Guided Meditation
2025-05-13 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-05-14 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-05-15 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-05-16 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-05-17 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-05-19 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-05-20 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-05-21 09:00 - 10:00 UTC and 4 more dates
Guided MeditationMonday – Saturday @ 9.00 – 10.00am IST
(No sessions on Sunday and during Short Courses)
This is a hybrid event! You can attend in person at Tushita or online via live zoom (and video recordings).

The 4 Noble Truths & Their 16 Characteristics - Yeshin Norbu
2025-05-13 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-05-20 16:00 - 18:00
The 4 Noble Truths & Their 16 CharacteristicsThe 4 Noble Truths & Their 16 Characteristics
This in-depth intermediate level course will deepen your understanding of the Four Noble Truths and their 16 characteristics. The Four Noble Truths are the foundational teachings of Buddhism, offering profound insight into the nature of suffering, its causes and the path to liberation.
Course Details
About This Course
The course will offer a comprehensive exploration of these core teachings, guiding you through their profound implications for both personal transformation and spiritual practice. Learning the Four Noble Truths can offer a range of profound benefits that can transform your approach to life and spiritual practice, such as:
Clarity on the nature of suffering: By gaining insight into why suffering arises, you can begin to release attachment to things that are impermanent and avoid unnecessary suffering in your life.
Path to liberation: Learning this path helps you cultivate ethical conduct, mental discipline, and wisdom, fostering a life of greater peace and fulfillment.
Deepened compassion & wisdom: By understanding the interconnectedness of all beings and the causes of suffering, you naturally develop greater compassion and empathy. The teachings also lead to wisdom by showing you how to see things as they truly are, beyond the surface-level appearance of phenomena..
Transformation of perspective: Instead of viewing difficulties as obstacles, you begin to see them as opportunities for spiritual growth and a means of developing resilience and inner strength.
Your Teacher
Venerable Khadro brings years of experience teaching Buddhist philosophy and meditation in the tradition of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Her clear and practical approach makes profound Buddhist concepts accessible to modern students.

Events for May 2025 – Jamyang London Buddhist Centre
2025-05-13 17:30 - 19:00
Events for May 2025 – Jamyang London Buddhist CentreThis 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 Group
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.

Events for May 2025 – Jamyang London Buddhist Centre
2025-05-13 17:30 - 19:00
Events for May 2025 – Jamyang London Buddhist CentreJoin us as we embark upon a 3-month exploration of this famous text. Guided by Geshe Tenzin Namdak, we will delve into Arya Nagarjuna’s poetic instructions that convey the entire Mahayana path with unusual clarity and memorable imagery.
About the Author
Arya Nagarjuna (2nd-3rd century) is widely regarded as the second Buddha and the trailblazer of the Madhyamika school of Buddhist philosophy. His coming was prophesied by Shakyamuni himself as the teacher who would appear when the karma of beings was ripe, to expound and clarify the Buddha’s profound teaching on emptiness.
About the Text
Letter to a Friend is a poem composed by Nagarjuna as a letter of advice to his friend, King Gautamiputra, who presided over the powerful kingdom of Satvahana. The Letter is a concise and comprehensive introduction to the entire path and practice of Buddhism. Widely studied by both lay and monastic, the instructions therein are of special interest to those who wish to take up spiritual activity while continuing to live and work in society; they are meant to convey the whole meaning of the Dharma to the ordinary person in a language and style that are easy to understand. Despite its short length (123 verses), it covers the whole Mahayana path with unusual clarity and memorable imagery; thus it is widely quoted by Tibet’s great masters and scholars in the many commentaries they have written on the Buddhist path.
About the Teacher
After completing his university studies in Hydrology, Geshe Namdak worked as an environmental researcher in the Netherlands. He began studying Buddhism at Maitreya Institute and was eventually ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Lama before completing the 20-year Geshe degree at Sera Jey monastic university in India, as well as the traditional one-year Vajrayana study program at Gyume Tantric College. He is now Resident Teacher of Jamyang London Buddhist Centre.
Schedule
Starting on 6th May and running until the 22nd July, 2025
Tuesday evenings | 18:30 – 20:00
How to join
Registration for the short course on Nagarjuna’s Letter to a Friend hasn’t opened yet but if you let us know your name and email address we’ll contact you when it does. Click here to register your interest

