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The Okehampton Meditation Class is a branch class of Kadampa Meditation Centre Plymouth.

08/09/2026

😃 Okehampton Meditation Class continues on Wednesday @ The Library..

😮 "If Only I’d Known That Years Ago!"....

…..well the Beatles did say "All you need is love 💕" and we know from our own experience than when we experience, being loved or loving, without any strings attached - then it feels great, we feel happy.
..but sometimes we think that our happiness comes from others doing what we want and we think that is love; or we think we can love this person or these people but not these other people. Sometimes we may even think we don't have much love at all to give.

Buddha explains how we can all grow our love and as a result our compassion will also grow leading to special experiences of inner peace, the real cause of happiness! What we were never told was that we can train in love and compassion!

"Cherishing others is the best method to solve our own and others’ problems. Problems, worry, pain and unhappiness are types of mind; they are feelings and do not exist outside the mind. If we cherish everyone we meet or think about, our mind will be at peace all the time so that we will be happy all the time and there will be no basis for developing jealousy, anger or other harmful thoughts."

How to Transform Your Life, Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

In these classes we will look at a wide range of teachings and learn insights into life and ourselves. We will explore themes and meditations on compassion, wisdom and a focused mind to build an insightful approach to life. These teachings and meditations can be used by anyone to find peace of mind, lasting happiness and heartfelt joy. We all likely wish we had known these things years ago!

These classes are suitable for everyone, and no previous experience is needed. You can start coming to classes at any time and can attend as many sessions as you wish. Each class is self-contained. Everyone is welcome.

⏰ Wednesdays, 6.30pm-7.45pm (doors are locked at 6.30pm)
📅 September 9, 16, 23, 30 and October 7

£7 per class, 5 class-card for £25, pay on the door - cards accepted!

Lots more info here: https://meditationinplymouth.org/okehampton/

31/08/2026

😃 New classes start Wednesday @ The Library, Okehampton.

😮 "If Only I’d Known That Years Ago!"....

….. we all want to be happy, we want to have a fulfilling life, we want good relationships...but we weren't taught about this at school. 😃

On social media there is all sorts of advice about what will bring us happiness....a new toothbrush, a protein bar, some new diet fad, but we know in our heart we have tried this sort of thing.

Buddha explains that happiness comes from a peaceful mind!...if only we had been taught that years ago!!

In these classes we will look at a wide range of teachings and learn insights into life and ourselves. We will explore themes and meditations on compassion, wisdom and a focused mind to build an insightful approach to life. These teachings and meditations can be used by anyone to find peace of mind, lasting happiness and heartfelt joy. We all likely wish we had known these things years ago!

These classes are suitable for everyone, and no previous experience is needed. You can start coming to classes at any time and can attend as many sessions as you wish. Each class is self-contained. Everyone is welcome.

⏰ Wednesdays, 6.30pm-7.45pm (doors are locked at 6.30pm)
📅 September 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 and October 7

£7 per class, 5 class-card for £25, pay on the door - cards accepted!

Lots more info here: https://meditationinplymouth.org/okehampton/

22/08/2026

New Okehampton Meditation Class sessions start on Wednesday 2nd September at 6.30pm at the library.

We will learn breathing meditations and contemplations to control our minds and grow our inner peace and happiness.

You can find all the details on our website: www.meditationinplymouth.org/okehampton

21/08/2026

Lunchtime refuelling at Crumbs Cafe while popping around some posters and leaflets for the new term of Okehampton Meditation Class starting on Wednesday 2nd Sept at the Library in Okehampton.

The first batch of classes is "If only I had known that years ago!" In which we will be looking at how learning to practice meditation we can start to create our happiness and nurture our resilience through developing positive states of mind.

Come along and give it a go!

Each class is stand alone, and suitable for everyone.

You can find more details, (times and prices etc.)about the classes at www.meditationinplymouth.org/okehampton

16/08/2026

😀 New meditation classes starting at the Library, in September - 'If Only I’d Known That Years Ago!" 😀

“If only I’d known that years ago!”….. we’ve all heard it or said it. It is a phrase which highlights the value of learning from experience and wishing we’d understood important lessons sooner.

But actually we can be positive about this and recognise that no matter how old we are or whatever choices we have made in the past, we can always learn now and live in a new and more beneficial way.

In these classes we will look at a wide range of teachings and learn insights into life and ourselves. We will explore themes and meditations on compassion, wisdom and a focused mind to build an insightful approach to life. These teachings and meditations can be used by anyone to find peace of mind, lasting happiness and heartfelt joy. We all likely wish we had known these things years ago!

See link for details: https://meditationinplymouth.org/okehampton

28/07/2026

Class has finished for the summer! We are back in September - more details to follow.

