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• establish a community of  lay practitioners
• develop experience of Buddhist practice
• disseminate Buddhist teachings
• support contact with the Amaravati (and sister monasteries) monastic Sangha
• evolve a framework to support lay practice

ALBA  organises and leads a programme of practice days, and weekend and longer retreats at Amaravati Retreat Centre. Nearly all events are led by lay-teachers, although the Monastic Sangha do contribute to some events. The AUA membership is now around 400 with a Committee of some 15 members. A newsletter – ‘Community’ is published 2 or 3 times each year and is also available online at our website.

The Trust has a broad membership of Buddhists who share its interests in these areas, and supports the Order of Amida Buddha whose teacher is Dharmavidya David Brazier.

The Order is based in the full time community at Narborough, and is involved in various active projects. These include:

• Work in Sarajevo
• A health project in Zambia
• Support for Chakma communities in India
• Campaigning work in UK. Recent campaigns have included peace events and demonstrations on behalf of asylum seekers and animals.
• Community building

Amida Trust offers:

• A long established training programme in applied Buddhist Psychology and Psychotherapy
• A newly established training in Fully Engaged Buddhism
• Retreats in UK and overseas
• Public talks and training events
• Local groups in London, Sheffield, Matlock, Sheffield, Hawaii and Belgium
• Opportunities to stay in The Buddhist House for long or short periods and practice with the resident community
• A summer retreat centre in France

She lives in semi-retreat in Wales, where students can go for retreat.  Lama Shenpen created Discovering the Heart of Buddhism as training for people who want to explore the practice of Buddhism in a direct, authentic and systematic way.

It is aimed at both long term practitioners and newcomers’ alike.

Lama Shenpen offers teaching weekends in London and other venues.

In 1998 the Dhamma Talaka Peace Pagoda was opened on our new site, followed in 2002 by the purpose-built Sangharama Monastery.

Regular activities include weekly meditation for both beginners and the experienced as well as longer retreats (from one to ten days). Our teaching team visits Europe, America, Asia and other parts of the UK. There are also courses in General Buddhist Studies, Scriptural Pali and Buddhist Texts throughout the year. In addition we encourage short ordinations as novice, monk or nun.

The Peace Pagoda is a place for Buddhist and non-Buddhist alike to come and share their views for peace and harmony through dialogue, sharing and meditation. It supports interfaith activities in the area and has an active educational programme for schools, colleges and universities throughout the region and beyond.

The Trust is a voluntary and autonomous association of Buddhists from
all traditions, open to all. We operate a national network of Buddhist volunteers, the Ananda Network, with connections to most Buddhist traditions and schools.

The Trust is a “hospice without walls”. We don’t currently offer in-patient services like nursing, counselling or palliative care. The Trust promotes the practice of “Hospice in the Heart”, a personal openness to suffering, dying and death in the midst of life.

Please visit our website for further details.

Buddhism is a path of transformation, leading to Enlightenment. In the west, we are heirs to the whole Buddhist tradition. Buddhist schools throughout history have been flexible and pragmatic in communicating Buddhist teachings in new environments, and yet have remained true to its core teachings and values.

In the same way, the FWBO is dedicated to creating the conditions for Buddhist practice in the modern world. The tradition has bequeathed a vast range of practices, and the FWBO seeks to draw carefully and pragmatically on this huge spiritual reservoir, to offer a systematic and coherent approach to practice.

Founded in 1967 by Sangharakshita, an Englishman who spent sixteen years as a Buddhist monk in the East, the FWBO has grown to become one of the principal Buddhist movements in UK, India, and Australasia, and is increasingly well-established in Western Europe and the USA.
There are now around eighty FWBO urban centres and retreat centres, and right livelihood businesses, urban and rural communities for men and women, and other activities in over twenty countries.

websites: www.fwbo.orgIntroNews ; www.lbc.org.ukEvents

London Buddhist Centre, E2 – Largest UK Triratna Centre

• Dhammapala (Leeds) a lay group of Harnham Vihara
• FWBO (Leeds)
• Jamyang (Leeds)
• Dechen Community (Yorkshire)
• Soka Gakkai International (Leeds)
• New Kadampa Tradition (Pocklington – York)
• Leeds Zen Group
• International Zen Association UK (Leeds)
• Buddhist Hospice Trust

• Leeds Faith Communities Liaison Forum on which are represented the Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu and Ba’hai faiths. Through this LBC links up to Local Government and Government initiatives.
• Visiting Buddhist patients in Hospital or Hospices
• Conducting Buddhist Funerals
• Teaching NHS Staff stress relief
• Visiting and teaching meditation in H M Prisons
• Representing Buddhists on SACRE (Standing Advisory Committee on Religious Education)
• We are presently working towards the feasibility of Regional Government representation, and then we hope to expand our membership and area base further

The spiritual director and principal teacher, Rigdzin Shikpo, one of Trungpa Rinpoche’s earliest western students and a qualified lama of the Nyingma tradition, was entrusted by them to teach in direct response to the needs of westerners and is among the most experienced and inspiring Buddhist teachers in Britain.

The Foundation is a community of Buddhist teachers, meditation instructors and students practising these teachings with the vision of liberating the hearts of beings. For details of weekend courses, retreats, publications, newsletters, please visit our website.

The Lions Roar is a course that introduces the view and innermost teachings of the Longchen tradition and offers a deep and authentic grounding in the practice of meditation. It is suitable for total beginners and experienced meditators.

