At The Weekend
KMC Plymouth unless otherwise stated
48-50 Mutley Plain, Plymouth PL4 6LE
Membership is not required to attend these events but they are free to members depending on your membership package. See individual events for details.
Becoming Fearless
Half-Day Course
Saturday 11th July
10am-1.15pm
Becoming Fearless
There appears to be so much to fear and be worried about in our world today, but what if we could build within ourselves an inner protection that had the power to help and protect us from painful feelings such as anxiety or worry?
These half-day events are suitable for everyone, no previous experience needed. Everyone is welcome.
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What if there was a power that enabled us to do the things we never thought we could and that enabled us to overcome the fear that we might fail when we tried? We all have the potential to develop this, all we need to do is gain familiarity with training our mind in positive attitudes and actions.
On this half day course, we will look first at the Buddhist approach to overcoming fear and worry: what is fear, how does it arise, what can we do to reduce it? We will then explore meditations and daily life practices that can help us take on life’s challenges without fear.
Schedule
Saturday 11th July
Session 1: 10am – 11.15am
Session 2: 12pm – 1.15pm
Each session conissts of a teaching with guided meditations.
Our World Peace Café will be open during the break serving hot and cold drinks, delicious home-made cakes and a variety of snacks.
Fees & Booking
Individual Tickets: £15
Pay on the door by cash or card
OR
Book in advance online via our Box Office:
All Members Attend for Free
This event is free to members
Event Format
These half-day events are suitable for everyone, no previous experience needed. Everyone is welcome.
Enjoy the benefits of more time than in our evening classes, the opportunity to meet and talk with fellow attendees and the chance to take some time out in the peaceful atmosphere of KMC Plymouth.
Each session consists of:
- a guided breathing meditation
- a practical teaching
- a second meditation with guidance based on the teaching
Between sessions there is a break for light refreshments in our World Peace Café
At the end of the event there is the option to ask the Teacher questions, whilst during the event there is the ability to discuss the teachings and meditations with fellow attendees
Venue
Kadampa Meditation Centre Plymouth,
48-50 Mutley Plain,
Plymouth,
PL4 6LE
Centre Open Day
KMC Plymouth Open Day
Everyone is welcome!
Saturday 22nd August
10am-4pm | Free Event
Open Day
Join us for a fun-filled open day at KMC Plymouth, where everyone is welcome. Entry is FREE and you’re welcome to pop-in for a bit or stay all day!
We will be opening our doors to everyone to come see our beautiful centre and enjoy this peaceful haven in the busy city.
Throughout the day you’ll be able to try free guided meditation sessions, enjoy free short talks about meditation and Kadampa Buddhism and learn about the beautiful statues in our shrine.
Discover what happens in the centre and meet our fabulous volunteers.
It’s also an opportunity to meet and talk with meditators to learn more about how meditation can help us overcome our daily problems and enjoy a peaceful, happy mind.
As well as being able to enjoy wonderful fresh coffees, tantalising teas and delicious homemade cakes in our World Peace Cafe. You are welcome to browse our bookshop and the lovely gift items in the shop.
Enjoy:
- Kids games
- Tombola
- Delicious homemade cakes and pastries
- Wonderful hot and cold drinks
- Free taster meditation sessions
- Free talks about meditation and Kadampa Buddhism
- Our books and gifts shop
World Peace Café
As well as being able to enjoy wonderful fresh coffees, tantalising teas and delicious homemade cakes in our World Peace Cafe. You are welcome to browse our bookshop and the lovely gift items in the shop.
Schedule
10am–4pm
Fees
Entry, short talks and meditation taster sessions are free all day.
A special event in Cornwall…
Finding Joy in Uncertain Times
Public Talk with Kadam Bridget Heyes
Everyone is welcome!
Sunday 23rd August
10.30am – 11.45am
Venue
The Zedshed, Jubilee Wharf, Commercial Road, Penryn, TR10 8FG
Finding Joy in Uncertain Times
Please note this event is being held in Cornwall and is hosted by out neighbouring centre, Ganden Ling KMC.
