Meditation & Daily Life
@ Cradley Heath
Discover Peace in Every Moment
This class introduces a rich variety of meditations from the Buddha’s teachings, showing how meditation and daily life can support each other to bring greater peace, happiness, and resilience.
Instead of seeing busyness as a barrier, you’ll learn how everyday challenges and routines can become part of your spiritual path—turning life itself into a powerful practice for inner calm and lasting fulfilment.
Some more benefits of this class:
Practice relaxation meditation.
Learn how to meditate according the Kadampa tradition of Buddhism.
Develop powerful wisdom understanding your own mind.
See the below Q&A for more info about our classes.
Class details
📆 When:
Sundays, 7:30pm - 8:45pm 📍 @ Cradley Heath
👨🏫 Teacher:
📆 When:
Thursdays, 7:30pm - 8:45pm 📍 @ Cradley Heath
Fridays, 11am - 12:15pm 📍 @ Cradley Heath
👨🏫 Teacher: Harnack Sahota
£7 each class Block booking discounts are available. Book your place below.
Current & upcoming class topics
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November’s classes and courses explore the creative power of our mind and how to harness this power to create the world we truly wish to live in.
From Sun 2nd: A Simple Meditation on Emptiness for Daily Life
Learn a simple meditation on ultimate truth emptiness that we can easily incorporate into our daily life and thus continuously reduce our self-grasping, the source of all suffering.
From Sun 9th: Examining Our Spiritual Progress
For our spiritual practice to be authentic and yield genuine results we need to examine our progress from time to time and evaluate the efficacy of our meditation. Learn how to do this.
From Sun 16th: Imagination & a Loving Heart
Discover how meditation can bring you into harmony with others, dissolving the barriers that cause conflict and separation.
From Sun 23rd: Imagination & a Compassionate Heart
Through guided meditation, cultivate a pure and peaceful compassion that brings strength and resilience. With this inner stability, you can meet life’s challenges constructively and be a true help to yourself and those around you.
From Sun 30th: Imagination & a Generous Heart
Learn to develop a peaceful heart that delights in giving. By practising generosity of thought, you will nurture inner peace and positivity that naturally uplift your own mind and bring joy to others.
Follows the book Modern Buddhism
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What is unique about a Buddhist understanding of mindfulness? A lot! Explore Buddha’s time tested guidance on mindfulness in this joyful end to the year’s classes.
From Sun 7th: Mindfulness & Meditation
Mindfulness is the key to stable meditation. In this class you will learn how mindfulness keeps the mind focused, prevents distraction, and helps your concentration grow stronger. With clear instructions and simple practice, you will discover how to make your meditations more effective and how to carry the benefits into daily life.
From Sun 14th: Mindfulness & Daily Life
Meditation is not just what happens on your cushion, how we train our mind in everyday life is even more important. This class shows how to use mindfulness throughout the day, so that encounters and experiences become part of your path rather than sources of stress. You will learn practical methods to stay balanced, protect your mind from negativity, and transform ordinary activities into opportunities for inner growth.
The Teacher for the Sunday class
The Sunday ‘Meditation & Daily Life’ class is led by our resident teacher, Gen Kelsang Khechog.
Known for his thoughtful nature, Gen Khechog presents Buddha’s teachings with relatable clarity, showing how to connect these beautiful meditations with the realities of modern daily life.
The Teacher for the Thursday and Friday classes
The Thursday and Friday ‘Meditation & Daily Life’ classes are led by Harnack Sahota.
Harnack has studied and practiced Buddhist meditation for many years. His experience of applying these methods to daily life makes his teaching relatable and effective.
Questions?
FIND ANSWERS HERE
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Our classes have three parts:
Guided meditation
Every class (except for ‘Friday Night Lectures’) includes a chance to practise meditation. No prior experience is necessary and all the meditations are guided.
Teaching
From Buddha’s teachings, these practical talks help us to solve our daily problems and find peace, happiness and, if we wish, a deeper purpose in our busy lives.
Discussion
A chance to discuss the topic of the talk and meditation with others during the break over refreshments. No one is ever ‘put on the spot’ and asked to talk in a class. The teacher will normally make time for questions, and will be happy to clarify any points during the class too.
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Yes. Courses cover a wide variety of topics from simple stress reduction to profound wisdom teachings, but are always taught in an accessible way such that everyone leaves with some practical insight they can use in daily life.
One exception to this is our monthly ‘Tantra’ class. Please see the Tantra class page for details.
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No. People from all backgrounds attend JLC to find peace according to their own individual needs and wishes. Everybody is welcome.
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No special clothing is needed. Our courses do not include any physical exercise and most people choose to sit on chairs, though cushions are also set out for those who prefer to sit on the floor.
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Other than removing shoes before going in to the meditation room (they can be worn as normal elsewhere) and turning phones off during session, there are no special rules to follow. People are always very pleasantly surprised with just how informal, welcoming and down to earth Jangchub Ling is; you’ll feel right at home in no time.
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Walk-ins are very welcome. You can pay on arrival (cash/card) or book online in advance. Block booking discounts are available.
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Centre members can access several of our classes online and we hope to offer online courses in the future too. Please see our ‘membership’ page for a list of online classes.
More questions? We’d love to hear from you!
Bookings
After class refreshments included
Sundays 7:30pm - 8:45pm
Teacher - Gen Kelsang Khechog
These classes are included in Regular & Regular Plus membership options
Cost: £7 per class or block booking discount
After class refreshments included
Thursdays 7:30pm - 8:45pm
Please note; no class on Thu 18th Dec due to Candlelight Prayers at JLC - everybody is welcome to attend these beautiful prayers
These classes are included in Regular & Regular Plus membership options
Cost: £7 per class or block booking discount
Teacher - Harnack Sahota
After class refreshments included
Fridays 11am - 12:15pm
These classes are included in Regular & Regular Plus membership options
Cost: £7 per class or block booking discount
Teacher - Harnack Sahota