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
Next class break: No class on Sunday 25th May
👨🏫 Teacher:
📆 When:
Thursdays, 7:30pm - 8:45pm 📍 @ Cradley Heath
Fridays, 11am - 12:15pm 📍 @ Cradley Heath
Next class breaks: No classes on Friday 23rd, Thursday 28th & Friday 30th May
👨🏫 Teacher: Harnack Sahota
£7 each class Block booking discounts are available. Book your place below.
Current & upcoming class topics
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April’s classes and courses explore how we can develop a positive relationship with change.
From Sun 6th: What Is a True Spiritual Path?
A spiritual path is an inner path, or spiritual realisation, that leads us to the pure happiness of liberation and enlightenment. How do we train in such paths?
From Sun 13th: Permanent Freedom From Suffering Is Possible
Buddha said we should not be satisfied with merely temporary freedom from particular sufferings but apply great effort to attaining permanent freedom from all suffering. Only by following a correct spiritual path can we accomplish this freedom.
From Sun 20th: Developing Affectionate Love for All Living Beings
Buddha taught how to develop and maintain a warm heart and a feeling of being close to all living beings without exception. This affectionate love makes our mind pure and balanced, and prepares the foundation for generating cherishing love for all living beings.
From Sun 27th: Equalizing Self & Others
When we train in equalizing self and others we are learning to believe that the happiness and freedom of ourself and all other living beings are equally important. Learning to cherish others is the best solution to our daily problems, and is the source of all our future happiness and good fortune.
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May’s classes and courses explore our relationship with ourself and with others, and how to make these relationships harmonious, meaningful and joyful.
From Sun 4th: Exchanging Self with Others
This profound practice enables us to change our perspective at a very deep level so that eventually we spontaneously believe that the happiness and freedom of each and every other living being are far more important than our own.
- From Sun 11th: Wishing the Very Best for Everyone
By training in wishing love we will genuinely wish for all living beings to attain the pure and everlasting happiness of enlightenment and make a strong determination to work for this aim.
- From Sun 18th: Being Truly Compassionate
Universal compassion is a mind that sincerely wishes to liberate all living beings from suffering permanently. We can develop this mind spontaneously by training in special meditations taught by Buddha.
- No classes week commencing 25th because of Spring Festival
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June’s classes and courses explore the true nature of confidence and its relationship with our innate capacity for compassion and wisdom.
From Sun 1st: Becoming a Friend of the World
We become a Bodhisattva, a true friend of the world, by developing the supreme good heart known as bodhichitta. This is a spontaneous wish to attain enlightenment for the benefit of all living beings.There is no greater beneficial intention than this precious mind.
From Sun 8th: Six Steps to Enlightenment
When we train in the six perfections of giving, moral disciple, patience, effort, concentration and wisdom we are training in the actual path to enlightenment. Through following this path with the vehicle of bodhichitta we shall definitely reach the state of enlightenment.
From Sun 15th: Taking on Suffering
Through special meditations with a mind of sincere compassion we imagine ourself taking on others’ sufferings.This practice leads to an especially deep realization of compassion and bodhichitta.
From Sun 22nd: Giving Pure Happiness
This training in giving is a special meditation on wishing love that sincerely wishes all living beings to attain real happiness – the pure and everlasting happiness of liberation and enlightenment.
From Sun 29th: New theme - see July
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
Don’t miss our 20th Anniversary special event on Saturday, 15th March:
‘How to Make Optimism a Habit’ with Kadam Bridget Heyes
After class refreshments included
Sundays 7:30pm - 8:45pm
Next class break: No class on Sunday 25th May
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
Next class break: No class on Thursday 28th May
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
Next class break: No classes on Friday, 23rd & 30th May
These classes are included in Regular & Regular Plus membership options
Cost: £7 per class or block booking discount
Teacher - Harnack Sahota