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Samatha meditation has been taught and practiced in London for over 40 years! We are now raising funds to establish a more permanent home for London Samatha practice. Please click on the leaf for information on the London Samatha Centre Appeal:

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Beginners Classes

There are currently four beginners Samatha meditation classes in the London area:

1 - Central London, at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), Russell Square, on Wednesday evenings,

2 - Chelsea on Thursday evenings (new class),

3 - Richmond on Thursday evenings,

4 - Uxbridge on Thursday evenings,

See below for details on each class.

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The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)

The SOAS Centre for Buddhist Studies hosts a weekly meditation class during university term time.

Classes are currently Suspended for the Summer break, and will resume in the Autumn. More details will be posted here when available.

Teaching is free, and all are welcome. If you wish, bring a cushion to sit on. Contact Stefania (Email: stefaniamenin@hotmail.com) for further information.

SOAS
  SOAS (The School of Oriental and African Studies), is part of the University   of London. The nearest tube is Russell Square.

[Last updated 17 June 2009]

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Samatha Meditation in Chelsea

Classes are on Thursdays at 7.30pm and run weekly at:

The Vestry at Christshurch, Chelsea.
  Entrance on Cavesham Street (click   here for streetmap link).

Last class before the summer break is on 16th July, and classes will begin again in September (check here for date nearer the time).

It is close to the King's Road and easily reached by foot (10 mins) or bus   from Sloane Square tube station or from South Kensington (15 mins) or by bus   from Victoria (try 11 or 211).
 
  Instruction in meditation  will be given on a group and individual basis.   No previous experience is necessary. All welcome.
 
  The teaching is given for free. Donations are welcomed to cover the cost of   room hire etc.

Contact
  If you have a particular query you can contact Andrew on 07792071522 or chelseasamathaclass@googlemail.com   but there is no need to make contact first . Just come.
 

[Last updated 02 July 2009]

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Samatha Meditation in Richmond

  The teaching is available to all. No previous experience of meditation is required   - beginners are welcome. Please feel free to join at any time.
 
  For beginners, there is an talk each week from 7.30pm to 8pm when you will be   introduced to the practice.

Once you have done the practice at home for a week, you can join the main meeting   that starts later on in the evening.  During this meeting, there is a group   practice, discussion and an opportunity to discuss your practice one-to-one   with the teacher.  If you are coming to this meeting, please bring a cushion.
 
  There is no charge for teaching, but we welcome donations to cover the cost   of the room hire.

We meet every Thursday evening except on Thursday 4 June (when the venue is   being used as a polling station for the elections).  The location is:

Cambrian   Centre,
  Caplan Court,
  Corner of Queens Road and Cambrian Road,
  Richmond Upon Thames,
  Surrey, TW10 6SN.

The Cambrian Centre is on the 371 bus route to/from the Richmond tube/rail   station on Kew Road.  It is a ten minute walk from the centre of Richmond.    There is a small car park at the Centre, otherwise parking can be found on surrounding   roads.

For more information, please call Liz on (020) 7381 5288 or email James at:   richmond_samatha@yahoo.co.uk

[Last updated 25 May 2009]

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Samatha Meditation in Uxbridge

The Uxbridge class is not currently meeting. Please check back for further   details, or email Vijay on vijaykhuttan@hotmail.com.

[Last updated 26 May 2009]