Introduction to Tantra
2025-05-13 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-05-20 19:00 - 20:30
An advanced approach to enlightenment
Tantra in our tradition refers to a unique higher-level system of spiritual practice that can streamline one’s path to enlightenment. Incorporating rituals, meditation, mantra recitation, and visualization, we can transform ordinary activities, emotions, and challenges into opportunities for swift spiritual growth. Tantra trains practitioners to view all phenomena as inherently pure and sacred. This perspective breaks down dualistic thinking and fosters a profound sense of interconnectedness and reverence for life. Due to its emphasis on the union of wisdom and compassion it is considered an accelerated path to enlightenment.
In this 3-class course you will learn:
what tantra is
how it works
why it is a powerful form of practice
about the four classes of tantra
to practice simple Kriya tantric methods
to integrate tantra with Lamrim meditation for optimal results.
Your teacher
Venerable Amy Miller is a beloved spiritual teacher, practitioner and Buddhist nun in the Tibetan tradition. She has dedicated her life to sharing the profound teachings of Buddhism with the world. With her gentle presence, insightful wisdom and compassionate heart, she has touched the lives of many around the world, inspiring them to find inner peace and help transform their minds.
More information about Ven. Amy Miller, click here.
Practical information
Dates and times: Wednesday evenings May 7, 14 and 21: 19.00 – 21.00 hrs. CEST
Location: both at our center in Amsterdam and via Zoom.
Language: English
Study materials & recordings: The classes will be recorded (audio and video) and provided to you as well as the study materials
Registration: You can register for the whole course (3 classes)
Last-minute registration: Please also send an email to amsterdam@maitreya.nl, to ensure we can send you the necessary Zoomlink and materials in time to join the class.

Lojong Mind Training
2025-05-13 19:00 - 21:00
Lojong Mind TrainingHow its application can help us prepare for death and difficult times with confidence and compassion
“Happiness should be brought under control, and suffering ended. If you are lonely, it will be the companion of sorrow. If you are sick, it will nurse you.” – saying of the Kadam Lamas.
Lojong or ‘mind training’ is an essential part of Buddhist training that teaches us how to transform problems into opportunities for deep spiritual growth. Ven. Amy will explore how lojong practices can help us lessen fear, regret and confusion in times of adversity; so this program will not only help us prepare for the major transition of death, but will also show us how we can develop a more peaceful and meaningful life.
“In our heart we do not think death will happen to us. Living in denial we spend our lives in distraction filling each available moment with constant busyness.”- Geshe Jampa Tegchok
This 4-session course will incorporate a variety of lojong texts such as the profound yet brief, Turning Suffering and Happiness into Enlightenment, by Jikme Tenpe Nyime, the Third Drodupchen Rinpoche and The Eight Verses of Thought Transformation by Kadampa Geshe Langri Thangpa.
Additionally, lojong practice helps us:
Cultivate mental resilience
Develop compassion
Shift focus from external blame to self-reflection and accountability
Reduce anxiety, increase inner peace, and develop healthier behavior overall.
Ven. Amy will also be guiding a full weekend on Lojong, which will be more focused on meditation, at our retreat center in Loenen.
Your teacher
Venerable Amy Miller is a beloved spiritual teacher, practitioner and Buddhist nun in the Tibetan tradition. She has dedicated her life to sharing the profound teachings of Buddhism with the world. With her gentle presence, insightful wisdom and compassionate heart, she has touched the lives of many around the world, inspiring them to find inner peace and help transform their minds.
More information about Ven. Amy Miller, click here.
Practical information
Dates and times: Tuesday evenings April 29, May 6,13 and 20, 19.00 – 21.00 hrs. CEST
Location: both at our center in Amsterdam and via Zoom.
Language: English
Study materials & recordings: The classes will be recorded (audio and video) and provided to you as well as the study materials
Registration: You can register for the whole course (4 classes)
Last-minute registration: Please also send an email to amsterdam@maitreya.nl, to ensure we can send you the necessary Zoomlink in time to join the class.

