- Learn to relax and let go of stress and anxiety
- Protect your peace of mind – even in challenging situations
- Improve concentration and focus
- Develop genuine and realistic optimism and positivity
- Everyone can benefit and is welcome to attend – you don’t need to be a Buddhist
- Classes are suitable for both complete beginners and those who already have experience of meditation.
- Sessions begin with a simple guided meditation to help stop distracting thoughts and calm the mind.
- This is followed by a talk on a specific topic relevant to daily life and another guided meditation based on the talk.
- Seating is in chairs but you are welcome to sit on a cushion if you prefer.
- Classes are self contained so you can come to a whole course or just drop in when you can.
- No need to book for the weekly drop-in classes.
Weekend & Special Events
in Exeter
NEW YEAR'S EVE EVENT
2025 Tuesday 31 December 3.15 - 5pm
@ Kadampa Meditation Centre, Exeter, 55 Union Road, Exeter
From 3:15pm - Festive morsels
4:00pm Tara Prayers
Chanted prayers to Green Tara - a wonderful way to end the year and bring positivity and peace into 2026.
"Please pacify all sickness, poverty, misfortune, fighting and quarrelling, Throughout all directions where I and others live,
And cause the Dharma and all good fortune to flourish"
~ from the Tara prayers
No charge - just turn up.
LAMRIM RETREAT
Unguided Retreat
4 - 8 January
@ Kadampa Meditation Centre, Exeter, 55 Union Road, Exeter
STAGES OF THE PATH: UNGUIDED LAMRIM RETREAT
Retreat is a time when we make an effort to reduce our usual worldly activities and focus on a particular aspect of spiritual practice. In this way we achieve a level of concentration that makes our meditation powerful and able to bring about deep transformation.
Just turn up to these sessions - as many or as few as you like! Each session includes chanted prayers, and lots of time for contemplation and meditation. It's unguided, but we'll explain what to do for those unfamiliar 🙂
No need to book for this one - just turn up!
> £3 per retreat session
> or £15 for as many sessions as you like
> no charge for members
There will be four sessions daily from Sunday 4th through till Thursday 8th
~ session one 8:00-9:15am
~ session two 10:45am-12noon
~ session three 4.15 - 5.30pm
~ session four 7.00 - 8.30pm
Note In session one on Thursday 8th we will have chanted prayers to Buddha Tara instead of the regular retreat session (no charge for Tara chanting)
WEEKEND EVENT
Prayers for World Peace with Gen Chonyi
Sunday 11 January 11 - 11.45am
Be genuinely inspired that, by developing our own inner peace and learning to cherish others, each one of us can contribute towards world peace. A short talk followed by beautiful chanted prayers and a meditation. Everyone is welcome - just turn up! > No charge … make a donation if you wish
'The power of our prayers depends upon the strength
and purity of our intention. If we have a genuinely
compassionate motivation, our prayers will definitely be
effective' - Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
WEEKEND EVENT
Weekend meditation retreat with Louis Bartlett and Jenny Parsons
17th and 18th January, 10.30am - 3.30pm each day
@ KMC Exeter, 55 Union Road, Exeter
A guided retreat exploring profound and effective methods to enrich our relationships, foster mutual respect and find real joy in our connections with others.
Everyone welcome - no previous experience needed.
Session one 10.30 – 11.30am
Tea / coffee break
Session two 12noon - 1pm
Lunch
Session three 2.30-3.30pm
£40 for the whole weekend (students £27)
£25 for one day only (students £16)
silver members half price
- includes refreshments and vegetarian lunches
(£4 per day for gold members for lunch - if you are a gold member please email us to book - otherwise please book below)
WEEKEND EVENT
Morning course with Gen Chonyi
Saturday 31 January, 10.00am – 12.30pm
@ Kadampa Meditation Centre, Exeter, 55 Union Road, Exeter
Talks and guided meditations to offer encouragement for the New Year and a bring a sense of direction and hope in a chaotic world.
Continental breakfast served in the break. Everyone welcome - no previous experience needed.
Session one 10 – 10.45am
Break with breakfast!
Session two 11.30am – 12.30pm
> £15 > Students £12 Please book in advance online
(£3 for members for breakfast - please email us to book)
Drop-in Meditation Classes
in Exeter and Devon
DROP-IN CLASS
Refresh your mind and enjoy a moment of calm with these simple, practical meditations.
Resuming late January 2026
Details to come 🙂
£3 per class
All welcome – just turn up
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DRDROP-IN CLASS
Resuming late January 2026
Details to come 🙂
£6 per class / students £5
All welcome – just turn up
DROP-IN CLASS
RD&E Hospital Wonford, Chaplaincy Centre, Area O, Level 2
Meditations to relax, unwind and get a fresh perspective in challenging times. Staff, patients and visitors are all very welcome.
Resuming February 2026
FREE Staff, patients and visitors all welcome – just turn up
DROP-IN CLASS
Resuming February 2026
Details to come
£5 per class / students £4
All welcome – just turn up - you can attend any or all of the sessions
DROP-IN CLASS
Resuming February 2026
Details to come
£6 per class
Just turn up on the day – you are welcome to any or all of the sessions.
In Depth Study Classes
Classes for those who wish to go a little deeper.
Exeter, Pure Land Centre
Enrolled Study Class
Joyful Path of Good Fortune
9.30-12.45pm
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TESTIMONIALS
“Very friendly and welcoming place. Informative and accessible talks and meditations with an emphasis on developing a peaceful and happy mind. No pressure, great food.”
Jan S.
“A weekend retreat here was a lovely and peaceful experience. Pure Land Centre is well named.”
Shakti B.
“I enjoy the classes and the teacher is friendly and easy to talk to. The meditation practices are really helpful and more importantly, work, and so life has improved tremendously. Yes, I will be going again.”
Fox G.
"The centre holds many different sessions in an old house with a large garden and beautiful trees. They run half hour and hour meditations mornings and evenings and a Saturday morning with breakfast session. It’s a wonderful place with peace and thoughtful reflection, with the sound of birdsong accompanying sessions.”
Lesley CB.
“Authentic, genuine and sincere.”
Matthew R.
“Normally we divide the external world into that which we consider to be good or valuable, bad or worthless, or neither. Most of the time these discriminations are incorrect or have little meaning. For example, our habitual way of categorizing people as friends, enemies, and strangers depending on how they make us feel is both incorrect and a great obstacle to developing impartial love for all living beings. Rather than holding so tightly to our discriminations of the external world, it would be much more beneficial if we learned to discriminate between valuable and worthless states of mind.”
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
from the book How to Transform Your Life