Introduction to Buddhist meditation (WLL 01)

  • Day and time: Wednesday 10:30 - 12:00
    Weekly
  • Length of course: 1 term. Autumn (8 Weeks)
  • Number of places: 12
  • Start date: 12 October 2022
  • Description:

    Buddhist meditation is a way of exploring our inner experience, and responding creatively to what we find. It can bring many important benefits: less anxiety, greater awareness, better concentration, improved health and a more sensitive understanding of oneself and others. Meditation has recently become influential in the West as an effective method for dealing with the pressures and difficulties of living. It has been practised for 2500 years as a central aspect of the Buddhist tradition, although the course does not assume Buddhist or any other beliefs. The course is practice-based: it focuses on how to set up a regular practice and introduces two basic methods, based on awareness of the breath and on the cultivation of kindliness. It also includes developing mindfulness in everyday life and walking meditation. Local buses stop near the Cambridge Buddhist Centre. There is metered on-street parking, and disabled car-parking is available at the Centre.

  • Format: Discussion and directed meditation activity

  • Tutor: Richard Winter
  • I used to teach at Anglia Ruskin University; I have been studying and practising meditation and Buddhism for more than 2o year as a member of the Cambridge Buddhist Centre.


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