In the meantime take a look at this little inspiring vid about our tradition's Summer Festival. You can follow what's going on via the New Kadampa Tradition page or the website "kadampa.org"

See you in September! 😃

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1BWC5Pp7aW/

21/07/2026

It is our last class of term, this Wednesday 22nd July, (6.30pm, Okehampton Library). Classes will return in September 😀💖🎉

Over this term we have looked at many different meditations outlined in "The New Meditation Handbook" that are techniques that Buddha explained as methods to control and tame our mind. Learning to let go of the aversion and cravings that underlay our stressful and anxious feelings we can grow our natural potential for love and compassion and develop powerful, altruistic views and intentions that bring us mental peace, increase our happiness and unlock our potential to help others...or just make us a bit happier and more resilient to what life throws at us. 😀💖

In this class we will look at special preparations we can make when establishing a meditation practice that brings together all the conditions we need to make our meditation successful - perfect to see us over the summer break!

"PREPARING FOR MEDITATION

We all have the potential to gain realizations of each of the twenty-one meditation practices in this book. These potentials are like seeds in the field of our mind, and our meditation practice is like cultivating these seeds. However, our meditation practice will be successful only if we make good preparations beforehand."

Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, "The New Meditation Handbook"

More details: www.meditationinplymouth.org/okehampton

13/07/2026

⚽ Wow there is something very special happening this Wednesday, it doesn't happen very often and it could be an amazing result!!.....⚽
..yes Okehampton Meditation Class continues this week! 💖 😄

Sometimes our desires for certain results brings as much unhappiness as happiness. We need to develop a happiness that sustains us no matter outcome we have hoped for.

💖 Wednesday's class is about a very special mind we can develop in meditation called Bodhichitta, some times called "The supreme good heart". Developing this precious mind leads us the the best goal!⚽

"Bodhichitta is supreme. This profoundly compassionate mind is the very essence of the Bodhisattva’s training. Developing and maintaining the good heart of bodhichitta enables us to transform all our virtues into the path to enlightenment, solve all our problems, fulfil all our wishes, and develop the power to help others in the most appropriate and beneficial ways. Bodhichitta is the best friend we can have and the highest quality we can develop. The moment we develop bodhichitta we will become a Bodhisattva, a Son or Daughter of Conqueror Buddha."

How to Transform Your Life" Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

Free download: https://howtotyl.com/

😊 Wednesday 6.30pm Okehampton Library.😊 (It might finish in time for the football!!!.....just!. ⚽

More details on our website.👇

See https://meditationinplymouth.org/okehampton/

28/06/2026

💖 Okehampton Meditation Class continues this week! 💖

😊 Wednesday 6.30pm Okehampton Library. 😊

We can train ourselves to be happy!

Breathing meditation allows our mental business to settle, and, even if this is just a little, we experience this as a peaceful feeling and we are happy.
.and this can be just the start. Some ways of thinking naturally make our mind peaceful, like love or patience for instance.

Other mental habits destroy our peace of mind and make us miserable, such as selfishness, jealousy or hatred.

By learning to strengthen our positive minds of love they will naturally overcome our negative mental habits and our experience of inner peace - real happiness, will increase!

Two of the most powerful meditations that Buddha taught are called Taking and Giving - training in these, we are really training in helping others to be happy, but the side effect is that we are also training ourselves to be happy! Come along and try!

"Through the practice of taking and giving, we can further improve our love and compassion. In dependence upon this practice we can develop superior bodhichitta, which is the gateway through which we can enter the path to enlightenment. As mentioned above, enlightenment is the inner light of wisdom that is permanently free from all mistaken appearance, and whose function is to bestow peace of mind upon each and every living being every day. It is the source of all happiness.."

"How to Transform Your Life" Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

Free download: https://howtotyl.com/

More details on our website.👇

See https://meditationinplymouth.org/okehampton/

23/06/2026

Okehampton Meditation Class continues this week! 😊

🔆🌡️EDIT: WEATHER WARNING. Obviously it still looks like it is going to be super-warm for class tonight, so please ONLY come to class if you feel it is safe for you to do so (and please don't worry if you don't feel you can make it 🙂).

I am not sure how warm the room will be but will make a judgment once I have set up - hoping if we have windows open both sides it may be Ok. You can drop me a message on Messenger if you wish - take care, James🌡️🔆
..in the upstairs room of the Library, Wednesday evenings, 6.30pm to 7.45pm.

💖 What would be the best present you could give someone? What would make them happy? Perhaps a lottery ticket with 6 guaranteed numbers? A holiday in Mauritius, what would it be?

People (like us) want to be happy all the time, but we know holidays don't last that long and come with expense and sunburn? We also see examples where people have come into great wealth but it hasn't bought the happiness they hoped for - sometimes they become less happy and have more problems? What could we give, and how could we give this to everyone.

The mind of Wishing Love or Universal Love is a meditation that answers this question, looking to give the best gift, to all living beings - training in this mind also protects our mind from unhappiness and brings great meaning!💖

"There are many levels of pure happiness. Of these the supreme is the happiness of enlightenment. For this reason, in this practice of developing wishing love for all living beings, we generate the object of meditation by making a strong determination to lead all living beings to the pure happiness of enlightenment."

"How to Transform Your Life" Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

Free download: https://howtotyl.com/

More details on our website.👇

See https://meditationinplymouth.org/okehampton/

Address

Venue: Okehampton Library, 4 North Street
Okehampton
EX201AR

Opening Hours

7pm - 8:30pm

Telephone

+441752210451

Website

https://meditationinplymouth.org/okehampton/

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