North Devon Sakya Buddhist Group

03/12/2025

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, questions and discussion.

Meetings are open to all : Beginners and Experienced

Fee £5 (Concessions £3)

02/12/2025

Lama Jampa Thaye’s recent visit to Dechen London marked the beginning of a new cycle of teachings, following the completion of Sakya Pandita’s Discriminating the Three Vows in Bristol this September. The venue was filled with a large and enthusiastic audience, eager to receive these profound ins...

24/11/2025

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

23/11/2025

19/11/2025

17/11/2025

MEDITATION AND STUDY DAY : The Six Perfections
EXETER 22/11/2025 10:30 – 16:30
Friends Meeting House, Wynards Lane, Exeter, EX2 4HU

Paul Rogers will lead this day of study and meditation.

Paul, a long standing student of Lama Jampa Thaye and coordinator of our Exeter Buddhist Group Sakya Namgyal Ling will lead us in study, reflection and meditation upon the Six perfections:
Giving, morality, patience, effort, meditation and wisdom.
These six embody the Bodhicitta of the Mahayana path.
(Bodhicitta being the enlightenment thought, the wish to become enlightened for benefit of all sentient beings).

Wisdom is the crucial element which runs through all of the perfections, so we will begin the day with an outline of that before returning to it in the final session.

The day is open to all and will be ideal for anyone wanting to deepen their understanding of the Buddhist path.

The day will be divided into 4 x 1 hour sessions
Each session will involve sitting meditation, listening to a section of the teaching,
and time for reflection and questions.

Please arrive by 10.15am for a 10.30am start
Four sessions: 10.30-11.30, 12.00-13.00, 2.00-3.00, 3.30-4.30
Please bring some lunch (to share if you wish)
Facility Fee: £15 per day or £5 per session
We look forward to welcoming you!

14/11/2025

https://youtu.be/U7Ag9HpDAlk?si=TV8NcuFKO5FfZYB0
This weeks topic for reflection and meditation...

Lama Jampa shows how kindness arises naturally when we contemplate our indebtedness to others and acknowledge that our very existence is dependent upon the p...

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

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...