North Devon Sakya Buddhist Group

11/11/2025

Our relaxed Wednesday morning meetings are a great place to learn and practice meditation and discover the essential teachings of Buddhism.
We meet 11am at Northam Hall EX39 1AW
Sessions start with calm-abiding meditation, which will be explained for new-comers.
This will be followed by a short talk on various topics of the Buddha’s teachings.
Each session ends with time for reflection and questions
Meetings are open to all : Beginners and Experienced
Fee £5

07/11/2025

06/11/2025

05/11/2025

“If you are attached to this life, you are not a true spiritual practitioner;
If you are attached to saṃsāra, you have no renunciation;
If you are attached to your own self-interest, you have no bodhicitta;
If there is grasping, you do not have the View.”
🌸 In honor of Sachen Kunga Nyingpo (1092–1158), the first of the Five Founding Masters of the Sakya tradition.
🪷 May his wisdom continue to inspire our practice.
Image: Thangka of Sachen Kunga Nyingpo (Tibet, ca 1600) – public domain / via Wikimedia Commons

03/11/2025

This weeks topic for reflection and meditation...

Lama Jampa explains how we can more fully understand karma with reference to both actions and their results, and that whilst motivation is the preeminent cau...

28/10/2025

Over the next few weeks we will explore the Buddha's teachings on Karma, Samsara, Loving Kindness, Compassion and Wisdom!
Our relaxed Wednesday meetings are a great place to learn and practice meditation and discover the essential teachings of Buddhism.
Sessions start with calm-abiding meditation, which will be explained for new-comers.
This will be followed by a short talk on various topics of the Buddha’s teachings.
Each session ends with time for reflection and questions
Meetings are open to all : Beginners and Experienced
Fee £5

26/10/2025

The recent autumn teachings weekend on 18 October with Lama Jampa Thaye in Bristol was even more significant this year. With it, Lama Jampa taught the final part of ‘Discriminating the Three Vows’ by Sakya Pandita, a series which started back in London in November 2022. Throughout the day we wer...

23/10/2025

BIRTHDAY WISHES FOR LAMA JAMPA
Today, 23 October, is the birthday of our principal teacher and Dechen founder, Lama Jampa Thaye. We would like to express our gratitude for his unending kindness and for the wealth of teachings and practices he has generously bestowed on us.
We wish you a very happy birthday and request you to please remain with us for many more years 🙏🙏🙏
“Lama Jampa has been my dharma friend for many many years…. It is very impressive that he has kept the traditional studies and dharma practice with all his followers together…. this is very encouraging to see, that dharma is growing and blossoming everywhere.”
HH Sakya Gongma Trichen

21/10/2025

https://youtu.be/5fj7wRSbCPQ?si=MKEgMW_rv-qZr5Fj
Continuing the topic of Death and Rebirth....

"Simply the mind continues, because as we've discussed in previous times, the mind is a stream of awareness which is not generated from physical causes. And ...

20/10/2025

AUTUMN DATES
Our relaxed Wednesday meetings are a great place to learn and practice meditation and discover the essential teachings of Buddhism.
Sessions start with calm-abiding meditation, which will be explained for new-comers.
This will be followed by a short talk on various topics of the Buddha’s teachings.
Each session ends with time for reflection and questions
Meetings are open to all : Beginners and Experienced
Fee £5

16/10/2025

https://youtu.be/ieJuyTW9zRY?si=5MFstFgm3NCDXb1D
This weeks topic for reflection and meditation:

Lama Jampa explains the process of rebirth as happening all of the time and that 'precisely because mind doesn't arise from physical sources and physical bas...

09/10/2025

This week's topic for reflection and meditation:

"Among all of those countless sentient beings - and they are truly countless - not many possess the appropriate conditions in which they can start to turn in...