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The London Buddhist Centre (LBC) is a temple located on Roman Road, Bethnal Green, London, that serves as the main base for the London Triratna Buddhist Community.It opened in 1978 in an ornate, vernacular redbrick former Victorian fire station that was completed in 1888 and in use by the London Fire Brigade until 1969.
Kagyu Samye Dzong London Tibetan Buddhist Centre for World Peace and Health is the London branch of Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery in Scotland.Kagyu Samye Dzong London is under the direct guidance of Chöje Akong Tulku Rinpoche and Venerable Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche, the co-founder and Abbot of Samye Ling respectively.
Jamyang London Buddhist Centre (FPMT/Tibetan) Kaygu Samye Dzong London, Bermondsey (Tibetan) London Buddhist Centre (Triratna) London Buddhist Vihara (Sri Lankan) London Fo Guang Shan Temple, Marylebone (Chinese) Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery, Watford and Billericay (Sri Lankan) Three Wheels Temple, Acton (Pure Land) Wat Buddhapadipa ...
Zen Centre, St. John's Wood, London. The Zen Centre is a Buddhist temple in London, England, and the active arm of the Zen Trust, whose object is to promote the Zen Buddhist religion for the benefit of the public. Members generally attend its meetings at the premises of the Buddhist Society. Attendance at Zen Centre premises is for select ...
Three Wheels is a Shin Buddhist temple in London, England, founded in 1994. [1] It is the London branch of Shogyōji (正行寺), a temple in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, which has affiliations with the larger Higashi Hongan-ji branch of Shin Buddhism.
The Triratna Buddhist Community, formerly the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (FWBO), is an international fellowship [1] of Buddhists.It was founded in the UK in 1967 by Sangharakshita (born Dennis Philip Edward Lingwood) [1] and describes itself as "an international network dedicated to communicating Buddhist truths in ways appropriate to the modern world". [2]
Ian Johnson (born 1961), [1] known by his Dharma name Maitreyabandhu, is a British Buddhist writer and poet who lives and works at the London Buddhist Centre. [2] He has written a number of books on Buddhism. His poetry has been published by Bloodaxe and awarded the Keats-Shelley Prize [3] and the Geoffrey Dearmer Award. [1]
The Centre organises weekly meditation classes at over 15 venues in and around London. [2] The classes feature guided meditations, basic Buddhist teachings, and question-and-answer sessions. Kadam John McBretney serves as the Resident Teacher for the Centre, and is responsible for teaching the main weekly classes taught at the Centre. [3]