The course is available in Britain and in Germany. Local groups led by senior students are in Bristol, Oxford, North London, South-east London, Maidstone, North Wales and Birmingham.

• Celebrate Buddha Jayanti (Buddha Day)
• Arrange Dharma talks
• Hold regular Dharma discussion during society’s meeting
• Sponsor poor children
• Publish LUMBINI magazine
• Plan to establish Buddha Vihara

• To make Buddhism known to the wider public and to help them understand the benefits of his profound teachings.
• To have a forum for the meeting of Nepalese residents in the UK and others with an interest in Buddha Dharma as a spiritual practice for discussion, exchange of ideas, constructive dialogue and to build Nepalese Buddhist community in UK etc.
• To establish links with similar organisations in the UK, Nepal and other countries.
• To organise voluntary work to help reduce human suffering in Nepal and other countries.
• To promote and publish religious and cultural heritage of Nepal.

There are over 300 centres and groups in the UK – including 40 residential centres – offering study programmes, meditation instruction, and retreats for all levels of practitioner. the emphasis is on cultivating inner peace and happiness through integrating Buddha’s teachings into daily life, and on helping others to develop these qualities.

All Kadampa Buddhist centres are open to the public. Also every year two festivals are held at our principal centre – Manjushri Centre in Cumbria – where people gather from around the world to receive teachings and empowerments.

Birmingham Maha Vihara caters for the religious needs of the Sri Lankan, Indian, Chinese, Vietnamese and Western communities; it also supports interfaith activities and is dedicated to serving the social needs of the area around it. In addition, it acts as the headquarters for the International Buddhist Relief Organisation (a charity founded in 1995).

See the website at www.throssel.org.uk for information about Throssel Hole Buddhist Abbey and other OBC groups in the UK.

• :to establish an international alliance of Buddhist women
• to advance the spiritual and secular welfare of the world’s women
• to work for gender equality in Buddhist education, training, institutional structures and ordination
• to promote harmony and dialogue among Buddhist traditions and other religions/faiths
• to encourage research and publications on topics of interest to Buddhist women
• to foster compassionate social action for the benefit of humanity
• to promote world peace through the teachings of the Buddha
• to provide
  • an association to organize support for the objectives of Sakyadhita International within the UK
  • a forum for members to socialize, network and work together on issues and projects of interest on a local, regional and national level
  • a forum for women to exchange experiences and give support

Membership fees and donations can be sent to the contact address above, or directly to the treasurer at : 3 Fenton, Keswick, Cumbria CA12 4AZ.

Please make cheques out to Sakyadhita UK. Thank you!

On the first Sunday of each month we meet at South Petherton in Somerset for meditation and puja. The pujas are conducted in a mixture of Tibetan and English.

Also we periodically have meditation days and occasionally arrange group trips/events such as weekend retreats.

For details please contact us at the above E-mail address.

We do not have formal membership or fixed membership fees; our purpose is communication and those who communicate and/or subscribe to the journal are considered members.
We do not have a centre, and the address above is for contact purposes only.

The PLBF does not have a teacher, as the philosophy of our tradition is to rely totally on Amida Buddha.

The daily practice focuses on the recitation of parts of the Lotus Sutra and the chanting of the mantra Nam-Myo-Ho-Renge–Kyo which encourages the development of compassion and of the individuals greatest potential .

SGI-UK has about three hundred local groups throughout the UK. These groups hold monthly discussion meetings, where people exchange experiences of and insights from, their practice of Buddhism. Guests are warmly welcomed. The address of your local group can be obtained from the contact above.

SGI-UK is also a movement for peace, education and culture, based on the philosophy and ideals of Nichiren Buddhism, engaging in a wide range of local and national activities to this end.

Some recent examples of these have been: Conflict and Peace forums dealing with conflict resolution and peace journalism, academic conferences and lectures on Buddhism and Asian Philosophies cultural activities and Arts festivals.

Click here for a more detailed summary.

• To foster co-operation and friendship between Buddhist groups in the West Midlands.
• To foster dialogue and joint activities between Buddhists of different schools and between Buddhists and other faiths.
• To aid in co-ordinating the shared affairs of the Sangha and promote greater participation of lay devotees in the work of the Dharma.
• To liase with local government departments and other agencies who require information and advice about Buddhists and input from them.

The entrance is on Sepulchre Lane. Please use the main [top] door, down stone steps

In the UK, BKBDS has been active since September 2000. The Sangha is based in London and meetings are held monthly to discuss experiences on dharma practice and discourses.

The centre offers the following activities that promote self-development and mind transformation:

• basic group meditation sessions
• group therapeutic workshops
• discussions on Buddhist philosophy
• meditation practices of the four mind turning series*
• regular chanting*

* For those who have taken refuge in the Three Jewels – Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.

The sessions are held on a regular basis and are designed to help you understand yourself

and guide you to the path of mental peace and happiness.

Our website features Dharma lecture dvds, downloads from our Buddhist
photographic archive, free clips from our dvds for schools and a free
information section for school students.

We offer in-service training for teachers of Religious Education and run
the school visits service for Manchester Buddhist Centre, in which we
are based.

On the first Sunday of each month we meet at South Petherton in Somerset for meditation and puja. The pujas are conducted in a mixture of Tibetan and English.

Also we periodically have meditation days and occasionally arrange group trips/events such as weekend retreats.

For details please contact us at the above E-mail address.