Events for May 2025 – Jamyang London Buddhist Centre
2025-05-14 17:30 - 19:00
Events for May 2025 – Jamyang London Buddhist CentreAbout this series
Wednesday evenings at Jamyang are dedicated to courses in advanced philosophy. Join our Resident Teacher, Geshe Tenzin Namdak, as he helps us investigate the finer points of the philosophy of emptiness and the Buddhist understanding of the nature of reality from various perspectives, and through the works of the great Buddhist scholars of the past.
About this course
Over two years, we’ll embark on a profound voyage through a text of incomparable stature within the Buddhist cannon: Entering the Middle Way, by the revered master, Chandrakirti. We are often reminded by Geshe Namdak that His Holiness the Dalai Lama reads Chandrakirti every day, a clear testament to the indispensability of his work for all Buddhist practitioners training in the Nalanda tradition.
In Entering the Middle Way, Chandrakirti interprets and upholds Nagarjuna’s philosophical position as put forward in his root text on wisdom, while drawing upon the structure of the Ten Grounds Sutra to supplement this analysis of the nature of reality with an exposition of the bodhisattva grounds, or the stages of realisation a practitioner must traverse on the way to enlightenment. Chandrakirti, therefore, ‘enters’ Nagarjuna’s text by way of the profound view, as well as the vast activities of the bodhisattva. The comprehensive treatment of both method and wisdom, as well as Chandrakirti’s formidable scholarship, are just a couple of the reasons why Entering the Middle Way has endured as one of the most prized treasures of the Nalanda tradition.
Geshe Namdak will open the door to this text and reveal its many riches to us over the span of two years. It goes without saying that this is a very special and rare opportunity, which we are delighted to share with you. Please join us on what we anticipate will be an incredibly meaningful journey.
About Geshe Tenzin Namdak
After completing his university studies in Hydrology, Geshe Namdak worked as an environmental researcher in the Netherlands. He began studying Buddhism at Maitreya Institute and was eventually ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Lama before completing the 20-year Geshe degree at Sera Jey monastic university in India, as well as the traditional one-year Vajrayana study program at Gyume Tantric College. He is now Resident Teacher of Jamyang London Buddhist Centre.
Schedule
Wednesdays | 18:30 – 20:00
How to join
Sign up for the full course below, or for an individual class. If you would like to set up a monthly subscription to donate towards the course, please do so here: https://jamyang.co.uk/product/chandrakirti

Events for May 2025 – Jamyang London Buddhist Centre
2025-05-15 16:00 - 17:00
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Medicine Buddha Puja
May 15 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
About Medicine Buddha Puja
In Person Only
Pujas are rituals in which consecrated offerings – such as food, water, light and incense – are made to an enlightened being for the sake of creating conditions for progress on the spiritual path, as well as removing obstacles. These offerings are made alongside prayer and chanting.
The seven Medicine Buddhas, attainers of bliss, strongly prayed for the temporal and ultimate happiness of yourself and all sentient beings. They vowed that their prayers would be actualized during these degenerate times when the teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha are in decline. As the buddhas’ holy speech is irrevocable, you can wholly trust in their power to quickly grant blessings to help all sentient beings in these degenerate times,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche instructs “If you pray to Guru Medicine Buddha, you will quickly accomplish all that you wish. Just hearing the holy name of Guru Medicine Buddha and the sound of his mantra closes the door to rebirth in the suffering lower realms. It is written in the scriptures that you should not have a two-pointed mind (doubt) with regard to these benefits”.
How can I join?
Just turn up!
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Discovering Buddhism: How to Meditate - Yeshin Norbu
2025-05-15 16:00 - 18:00, 2025-05-22 16:00 - 18:00
Discovering Buddhism: How to MeditateDiscovering Buddhism: How to Meditate
Begin your journey into Buddhist philosophy and meditation with the second module of Discovering Buddhism.
Course Details
About This Course
In this module of Discovering Buddhism you will learn about the definition and purpose of meditation, how to sit properly, how to set up a meditation session, how to recognize and deal with obstacles to meditation, and will get to experiment with different types of meditation techniques.
Your Teacher
Venerable Khadro brings years of experience teaching Buddhist philosophy and meditation in the tradition of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Her clear and practical approach makes profound Buddhist concepts accessible to modern students.
Course Preview
For more information about this module, watch this 26-minute video on Youtube:
Discovering Buddhism Module 2 – How to Meditate – YouTube

