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WORLD PEACE CAFE THE WOLDS BED & BREAKFAST DROP-IN MEDITATION CLASSES COURSES & EVENTS

The gardens, toilets, grounds and World Peace Cafe are open for your enjoyment.

The World Peace Cafe is open from 11am – 3pm, 7 days per week, serving TAKEAWAY drinks, paninis and sweet treats.

The shop and main building is closed during this national lockdown

Unfortunately due the national lockdown, access to other parts the main building remain closed but we will be providing a full programme of classes, courses, retreats and chanted prayers online.

“For a friendly and accessible introduction to meditation,
Madhyamaka Buddhist Centre in the Yorkshire Wolds is hard to beat.”

The Observer Magazine, Jan 2019

Weekly Classes

All available live-streamed and then for a further 48 hours catch up.

Available online only

Tues - Fri | lunchtime 30 minute guided meditation with various teachers
Tuesday Evening Meditation Class with Gen Tharpa
Thursday Morning Meditations for a Happy Life with Margaret Hoyle
Thursday Evening Meditation Class with Gen Tubpa
Free Your Mind on Fridays with Kelsang Lekmo & Nikki Stones
Sunday Morning Prayers for World Peace with Gen Tubpa
Sunday Afternoon Meditation Class with Richard Brown
BEVERLEY Online Sunday Evening Class | 5 - 6pm with Kelsang Lekmo

Courses and Retreats

All available live-streamed and then for a further 48 hours catch up.

Sat 6 Mar - Change Your Luck half-day course with Resident Teacher, Gen Kelsang Tharpa
27 Mar - Looking to the Future, half day course with Richard Hoyle

Special Courses and Events

2 - 5 Apr - Opening our Wisdom Eyes: Prajnaparamita Empowerment with Gen Kelsang Tharpa
30 Apr - 3 May - Special Event: Taming the Wild Elephant Mind with Gen-la Kelsang Thubten

Membership

Become a member!  The most economical way to attend all of our events.

If you enjoy our classes and courses and are interested in regularly attending, becoming a member is the most economical way to enjoy all of our events.  It is a great way to deepen your meditation experience and bring lasting solutions to your daily problems.

There are no time constraints on your membership . . . you are able to cancel it at any time.

For further info and joining: https://madhyamaka.org/pricing-membership/

Chanted Prayers

Everyone is welcome to attend these chanted prayers or pujas, which are free to attend however during the present Coronavirus situation, they will also be live streamed direct to your home.  We hope you are able to join us.

Daily: Wishfulfilling Jewel prayers | for times please click on the link
Offering to the Spiritual Guide | Thurs 25 Feb | 10.30am - 12.30pm
Tara Prayers: On 8th of every month at 2 - 2.45pm
Powa Prayers for the Deceased | Tues 9 Mar | 11 - 11.45am
Melodious Drum (29th of the month) will be replaced with Wishfulfilling Jewel with Tsog |

Madhyamaka Kadampa Meditation Centre (KMC), is a special place of tranquility, rest and reflection located near Pocklington in the Yorkshire Wolds. We also have a Meditation Centre, book & gift shop at Gillygate in York City Centre.

We are part of the New Kadampa Tradition, the International Kadampa Buddhist Union, and are home to an international Kadampa Buddhist community who share a wish to make their lives meaningful by finding lasting peace and happiness from within and helping others to do the same.

The Centre is open to the public and offers a variety of meditation classes, in depth Buddhist study programmes, day courses, and weekend retreats that are suitable for beginners and those with more experience. For those attending our weekend courses, we also offer comfortable single, twin, and dormitory accommodation.

Grounds & location – Madhyamka KMC is within Kilnwick Percy Hall – a stunning Grade 2* listed building set within 47 acres of grounds with woodland walks, parkland and a lake.

The Wolds Bed & Breakfast – offers a quiet getaway with comfortable accommodation for guests.

World Peace Cafe is open seven days a week and offers a range of drinks, cakes and snacks – all served by our friendly staff. Children are welcome and we have a small play area. A doggy lodge is available for your furry friends.

You may also like to browse through our gift and bookshop; selling souvenirs, gifts, greetings cards, Buddhist books, and meditation CDs.

LOCAL MEDITATION CLASSES

For weekly classes held in local towns please click on the following:

Beverley, Bridlington, Goole, Scarborough and Stamford Bridge.

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Madhyamaka KMC is a registered charity #509746 and non-profit organisation. Our centre is run largely by volunteers and all activities are dedicated to the development of peace throughout the world.

Thank you for your donation!

 FIND LASTING HAPPINESS

The purpose of meditation is to make the mind calm and peaceful. If our mind is peaceful we will be free from worries and mental discomfort, and so we will experience true happiness.

– Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

Madhyamaka KMC

Madhyamaka KMC

Madhyamaka Kadampa Meditation Centre
Kilnwick Percy Hall, Pocklington,
York, YO42 1UF
Registered Charity No. 509746

The Wolds Bed & Breakfast

The Wolds Bed & Breakfast

A range of comfortable and private accommodation
Situated at the foot of the Wolds
Quiet and peaceful surroundings
Set within the grounds of historic Kilnwick Percy Hall
Woodland walks

World Peace Cafe

World Peace Cafe

Open 7 days a week 10.30am - 4.30pm
Teas and coffees
Cakes and light lunches
Childrens play area
Doggy lodge

Madhyamaka Kadampa Meditation Centre is a member of the International Kadampa Buddhist Union (IKBU) and is a Registerd Charity No. 509746.
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