with its timeless wisdom in everyday life? Our Sunday Dharma Talks offer a welcoming and relaxed space to explore Buddhist teachings in a way that is both practical and relatable.
These informal talks are led by a rotating group of experienced Buddhist teachers and meditation instructors, each bringing many years of lived practice to their teaching. On the third Sunday of each month, they share insights drawn from the Buddhist tradition and from real life – speaking in a down-to-earth way that meets us exactly where we are.
Each session includes time for reflection, open discussion, and plenty of opportunity to ask questions, whether you’re completely new to Buddhism or have been practising for years. And of course, there’s space to relax, connect with others, and enjoy a cuppa together after the talk.
Everyone is welcome – no prior experience is needed.
Format: Hybrid (In-person & on zoom)
When: Third Sunday of each month
Suggested donation: £15 per session
How to Join?
The teaching will take place at Jamyang with the option to join remotely over zoom. Please select the relevant option when registering below.
Donation
Jamyang operates on a generosity model. Please select the donation option that is most suitable for your situation.
Jamyang is a non-profit charitable organisation that relies on the kindness of our donors, including students and community members. The donations, or Dana, given when registering for events and teachings support the Centre’s operations, allowing us to deliver our activities. If you’re able to give a little more, that’s wonderful; if a little less, that’s fine too. These donations help with essentials like feeding residential volunteers, housing our monastics, and keeping our doors open. However, we wish to emphasise that the Dharma is always offered freely and no-one is ever excluded because of their financial status, please do not hesitate to request a reduced rate.

For Monastics
We would like to offer this teaching to ordained sangha members for free. If you are ordained sangha please register here.

Dying Well
2026-11-15 14:00 - 16:00 | In-person, The Old Courthouse, 43 Renfrew Road, London, London, SE11 4NA, United Kingdom
About this event
Dying Well is open to anyone interested in exploring more about what a good death might be for themselves and looking at what preparations might be helpful to have a ‘good death’.

What can I expect?
– A topic relating to death and dying is presented, and active discussion about the topic is encouraged.
– Light refreshments provided

Facilitators
Diana Opio, as a trained nurse has been working in palliative care for several decades. She has also helped set up and run palliative care academic programmes in East Africa. More recently she has become increasingly interested in aspects of spirituality at the end of life and has trained as a soul midwife and has run many death cafes.
Robin Bath a trustee and community member of Jamyang London Buddhist Centre since its debut. Over the years, he supported the centre in infinite ways, as an artist, poet, and photographer. He is also the organiser of the ‘Jamyang Walks’, the ‘Dying Well’ meetings, and volunteers for the ‘Repaying the Kindness, Carers Group’. He recently published ‘Climate Change Children’s Voices‘.

How to join?
We suggest saving your spot ahead of time to help the facilitator organise the event. Alternatively, you can just drop in.

Dharma Express Meditation
2026-11-17 18:20 - 20:00, 2026-11-24 18:20 - 20:00 | In-person, The Old Courthouse, 43 Renfrew Road, London, London, SE11 4NA, United Kingdom
This regular drop-in session allows students to practice various Buddhist meditations with their peers, followed by a discussion group for anyone interested in the Buddhist worldview and way of life.
This drop-in group it meets on Tuesday evenings for meditation and discussion about Buddhist practice, and it offers an opportunity to build a meaningful community with people who care about practice and mindfulness. People of all experience levels are welcome.

Drop-in Meditation + Discussion Group
In-person only
Meditation led by peers
Donations are welcome

Schedule

18:30-19:00 Meditation Session
19:00-20:00 Discussion & Sharing Circle

Meditation Session: What can I expect?
Regular drop-in meditation sessions.
A short guided meditation session facilitated by various students of Jamyang Buddhist Centre London, to practice various Buddhist meditations with their peers
Discussion Group: What can I expect?
Light-hearted conversation on various topics of Buddhist philosophy, Buddhist psychology and Buddhist practice over some light refreshments.
The meditation is followed by a group-directed discussion of Buddhism with no agenda, objectives or themes to discuss the Buddhist teachings and to share ideas and reflections in a fun, informal and friendly setting.
All are welcome, whether experienced students or completely new to Buddhism.
How do I join?
Book on Eventbrite
We suggest saving your spot ahead of time to help the facilitator to organise the event. Alternatively, you can just drop in.
Please arrive at 18:20 for a 18:30 start.
Donations are welcome: Jamyang relies on the kind donations of those who attend activities at the centre. The funds enable us to offer this type of class on a regular basis – we thank you for your generosity.

