We are a Buddhist practice and study group of the Longchen Foundation based in Lewisham in south London. Our everyday world is so familiar and seemingly mundane that we easily take it all for granted. By learning to relate to experience in a simple and direct way we can begin the great journey to discover […]

Spring Term: Selected Buddhist Topics This Spring term the Oxford Path of Freedom Group will be teaching select topics from the Buddhist tradition. This term will be taught by Caroline Culme-Seymour and Wendy Lowes, you can find the schedule for the topics and teachers below. Please note that this term, we are starting a half […]

A weekly practice group for anyone who attended the two recent Lion's Roar Foundation Weekends on November 26-27 and January 14-15, to help support new students in a regular meditation practice. Kathy Nairne will also attend and answer questions once a month. For more information and to get the Zoom link, please contact Johnny at […]

An online practise group for anyone who has attended Lion’s Roar Gate 2. This is an opportunity to practise the teachings of Gate 2 together as a group along with the guidance of Mary Mackay-James. There is also an associated WhatsApp group. For more information, to receive the Zoom link and to join the WhatsApp […]

Longchen Open is dedicated to teaching the fundamental practice of the Longchen Foundation, commonly referred to as formless meditation. We could call this a beginners’ practice, but it is only for beginners in the sense that we start with it. In fact this is a practice we never abandon. When we reach the highest level, which […]

The most important thing in a Dharma mandala is that the central principle should be what is called Bodhicitta, the awakened heart, which is wisdom and compassion in union. And what you want to send out, as it were, through the gates of the mandala is what is associated with love, compassion, wisdom – and […]

Weekly Online Meditation Group Every Sunday. Longchen Foundation students living across the globe practice meditation and strengthen connections with each other every Sunday. We meet at 5pm (UK time) for 40 minutes of formless meditation. Then, for those wishing to connect more, there is an open space in the remaining 20 minutes for us to […]