It can be hard not to get wrapped up in concerns over the way things are in the world these days. Even within our local communities and our own sphere of friends and family, things are constantly changing. Nothing stays the same and we can never be sure what’s around the corner. It can be quite unsettling.
Our lives are filled with uncertainty whilst we try very hard to keep things under control and on an even keel. But this often takes a lot of work and can cause problems and stress. It seemingly never ends.
When we come to understand that the very nature of life is uncertainty though, we can start to let go of the mental pressure to want to stop change and uncertainty from happening. We can recognise the things we can make certain and accept the things which we cannot. This all starts with understanding the role of our mind in how we experience the world and how the teachings of Buddha and the reliable meditations which go with them can profoundly change our perspective and experience.
Anyone can use these teachings and meditations to enjoy the happy mind which can find with ease, the joy to be hand even in uncertain times.
Schedule
10.30am–11.45am
Fees
All tickets: £12
After the session feel free to stay for a chance to socialise and discuss the session and teachings with others.
- This event is suitable for everyone
- No previous experience needed.
- Everyone is welcome.
About The Teacher
Kadam Bridget Heyes is the Principal Teacher at Nagarjuna KMC, a senior disciple of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gysatso Rinpoche, and has been practising for over 35 years. Kadam Bridget is the NKT-IKBU National Spiritual Director of the UK and is known for her powerful teachings, compassionate heart, and deep understanding of Buddha’s wisdom advice. Her teachings are exceptionally clear and she presents profound ideas in a way that are easy to practice and integrate into daily life.
The Stages of The Path Retreat
Guided Weekend Retreat
Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th August
Various Times
Stages of The Path Retreat
The Stages of The Path, also known as ‘Lamrim’, is a special arrangement of all Buddha’s teachings that is easy to understand and put into practice. It reveals all the stages of the path to enlightenment and offers practical tools and meditations we can use each day to train our mind, overcome suffering and move towards fulfilling the purpose of our precious human life.
Please see our Retreats page for full details
Finding Energy and Enthusiasm
Half-Day Course
Saturday 12th September
10am-1.15pm
Finding Energy and Enthusiasm
These half-day events are suitable for everyone, no previous experience needed. Everyone is welcome.
We have lots of demands; family, work and all that goes on around us and it can take it’s toll. Sometimes it’s just hard work and we lack the energy to deal with it! However, we can start to see life in a different way, developing views which actually free us from what we think drains and demoralises us and instead begin to feel energised and full of enthusiasm for whatever we need to do. It’s not a case of mind over matter, it’s more like a mind that knows what matters!
In this half day course, Gen Dragden, Resident Teacher at KMC Plymouth will explain how our current approach and understanding of our daily experiences, can sometimes be so unhelpful but that we can instead take a different perspective based in reality; not wishful thinking or ignoring things. Using these teachings and meditations we can change our mind and experience a natural lift in our energy levels which fill us with enthusiasm to take on anything. Find a spring in our step through these wonderful teachings and meditations.
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Schedule
Saturday 12th September
Session 1: 10am – 11.15am
Session 2: 12pm – 1.15pm
Each session conissts of a teaching with guided meditations.
Our World Peace Café will be open during the break serving hot and cold drinks, delicious home-made cakes and a variety of snacks.
Fees & Booking
Individual Tickets: £15
Pay on the door by cash or card
OR
Book in advance online via our Box Office:
All Members Attend for Free
This event is free to members
Terms and conditions apply. See HERE for details.
Event Format
These half-day events are suitable for everyone, no previous experience needed. Everyone is welcome.
Enjoy the benefits of more time than in our evening classes, the opportunity to meet and talk with fellow attendees and the chance to take some time out in the peaceful atmosphere of KMC Plymouth.
Each session consists of:
- a guided breathing meditation
- a practical teaching
- a second meditation with guidance based on the teaching
Between sessions there is a break for light refreshments in our World Peace Café
At the end of the event there is the option to ask the Teacher questions, whilst during the event there is the ability to discuss the teachings and meditations with fellow attendees
Venue
Kadampa Meditation Centre Plymouth,
48-50 Mutley Plain,
Plymouth,
PL4 6LE
Silence In the City – Day Retreat
Silent Guided Day Retreat
Saturday 26th September
10.00am-3.30pm
Silence In The City
This is rare opportunity to engage in a beautiful full day of silent retreat at KMC Plymouth. In the heart of the city, we will find the silent heart of inner peace.