Āryadeva’s Four Hundred Verses
2026-11-17 18:30 - 20:00, 2026-11-24 18:30 - 20:00 | Hybrid, Jamyang London Buddhist Centre, 43 Renfrew Road, London, SE11 4NA, United Kingdom
About this course
Over the course of seven months, we will undertake a close and contemplative study of one of the most profound yet practically oriented texts of the Madhyamaka tradition: Four Hundred Verses on the Middle Way (Catuḥśataka) by the great master Āryadeva.
Composed as a complete path of training, the Four Hundred Verses occupies a unique place within Mahayana Buddhism. While deeply rooted in Nāgārjuna’s vision of emptiness, it is especially valued for its step-by-step guidance on how to transform the mind in preparation for realizing the ultimate truth. For this reason, the text has long been cherished as both a philosophical treatise and a manual for yogic training.
The text is structured into sixteen chapters of twenty-five verses each. The first eight chapters focus on the collection of merit, systematically dismantling unwholesome patterns of thought and behaviour that obstruct the path. Without this ethical and psychological groundwork, Āryadeva makes clear, realization of emptiness is impossible. The second eight chapters then turn to the collection of wisdom, offering incisive reasoning that leads the practitioner toward a correct understanding of reality according to the Madhyamaka view.
Āryadeva famously summarises this progression as follows:
At first, turn away from non-virtue;
In the middle, dispel misconceptions of self;
Finally, go beyond all philosophical views –
One who understands this is wise indeed.
(Four Hundred Verses, VIII.15)
Throughout the course, Geshe Namdak will illuminate how the Four Hundred Verses functions as a bridge between ethical self-transformation and profound philosophical insight, and how it complements and prepares the ground for later Madhyamaka classics such as Entering the Middle Way and Commentary on Bodhicitta.
This course offers a rare opportunity to engage deeply with a text that trains the mind not only to understand emptiness, but to become fit to realize it.

About the Author
Āryadeva (2nd century CE) is one of the most influential figures in the history of Mahayana Buddhism. Born in Sri Lanka, he became a principal disciple of Ārya Nagarjuna, and is revered as one of the founders of the Madhyamaka school. His works are studied extensively across the Indo-Tibetan, Chinese, and Zen traditions, and he is traditionally listed among the seventeen great paṇḍitas of Nalanda.

About the Teacher
Geshe Tenzin Namdak completed his university studies in Hydrology before working as an environmental researcher in the Netherlands. He later began formal Buddhist studies at Maitreya Institute, was ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and went on to complete the rigorous twenty-year Geshe degree at Sera Jey Monastic University in India. He also completed the traditional one-year Vajrayana study programme at Gyumé Tantric College.
Geshe Namdak is currently the Resident Teacher at Jamyang London Buddhist Centre.

Schedule

May – November 2026
Tuesdays | 18:30 – 20:00
Starting Tuesday 5th May

Is this course for me?
This is an intermediate level course, suitable for students who have a foundational understanding of Tibetan Buddhism and an interest in deepening their study and practice. Familiarity with Lam Rim teachings will be essential.

How to Join
Enrolment for this course is open!
Register here

Donation
Jamyang is a non-profit charitable organisation that relies on the kindness of our donors, including students and community members. The donations, or Dana, given when registering for events and teachings support the Centre’s operations, allowing us to deliver our activities. If you’re able to give a little more, that’s wonderful; if a little less, that’s fine too. These donations help with essentials like feeding residential volunteers, housing our monastics, and keeping our doors open. However, we wish to emphasise that the Dharma is always offered freely and no-one is ever excluded because of their financial status, please do not hesitate to request a reduced rate.

