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Change your mind, change your world

Learn to meditate, explore Buddhism and find a friendly community at our two centres and branches across the city. Everyone is welcome.

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Timeless Buddhist wisdom in the of London

One community. Two London locations.

City Meditation Space

City Meditation Space

Kensington

A calm city centre for meditation, classes, and Buddhist study in West London.

See classes in Kensington
London World Peace Temple

London World Peace Temple

Morden

A larger temple space for classes, bookshop visits, and peaceful study in South London.

See classes in Morden
The instructors are highly committed practitioners and they do a great job on applying the ancient teachings to our modern day problems.
— Ron

Everybody very welcome.
We’d love to see you.

  • No experience needed
  • Drop in any time
  • Suitable for everyone
  • Just come as you are

What's on today

Free · no booking

Fifteen minutes of calm at lunchtime

A short guided meditation in the middle of the day. Just turn up.

Upcoming highlights

Countryside Away Retreat: Meditations for Mental Freedom

FRI 6 NOV — 8 Nov

Countryside Away Retreat: Meditations for Mental Freedom

Fri 6 – Sun 8 Nov · Nagarjuna KMC, Northamptonshire

SAT 2 JAN

How to Make This Year Happier

10:30am–1:30pm

London World Peace TempleMorden

SUN 10 JAN

Sunday Public Talk

London World Peace TempleMorden
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Going deeper? Retreats, empowerments and study

New here?

You are very welcome. Here is exactly what happens in a class, so nothing about your first visit is a surprise.

Two people smiling at each other as a class is about to beginTwo people sitting with their eyes closed during a guided meditationVolunteers welcoming people at the reception deskA row of people sitting quietly during a guided meditationChocolate-dipped strawberries being carried round after a classSomeone sitting down with a plate of food beside the windowVisitors chatting in the centre foyer between sessionsRefreshments being brought round after a classA visitor reading in the centre bookshopThree people laughing together at a centre celebrationA full hall beneath the golden dharma wheelTwo people talking beside the shrine roomTwo people talking over coffee in the centre bookshopA packed room listening to a talkA teacher and a visitor looking through books in the shopTwo people talking over a cup of tea after a sessionThe audience listening during a talkThree visitors smiling together in the centre foyer
  • No experience needed
  • Nothing to book, nothing to bring
  • You will not have to speak
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Free app

Meditate with us between classes

The Modern Buddhism app carries the same teachings you meet at the centre, guided by the same tradition — so the week between one class and the next has something in it.

Guided meditations
Led by qualified teachers, from five minutes upwards. For calming the mind, not just passing the time.
Podcasts and talks
Practical wisdom for the things that actually come up — anxiety, loneliness, anger, focus.
Free ebooks
How to Transform Your Life and Modern Buddhism, in full, at no cost.
Works offline
Download what you want first. Useful on retreat, and on the Underground.
App StoreGoogle PlayWhat is in it
The guided meditations screen of the Modern Buddhism appA guided meditation playing in the Modern Buddhism app

Listen on the way in

Two podcasts from our tradition, free and going out most weeks.

Listen

Living Clarity

Short talks from Kadampa teachers and meditators on what to do with a difficult mind — anger, worry, comparison, focus. A new episode most weeks.

Listen nowOn Spotify

Watch

The Modern Buddhism Podcast

Longer conversations with practitioners about how this actually works in an ordinary life — the parts that helped, and the parts that took years.

Watch nowOn YouTube

Life at our centres

Quiet meditation, a cup of tea, and a room full of people who were all new here once.

A row of people sitting quietly during a guided meditation
Two people smiling at each other as a class is about to begin
A full hall beneath the golden dharma wheel
Visitors chatting in the centre foyer between sessions
Refreshments being brought round after a class
A packed room listening to a talk
Two members of the community sharing a laugh after a talk
Volunteers welcoming people at the reception desk
Two people talking over coffee in the centre bookshop
Two visitors standing together in front of the shrine
A lunchtime meditation filling the temple hall
People relaxing and talking in the centre bookshop lounge
Three visitors posing together in the centre entrance after an evening class
Two people talking over a cup of tea after a session
Conversation over the refreshments table after a class
A group sitting and chatting in the armchairs of the centre bookshop
Three volunteers in their sashes at the temple in Morden
Three visitors smiling together in the centre foyer