Amita Buddha Centre

18/08/2026

15/08/2026

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“Your view should be as high and vast as the sky. Pure awareness, once it manifests within the mind’s empty nature, can no longer be obscured by the negative emotions, which become its ornaments instead. The changeless state that is the realization of the view is not something that comes into existence, remains, or ceases; within it, awareness observes the movement of thoughts like a serene old man watching children at play. Confused thoughts cannot affect pure awareness any more than a sword can pierce the sky. Lady Peldarbum said to Jetsun Milarepa:
When I meditated on the ocean, my mind was very comfortable. When I meditated on the waves, my mind was troubled. Teach me to meditate on the waves!
The great yogi responded:
The waves are the movement of the ocean. Leave them to subside by themselves in its vastness.”

Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche – The Hundred Verses of Advice – Collected Works Vol II pp 450-1, Shambhala

10/08/2026

Help your child approach their 11+ exams feeling calmer, more focused and more confident.

This supportive class is designed specifically for children preparing for their 11+ exams, introducing simple mindfulness and meditation techniques that can help reduce anxiety, improve concentration and build emotional resilience during this important time.

Led by Niki Fleur, a qualified primary school teacher with over 26 years of classroom experience, this class combines her extensive understanding of children's learning with her specialist training in mindfulness for children. Niki creates a warm, encouraging environment where children can learn practical strategies to manage exam nerves, quiet busy minds and develop confidence that extends beyond the exam on Tuesday & Thursdays at 11am throughout August, book here: https://www.yoga-factory.co.uk/timetable £8 per child

11/05/2026

One of the first teachings my Master gave me was in learning how to forgive. At that point in my life I was so angry, with my family, with other people, with myself.

My anger and resentment had been eating me alive for years.

I was so self-righteous in my victimhood and it was killing me slowly.

Once I started on the journey of forgiveness, my life began to change for the better. My relationships harmonised, I was happier and the future looked brighter.

Now I’m not saying I’m completely free of anger, that’s just not the case - I’m a normal human being after all! However, it doesn’t burn me like it used to, and I’m able to deal with situations in a much calmer manner.

If I can advise anyone of anything, it would be to learn how to forgive. There is a key to it.

Abide my the words of my Master, Dechan Jueren, the MahaVairochana Buddha, to “Forgive everyone, respect everyone, help everyone,”

Easier said than done. It takes great practice and a good foundation of meditation. Let me show you the path ...
Join us online for meditation this evening (Monday)
All are welcome.

8pm - 9pm

Via Teams: https://teams.live.com/meet/936457964802?p=y8FArUOtjtso4kTQL

£10 payable via PayPal: paypal.me/leighbuddhistcentre

28/04/2026

A new kitchen, a bigger house, a newly decorated room, an expensive piece of art, a giant television, downloading the latest song, watching a new movie, a fad diet, meals in glamorous restaurants, a celebrity makeover, a new sports car, a luxury holiday, the latest fashion, the most recent phone, and on, and on, and on, year after year, after year, after year, chasing the same old things - none of which you can take with you when you die.

Although you may experience short bursts of worldly happiness from buying or doing all of these things, you must have witnessed by now, that not one of these bursts has lasted, and that you immediately chase after the next burst as soon as the last one is finished.

At what point in your very short life will you deeply realise and fully accept that the true lasting happiness that you desperately seek can only be found inside?

You can continue to be exhausted by spending the rest of your very short life by desperately searching true lasting happiness outside. Or from this moment onwards, you can just simply embrace the truth - that true lasting happiness will not be found anywhere or in anything, other than inside that which is doing the searching, and then doing something about it, by stepping on to the Buddhist path.

~ Chamtrul Rinpoche