Calm Abiding and Special Insight
2026-11-18 18:30 - 20:00, 2026-11-25 18:30 - 20:00 | Hybrid, Jamyang London Buddhist Centre, 43 Renfrew Road, London, SE11 4NA, United Kingdom
About this course
In this course, we will explore the profound and practical teachings on Calm Abiding (śamatha) and Special Insight (vipaśyanā) as presented in the Lam Rim tradition, drawing primarily on the instructions of Je Tsongkhapa, one of Tibet’s greatest scholar-yogis.
Calm Abiding and Special Insight form the very heart of Buddhist meditation practice. Calm Abiding develops a stable, clear, and joyful mind capable of remaining effortlessly on its object, while Special Insight employs that focused mind to penetrate the nature of reality through wisdom. According to the Mahayana tradition, liberation and enlightenment can only arise through the union of these two.
Our principal source text will be Lam Rim Chen Mo (The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment), Tsongkhapa’s magnum opus and an indispensable guide for practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism. In this monumental work, Tsongkhapa brings together the full breadth of the Buddha’s teachings, sutra and tantra, method and wisdom, into a single, coherent path.
The sections on Calm Abiding and Special Insight are especially renowned for their clarity and precision. Tsongkhapa carefully outlines the stages of mental development, the obstacles that arise in meditation, and the antidotes needed to overcome them. The text gives essential instruction on how a mind trained in serenity can be harnessed to cultivate insight into emptiness, in accordance with the Madhyamaka view.
As Lama Tsongkhapa himself writes:
“When looking for the profound meaning, you will clearly see reality if you have both the wisdom that unerringly discerns the meaning of reality and an unmoving attention that stays as you wish on the object of meditation… This is why you need both serenity and insight.”
— Lam Rim Chen Mo, Vol. III
Throughout the course, Geshe Namdak will explain how these classical instructions can be applied by contemporary practitioners, clarifying how meditation on Calm Abiding and Special Insight integrates with ethical discipline, bodhicitta, and the broader Lam Rim path. This course, therefore, provides both a philosophical foundation and a practical roadmap for deepening one’s meditation practice.
About the Author
Je Tsongkhapa (1357 – 1419 CE) was one of the greatest figures in the history of Tibetan Buddhism. A peerless scholar, meditator, and tantric yogi, his vast body of work revitalised and systematised the Buddhist teachings in Tibet, leading to the formation of the Gelug school, which Jamyang London Buddhist Centre follows today.
Tsongkhapa is especially revered for his emphasis on combining rigorous reasoning with lived meditative experience, and for presenting the Buddha’s teachings with extraordinary clarity and precision. Because of the depth and transformative power of his contributions, Tsongkhapa is widely regarded as a “Second Conqueror”, after Shakyamuni.
About the Teacher
Geshe Tenzin Namdak completed his university studies in Hydrology before working as an environmental researcher in the Netherlands. He later began formal Buddhist studies at Maitreya Institute, was ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and went on to complete the rigorous twenty-year Geshe degree at Sera Jey Monastic University in India. He also completed the traditional one-year Vajrayana study programme at Gyumé Tantric College.
Geshe Namdak is currently the Resident Teacher at Jamyang London Buddhist Centre.
Schedule

May 2026 – November 2027
Wednesdays | 18:30 – 20:00
Starting Wednesday 6th May 2026

Is this course for me?
This is an intermediate to advanced level course, suitable for students who have a strong foundational understanding of Tibetan Buddhism and an interest in deepening their study and practice. Familiarity with Lam Rim teachings will be essential.

How to Join
Enrolment for this course is open!
Register here

Donation
Jamyang is a non-profit charitable organisation that relies on the kindness of our donors, including students and community members. The donations, or Dana, given when registering for events and teachings support the Centre’s operations, allowing us to deliver our activities. If you’re able to give a little more, that’s wonderful; if a little less, that’s fine too. These donations help with essentials like feeding residential volunteers, housing our monastics, and keeping our doors open. However, we wish to emphasise that the Dharma is always offered freely and no-one is ever excluded because of their financial status, please do not hesitate to request a reduced rate.

Online Group Practice
2026-11-20 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-11-27 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-12-04 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-12-11 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-12-18 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-12-25 19:00 - 20:00, 2027-01-01 19:00 - 20:00, 2027-01-08 19:00 - 20:00 and 11 more dates | online
Friday Online Meditation & Discussion
Wind down your week with this friendly drop-in session bringing together meditation practice and open conversation in a relaxed, welcoming space.
Join fellow practitioners and newcomers alike on Friday evenings for guided meditation followed by an informal discussion exploring Buddhist ideas, practice and everyday life. Whether you’ve been practising for years or are simply curious, this is a warm and accessible way to connect with a like-minded community from the comfort of your own home.

Drop-in Meditation & Discussion — register below for the Zoom link
Online via Zoom
Led by Jamyang Buddhist Centre London students and community members
Donations welcome

Schedule

19:00–19:30 — Guided Meditation
19:30–20:00 — Discussion & Sharing Circle

Guided Meditation: What to expect
A gentle, guided meditation session led by members of the Jamyang community. Each week may draw on different Buddhist meditation techniques, making it a lovely opportunity to explore a range of practices in good company. Suitable for all levels — no prior experience needed.

Discussion & Sharing Circle: What to expect
After meditation, we open up a relaxed, free-flowing conversation touching on Buddhist philosophy, psychology and how practice shows up in daily life. There’s no set agenda or formal structure — just honest, good-natured sharing of ideas, questions and reflections. Bring a cup of tea and settle in.
Everyone is welcome — whether you’re a regular practitioner at Jamyang or completely new to Buddhism.