City Weekend: Impermanence & death
2025-05-16 19:00 - 2025-05-18 16:00
This is going to happen to you, so start focusing on what makes your life truly worthwhile.
The incredibly moving poem, Heart Spoon, by Kyabje Pabongkha Rinpoche clearly illustrates what happens to you when you die. The text repeats again and again, “This is going to happen to you.” So this weekend retreat will explore this heart-wrenching poem along with a variety of practices that can help us start focusing on what makes life truly meaningful.
“Death is not something to be afraid of; it is a natural transition, like changing clothes. Understanding impermanence inspires us to live meaningfully, to cherish every moment, and to use this precious life to benefit others and attain enlightenment.” – Lama Zopa Rinpoche
We often make the profound mistake of ignoring and denying the reality of death as we continually immerse ourselves in a multitude of worldly experiences. Teachings on impermanence and death are not meant to frighten us, but can serve as a powerful motivator to practice as well as a significant reminder of how extraordinary this human life truly is. Right now, we have the rare opportunity to develop our minds in the most positive ways, to practice virtue, and to live with great purpose. NOW is the perfect time.
During this weekend, Ven. Amy Miller will guide us through teachings and meditations on profound Buddhist concepts drawn from the unique teachings of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, one of the founders of the FPMT. Ven. Amy will also offer study and meditation techniques of daily mindfulness practices to take home. This program is ideal for anyone who wishes to ignite or deepen their personal practice by relying on Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s heart advice.
Your teacher
Venerable Amy Miller is a beloved spiritual teacher, practitioner and Buddhist nun in the Tibetan tradition. She has dedicated her life to sharing the profound teachings of Buddhism with the world. With her gentle presence, insightful wisdom and compassionate heart, she has touched the lives of many around the world, inspiring them to find inner peace and help transform their minds.
More information about Ven. Amy Miller, click here.
Practical information
Dates and times:
Friday May 16: 19.00 – 20.30 hrs (only online)
Saturday May 17: 10.00 – 16.00 hrs
Sunday May 18: 10.00 – 16.00 hrs
Location: both at our center in Amsterdam and via Zoom.
Language: English
Study materials & recordings: The classes will be recorded (audio and video) and provided to you as well as the study materials
Registration: You can register for the whole weekend
Last-minute registration: Please also send an email to amsterdam@maitreya.nl, to ensure we can send you the necessary Zoomlink and materials in time to join the class.
Donation
Dāna (generosity) is one of the cornerstones of the Buddhist path. By virtue of their generosity, the Buddha and the ordained sangha offer us the teachings, and in exchange, the lay community supports Dharma centers and the monastic community. This interdependence is essential for us to share the Dharma and continue our work to benefit all sentient beings. With your donation we support our teachers in their cost of living and we uphold our dharma center, which is managed entirely by volunteers.
The suggested donation for this weekend is €85. For students and people with low income, the suggested donation is €60. Please send us an email if you’d like to make use of this option. Keep in mind that the donation amount should never be an obstacle to your access to the Dharma. Please contact us if it might be an obstacle for you.

Thirty Seven Steps to the Lasting Happiness of Enlightenment – What are you waiting for?
2025-05-17 13:00 - 2025-05-26 13:00
This special 10-day residential course is open to all levels of practitioners: beginners and experienced alike.
We are honoured and delighted that Geshe Tenzin Zopa accepted our request to give for the first time a 10-day course at Tushita!
This special course will be based on the 37 Practices of Bodhisattva, a text by Togmay Sangpo, one of the great bodhisattvas who became an Arya Bodhisattva within a very short period through practising the 37 practices. He then revealed this teaching in a condensed and practical way so that beings like us will be able to immediately apply them in our every day life.
Geshe Tenzin Zopa:
“When we come together for Dharma discourse, it is not simply for fun or to pass our time. It is to extract knowledge as mindfood, not for the sake of intellectual knowledge but solely to benefit others each day, according to one’s best ability until one attains full enlightenment. Our coming together with the right motivation can change the world. To change the world does not mean changing the external world; it means changing your inner world, your own mind, for only then, can you influence and transform the minds of others on the planet. This is the sole purpose for learning the 37 Practices of to Enlightenment, the 37 practices of the Bodhisattvas, without which there is no means by which one can become a Buddha.
This teaching is a special lineage practice undertaken by all the past by great Tibetan yogis and now by His Holiness The Dalai Lama and our Gurus. The 37 Practices are indispensable throughout one’s spiritual life – from the preliminary stages of one’s practice up to and beyond Buddhahood because it is the means by which sentient beings can be helped and guided.