Please see our Retreats page for full details
Designing Your Future Self
Half-Day Course
Saturday 17th October
10am-1.15pm
Designing Your Future Self
These half-day events are suitable for everyone, no previous experience needed. Everyone is welcome.
We can’t predict the future, but we can do a lot, right here and now, to create the causes of the future we want. In this half day event we will explore the themes and meditation topics and learn to understand that what we choose to think, say and do now, very much creates the outcomes we will experience in the future.
Once we grasp the basics, we can start creating the causes for what we want in the future and avoiding the causes which we don’t want. We can step beyond our ordinary everyday views and aspirations and design a future self who will be free from all problems, hardships and difficulties regardless of what our material circumstances might be. Our future-self starts today, and it can be a joyful one which truly fulfils the meaning of our precious lives.
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Once we grasp the basics, we can start creating the causes for what we want in the future and avoiding the causes which we don’t want. We can step beyond our ordinary everyday views and aspirations and design a future self who will be free from all problems, hardships and difficulties regardless of what our material circumstances might be. Our future-self starts today, and it can be a joyful one which truly fulfils the meaning of our precious lives.
Schedule
Saturday 17th October
Session 1: 10am – 11.15am
Session 2: 12pm – 1.15pm
Each session conissts of a teaching with guided meditations.
Our World Peace Café will be open during the break serving hot and cold drinks, delicious home-made cakes and a variety of snacks.
Fees & Booking
Individual Tickets: £15
Pay on the door by cash or card
OR
Book in advance online via our Box Office:
All Members Attend for Free
This event is free to members
Terms and conditions apply. See HERE for details.
Event Format
These half-day events are suitable for everyone, no previous experience needed. Everyone is welcome.
Enjoy the benefits of more time than in our evening classes, the opportunity to meet and talk with fellow attendees and the chance to take some time out in the peaceful atmosphere of KMC Plymouth.
Each session consists of:
- a guided breathing meditation
- a practical teaching
- a second meditation with guidance based on the teaching
Between sessions there is a break for light refreshments in our World Peace Café
At the end of the event there is the option to ask the Teacher questions, whilst during the event there is the ability to discuss the teachings and meditations with fellow attendees
Venue
Kadampa Meditation Centre Plymouth,
48-50 Mutley Plain,
Plymouth,
PL4 6LE
Healing The Heart
Special Awayday Guided Retreat in Meavy on beautiful Dartmoor
Guided Awayday Retreat
Saturday 31st October
10.30am-4.30pm
Healing The Heart
On this special awayday retreat led by ordained Kadampa Buddhist monk and Resident Teacher at KMC Plymouth, Gen Kelsang Dragden, we will enjoy short teachings, clear instructions and plenty of time in guided meditations to become familiar with the core meditations on the mind of love – the wish for others to be happy.
This event needs to be booked in advance.
Venue – Meavy Parish Hall on beautiful south Dartmoor.
Please see our Retreats page for full details
Love and Connection
Half-Day Course
Saturday 21st November
10am-1.15pm
Love and Connection
These half-day events are suitable for everyone, no previous experience needed. Everyone is welcome.
We are like a cell in the vast body of life. Whilst we may feel that we are a distinct individual separate from all others, we are nonetheless intimately bound up with all living beings. Without others we cannot exist and we affect others by everything we do.
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We need others for our physical, emotional and spiritual well-being and when we understand how we are connected to all living beings, whether we know them or not, whether we may consider they have influence on our life or not, we will understand the reality that we cannot secure our own welfare whilst neglecting others.
On this half-day event we will explore how we are connected to everyone and that when we cherish others, we find our own happiness naturally increases. Connecting our love with others only brings peace of mind and joy for us and them.
Schedule
Saturday 21st November
Session 1: 10am – 11.15am
Session 2: 12pm – 1.15pm
Each session conissts of a teaching with guided meditations.