How to Join?
If it’s your first time joining our Friday meditation click here to register for free below and receive the Zoom link

Register here

How to Meditate
2026-11-22 09:30 - 10:30, 2026-11-29 09:30 - 10:30 | In-person, The Old Courthouse, 43 Renfrew Road, London, London, SE11 4NA, United Kingdom
Drop-in meditation on Sunday
Start your week off right and banish stress and anxiety with the power of meditation.
These meditation drop-in sessions are secular and have been created so that like-minded people can meet, meditate and learn how to meditate together.
Come to Discover what meditation is
Meditation is a simple practice available to all, which can reduce stress, increase calmness and clarity and promote happiness. Learning how to meditate is straightforward, and the benefits can come quickly.
These meditation sessions provide a much-needed respite from the hustle and bustle of city life, allowing individuals to find inner peace and tranquility. Whether you are seeking solace, stress relief, or simply a moment of stillness, these meditations offer a valuable opportunity to cultivate a sense of well-being in the midst of our fast-paced world.
In this drop-in meditation session, you will have the chance to experience a 60-minute guided meditation. This is an in-person gathering where you can connect with like-minded individuals and explore the transformative power of meditation.
Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to find inner calm and uncover the true essence of life. Join us at Jamyang London Buddhist Centre and embark on a journey of self-discovery and enlightenment.
Is meditation for me?
This class is for beginners and all who wish to develop basic meditation methods which they can apply to improve their daily lives, whether or not they identify as Buddhists, and regardless of their prior experience with meditation.
By creating a welcoming and inclusive environment, these meditation sessions encourage individuals from all walks of life to come together and embark on a journey of self-discovery and mindfulness. These meditations are for everyone, regardless of their religious or cultural background.
Led by experienced guides, these meditations offer a gentle introduction to the practice, ensuring that participants feel comfortable and supported throughout the process. However, they also cater to those who may have some familiarity with meditation, providing an opportunity for individuals to deepen their meditation practice.
Drop-in Meditation: What can I expect?

Drop-in Meditation
60-minute guided meditation on Sunday Morning
In-person only
Meditation led by Roy Sutherwood
Donations are welcome

Meditation Leader
Roy Sutherwood is a former Trustee and Director of Jamyang London Buddhist Centre, and an FPMT recognised teacher. He has studied under masters of Buddhist philosophy and meditation for many years. He facilitates classes in Tibetan Buddhism at the Buddhist Society and is also a qualified teacher of secular Mindfulness techniques.
How to join?
Book now on eventbrite

We suggest saving your spot ahead of time to help the facilitator to organise the event.
Donations are welcome: Jamyang relies on the kind donations of those who attend activities in the centre.The funds enable us to offer this type of class on a regular basis – we thank you for your generosity.

Bereavement Café
2026-11-22 14:00 - 16:00 | In-person, The Old Courthouse, 43 Renfrew Road, London, London, SE11 4NA, United Kingdom
The Bereavement Cafe is an open drop-in session for people who have experienced a bereavement, where they can join others in a safe facilitated space and a kind and friendly atmosphere.

The session has no set agenda, and is open for people to share their experiences and feelings, or just come to listen to others, relevant poetry is very welcome, there will also be some time at the end to chat and mingle with refreshments in the Jamyang cafe space.

Although the café is held in a Buddhist centre it is a secular get together.
Facilitators
Diana Opio, as a trained nurse has been working in palliative care for several decades. She has also helped set up and run palliative care academic programmes in East Africa. More recently she has become increasingly interested in aspects of spirituality at the end of life and has trained as a soul midwife and has run many death cafes.
Robin Bath a trustee and community member of Jamyang London Buddhist Centre since its debut. Over the years, he has supported the centre in infinite ways, as an artist, poet, and photographer. He is also the organiser of the ‘Jamyang Walks’, the ‘Dying Well’ meetings, and volunteers for the ‘Repaying the Kindness, Carers Group’. He recently published ‘Climate Change Children’s Voices‘.
Please note:
Bereavement Café is a space for open and confidential discussion. It is not a counselling or support service. If you are recently bereaved and are seeking professional support, please contact your GP or a relevant service for advice, such as Cruse Bereavement Care.
How to join?
The space is limited, so we suggest you save your spot ahead of time. Alternatively, you can just drop-in.
The event is free. Donations are welcome in support of running the Bereavement Café.