The Precious Garland of the Sublime Path: The Oral Instructions of Lord Gampopa
2025-05-18 20:00 - 21:30, 2025-05-25 20:00 - 21:30
4 Sundays with Geshe Lhakdor – open to all levels of practitioners: beginners and experienced alike.
Online Event only!
Thank you to our FPMT sister center Shantideva New York for organising and hosting this special course with Geshe Lhakdor la. We are delighted to co-host it together with our sister centers Jamyang Buddhist Centre, London and Tushita Mahayana Meditation Centre, Delhi.
“The Precious Garland of the Sublime Path is, in general, a condensation of the complete key points of all levels of Buddhist training. More particularly, it contains oral instructions that can reach our very hearts and reveal our hidden faults.” — Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche
The Precious Garland of the Sublime Path is an essential guide to Buddhist practice, covering the main ideas of Buddhist training from the fundamental tenets to the most subtle points. Crafted by the renowned 12th-century master Gampopa, a disciple of the legendary Milarepa, these oral instructions weave together explanations of Buddhist sutras with the profound meditation instructions of Mahamudra.
True to the traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, it is structured as a set of 28 memorable lists. Those who contemplate their meaning will uncover valuable truths about their own spiritual journeys, including:
Ten Things to Persevere In
Ten Things to Inspire Yourself
Ten Ways to Destroy Yourself
Delve into the deeper meanings of this beautiful composition with Geshe Lhakdor and experience the teachings in their original lineage, just as they were intended.

Guru Puja
2025-05-22 19:30 - 21:30
Guru Puja is a profound and inspiring practice for developing faith and devotion to our spiritual masters and the Three Jewels. With the guru merit field as the object, one engages in an extensive practice of the seven-branched worship –paying homage, making offerings, confessing faults and so on-with the wish to attain the highest of aspirations.
This event is on-site only. Registration is not required.
We schedule prayer sessions throughout the year, offering a continuous opportunity for anyone, including visitors, to take part in practices that focus on bringing the precious benefit of accumulating heaps of merit and eliminating negativities. All our sessions are conducted in English, with some chanting in Tibetan.

L'entraînement de l'esprit
2025-05-24 10:00 - 2025-05-25 17:00
L’entraînement de l’esprit – Institut Vajra YoginiGuéshé Tènzin Lodèn commente le texte composé par Atisha Dipamkara : la Guirlande de joyaux du bodhisattva. Conservant aujourd’hui toute son actualité, ce texte majeur de l’entraînement de l’esprit (tib. lodjong) nous fournit de nombreuses méthodes pour exercer l’esprit à se détourner de l’attitude égocentrée, développer un état d’esprit fondé sur la bienveillance et transformer les conditions adverses en voie vers l’Eveil.
Dates disponibles :
L’entraînement de l’esprit
Avec Guéshé Lodèn
samedi 26 Avr. – 10H
dimanche 27 Avr. 2025 – 17H
Participation libre à partir de 0 €Plus hébergement et repas
Participation en ligne
Sans inscription
Participation sur place
L’entraînement de l’esprit
Avec Guéshé Lodèn
samedi 24 Mai – 10H
dimanche 25 Mai 2025 – 17H
Participation libre à partir de 0 €Plus hébergement et repas
Participation en ligne
Sans inscription
Participation sur place
L’entraînement de l’esprit
Avec Guéshé Lodèn
samedi 21 Juin – 10H
dimanche 22 Juin 2025 – 17H
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Participation en ligne
Sans inscription
Participation sur place
