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.

Lent 2024 Termcard

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https://chat.whatsapp.com/KILJJg1xOxLIbbGOh99psB

If you use Google Calendar, you can subscribe to our society’s calendar here: (it refreshes on its own as events are added!)
https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=Y2FtYnJpZGdlYnVkZGhpc3Rzb2NAZ21haWwuY29t
(you may need to use a laptop / desktop browser to add this calendar…)

Active sign up forms 🟢

For all visits outside of Cambridge, please sign up 1 week before!
Our hosts would need to know the numbers around this time.

Visit to Wat Sri Intra Atula — 24 Feb (Sat)
https://forms.gle/ayLes767XKRRH1tC8

Meanwhile, if you have not requested for a ticket subsidy, please purchase your own ticket (e.g. taking advantage of the cheap Advance tickets)! If you require a full subsidy, we will purchase the ticket on your behalf. Please indicate if you have a railcard as well if you require a subsidy!

A sample of our past events

Michaelmas Term 2023 Termcard
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.