Events

Our society is active! Typical events include: talks by monks and nuns, lay teachers, meditation sessions, discussions, and visits to monasteries.

For visits outside of Cambridge, please sign up through Google Forms beforehand! If you require a subsidy for travel costs, please let us know on the sign up form or reach out to a member of the committee prior to the visit.

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Events this week


This Saturday, we are making a visit to Wat Santi Vanaram. It is a monastery in the Thai Forest Tradition. During the visit, we will be guided by the senior monk Ajahn Taat. He is a very good teacher, and has given many wise teachings for CUBS in the past. This will be a great chance for you to ask any questions, practice meditation and spend the day in a calm environment.

Please sign up using the link for this visit latest by 20 Feb (Thursday) 2359. We will contact you to confirm your place.

Sign up: https://forms.gle/fhqeRD2ZogRWhxWh8

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Visit to Wat Santi Vanaram Monastery
Date & Time: 
22 February 2025 (Sat), All Day
Where: 108 Deanwood Drive, Parkwood Gillingham, Kent, ME8 9LL 
(Meet at Cambridge train station)

Please sign up using the link for this visit latest by 20 Feb (Thursday) 2359. We will contact you to confirm your place.

Sign up: https://forms.gle/fhqeRD2ZogRWhxWh8

A sample of our past events

Visit to Chithurst Monastery, with a Dhamma talk and discussion session hosted by the Abbot, Ajahn Ahimsako, Jun 2024
Visit by Luangta Narongsak Kheenalayo, abbot of Buddha Dhamma Satharn Panjakiri in Thailand, with supporters from Wat Buddhapadipa in London, Apr 2024
Visit to Cambridge Buddhist Vihara, with Venerable Palitha teaching us about knowledge systems and the Kalama Sutta, Feb 2024
Walking meditation from Waterbeach to Cambridge, Feb 2024
Visit to Cambridge Buddhist Vihara, with Venerable Palitha teaching us about the Anatta-lakkhana Sutta (Discourse on the Not-Self Characteristic), Jan 2024
Hosting Ven. Jue Qian from Fo Guang Shan in Cambridge, Jan 2024
Visit to Chithurst Monastery with our friends from UCL Buddhist Society and Oxford Buddhist Studies Society, hosted by Ajahn Karuniko, Nov 2023
Visit to Wat Sri Intra Atula, Nov 2023
Social at Namaste Village, Nov 2023
Visit to Kagyu Samye Dzong London, hosted by Lama Zangmo, Oct 2023
Visit to Fo Guang Shan London, hosted by Ven. Jue Qian, Oct 2023
Summer visit to Chithurst Monastery, Aug 2023
Hosting Ven. Pakom Kittipanyo from Oxford Buddhist Vihara in Jun 2023. Their retreat centre at the Forest of Dean is a favourite for some of our members.
Visit to Wat Sri Intra Atula, hosted by Ajahn Thaat, Mar 2023
Hosting Ven. Pannyawamsa from Oxford Buddhist Vihara in Feb 2023.