Our World Peace Café will be open during the break serving hot and cold drinks, delicious home-made cakes and a variety of snacks.
Fees & Booking
Individual Tickets: £15
Pay on the door by cash or card
OR
Book in advance online via our Box Office:
All Members Attend for Free
This event is free to members
Terms and conditions apply. See HERE for details.
Event Format
These half-day events are suitable for everyone, no previous experience needed. Everyone is welcome.
Enjoy the benefits of more time than in our evening classes, the opportunity to meet and talk with fellow attendees and the chance to take some time out in the peaceful atmosphere of KMC Plymouth.
Each session consists of:
- a guided breathing meditation
- a practical teaching
- a second meditation with guidance based on the teaching
Between sessions there is a break for light refreshments in our World Peace Café
At the end of the event there is the option to ask the Teacher questions, whilst during the event there is the ability to discuss the teachings and meditations with fellow attendees
Venue
Kadampa Meditation Centre Plymouth,
48-50 Mutley Plain,
Plymouth,
PL4 6LE
Faith and Offerings Weekend Retreat
Guided Weekend Retreat
Saturday 5th December
Sunday 6th December
10am-3.45pm on both days
Faith and Offerings Weekend Retreat
This retreat will be led by Resident Teacher and ordained Kadampa Buddhist Monk, Gen Kelsang Dragden who will provide brief instructions and guide the meditations during each session. Everyone is welcome.
Please see our Retreats page for full details
Problems? No Problem!
Half-Day Course
Saturday 12th December
10am-1.15pm
Problems? No Problem!
These half-day events are suitable for everyone, no previous experience needed. Everyone is welcome.
When is a problem not a problem? Sounds like a riddle with no answer but in reality, we can turn any problem, difficulty or outright bad situation into a positive experience – keeping a calm and happy mind.
This is not just wishful thinking or looking on the bright-side. Happiness is a state of mind and so is having a problem. When we start to look past what immediately comes to mind when we face difficulties and understand that we have a choice in how we experience a bad situation we can start to turn a problem into a “non-problem”. We may still have to deal with that problem, but what changes is our state of mind – freeing us to deal with any problem in a calm and collected way; always keeping a happy mind.
On this half day event, we’ll explore why problems causes us distress, how we can turn that on its head and face the world with joy. This is a very practical method to make life easier and happier, and we can all use these teachings and meditations.
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Schedule
Saturday 12th December
Session 1: 10am – 11.15am
Session 2: 12pm – 1.15pm
Each session conissts of a teaching with guided meditations.
Our World Peace Café will be open during the break serving hot and cold drinks, delicious home-made cakes and a variety of snacks.
Fees & Booking
Individual Tickets: £15
Pay on the door by cash or card
OR
Book in advance online via our Box Office:
All Members Attend for Free
This event is free to members
Terms and conditions apply. See HERE for details.
Event Format
These half-day events are suitable for everyone, no previous experience needed. Everyone is welcome.
Enjoy the benefits of more time than in our evening classes, the opportunity to meet and talk with fellow attendees and the chance to take some time out in the peaceful atmosphere of KMC Plymouth.
Each session consists of:
- a guided breathing meditation
- a practical teaching
- a second meditation with guidance based on the teaching
Between sessions there is a break for light refreshments in our World Peace Café
At the end of the event there is the option to ask the Teacher questions, whilst during the event there is the ability to discuss the teachings and meditations with fellow attendees
Venue
Kadampa Meditation Centre Plymouth,
48-50 Mutley Plain,
Plymouth,
PL4 6LE
New Year Retreat
24 Hour, Self-Guided Retreat
Thursday 31st December 2026
Friday 1st January 2027
Various Times | Free Event
New Year Retreat
Start the new year inspired! Everyone is welcome to join us for this 24-hour retreat receiving the blessings of Tara, which are especially powerful for helping those in difficulty. Each session is about an hour long and you can come at any time and to as many or few sessions as you choose.
No previous experience required, there will be plenty of people to help and advise you if this is a new event for you, and as always, everyone is welcome.