Meditation & Daily Life

@ Bewdley

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:

Thursdays, 7:30pm - 8:45pm 📍 @ The Friends’ Meeting House, Bewdley

Next class break: No class on 29th May

Full venue details below.

👨‍🏫 Teacher:

Gen Kelsang Khechog

£7 each class. Block booking discounts are available. Book your place below.

Current & upcoming class topics

  • April’s classes and courses explore how we can develop a positive relationship with change.

    Thu 10th: 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?

    Thu 17th: 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.

    Thu 24th: 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.

    Thu 1st May: 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.

  • May’s classes and courses explore our relationship with ourself and with others, and how to make these relationships harmonious, meaningful and joyful.

    Thursday 8th: 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.

    Thursday 15th: 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.

    Thursday 22nd: 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 class Thursday 29th because of Spring Festival 

  • June’s classes and courses explore the true nature of confidence and its relationship with our innate capacity for compassion and wisdom.

    Thu 5th: 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.

    Thu 12th: 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.

    Thu 19th: 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.

    Thu 26th: 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.

The Teacher for the Bewdley class

The Bewdley ‘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 venue

The Bewdley class is held at The Bewdley Friends Meeting House, Lower Park, Bewdley, DY12 2DP.

There is limited parking at the venue (we normally block each other in and work it out at the end of the night)! Redthorne House and Gardner’s Meadow carparks are very close and inexpensive.

Not been before? Please watch the short video below on how to get to the venue.

Questions?

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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.

  • 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.

  • No. People from all backgrounds attend JLC to find peace according to their own individual needs and wishes. Everybody is welcome.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Walk-ins are very welcome. You can pay on arrival (cash/card) or book online in advance. Block booking discounts are available.

  • 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!

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Thursdays - Time: 7:30pm - 8:45pm

Next class break: No class on Thursday 28th May

Venue: Friends Meeting House Lower Park, Bewdley DY12 2DP

Refreshments included

These classes are included in Regular & Regular Plus membership options

Cost: £7 per class or block booking discount