Holsworthy Meditation Class

12/10/2025

🍁Evening meditation classes from Kadampa Meditation Centre Plymouth 🍂

🍂 Tuesday evenings 🍂

📍Manor Suite, Holsworthy Memorial Hall, Holsworthy
📅 October 14, 21, 28
⏰ 7pm - 8.30pm
🌐 https://meditationinplymouth.org/holsworthy/

😊 Healthy Habits 😊

We are often aware of our physical habits, our daily routines and so on, but how do the habits of our mind influence our experiences, our happiness, or whether we have had a good day or not?

A peaceful mind always brings inner peace and happiness regardless of external circumstances. By getting into the “habit” of cultivating inner peace, we can manage problems positively and find joy in everything.

On this short course of classes, we will learn about helpful mental habits to develop and how to let go of those unhelpful ones. This process will transform our negative habits into effective positive ones through understanding and simple meditations that anyone can use.

These classes are suitable for everyone, and no previous experience is needed. Each class is self-contained. Come along to as many as you like. Everyone is welcome.

🍂🍂🍂 Class Format and Fees 🍂🍂🍂

Each class is self-contained. Come along to as many as you like. Everyone is welcome.

🍁Guided breathing meditation
🍁Practical teaching
🍁Second meditation with guidance based on the teaching
🍁Option to ask the Teacher questions at the end of the class and discuss with fellow attendees
🍁No need to book
🍁Start coming to classes at any time

🍁 Individual classes are £7 OR buy a pre-paid class card and get 5 classes for £25. These can be bought at the class or with the button below:

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/kmcplymouth/823530

12/10/2025

Special day-retreat in Devon. 😃

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🍂 Special Awayday Retreat: Saturday 25th October 2025 🍁

🍂 Trust in The Path 🍁

A Day of Teachings and Meditations In The Peace of a South Dartmoor Venue.

Please note this event must be booked in advance.

⏰ Saturday 25th October 2025, 10:30am- 4:30pm
📍 Meavy Village Hall, Nr. Yelverton, Devon, PL20 6PJ
🌐 More info: https://meditationinplymouth.org/saturdays/

On this special awayday with Resident Teacher and Kadampa Buddhist Monk, Gen Kelsang Dragden, we will have a wonderful opportunity to receive teachings and spend plenty of time meditating. No previous experience is needed and the meditations and short teachings during the sessions will be suitable for everyone to enjoy and gain great benefit from. Everyone is welcome and no previous experience is required.

This will be a perfect opportunity to take time out and away from the city to enjoy a peaceful and inspiring day retreat within the southern boundary of Dartmoor National Park, in the small village of Meavy – only a short journey north of Plymouth.

Please note that all attendees will need to book in advance for this event.

🍂 The Retreat 🍁

25th October is a special day in the Kadampa calendar. Therefore, this day retreat will focus on profound teachings of the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment; and how we can have faith in Je Tsongkhapa, his teachings and the path to a lasting happiness. If we follow the path purely and sincerely, we are guaranteed to fulfil our potential for a pure mind and to attain the great bliss and happiness of enlightenment.

Whether we are new to these teachings or not, this very special day will be accessible and give us the faith and encouragement to follow the path to a better future for ourselves and all living beings.

The day will finish with us following the meditative prayers of Heart Jewel – a special way to gain faith and trust in Je Tsongkhapa and the path to enlightenment.

⏰ Schedule
– 10:30-11:15 Introduction, Teaching & Meditation
– 11:15-11:45 Tea Break (45 minutes)
– 11:45:12:30 Teaching & Meditation
– 12:30-14:15 Lunch Break (1¾ hours)
– 14:15-15:00 Teaching & Meditation
– 15:00-15:30 Tea Break (30 minutes)
– 15:30-16:30 Heart Jewel Prayers with meditation

🍂 Fees🍂
– Non-members £25
– Standard and Premium Members £20
– To include basic tea, coffee and biscuits during the morning and afternoon breaks

Booking
Please book in advance online using the link below:

🌐https://www.tickettailor.com/events/kmcplymouth/1710686

🍂🍂Lunchtime Break 🍂🍁

Attendees are welcome to remain in the hall during the lunchbreak and we suggest you bring a packed lunch. Hot water can be made available via one of our volunteers but we cannot provide food-heating or cooking access.

There is a pub opposite the village hall, The Royal Oak, which serves meals and hot drinks. A short drive away there are a variety food and drink outlets in Yelverton and the Burrator Inn at Dousland.

🍂 Optional Lunchtime Group Walk 🍁

Depending on the weather, there will be the option to go for a group walk during the lunchtime break. If you would prefer not to go for a walk you can use the hall space during the break.

🚘 Parking, Care Sharing, Lifts & Public Transport

There is ample but limited parking available at the hall, and we kindly ask that you try to avoid parking in the village which has narrow streets and very limited parking.

If you are able to offer lifts to people or to carshare with people you know are attending, we would suggest it is helpful to do so. Should you be able to offer lifts or are someone who would like one, please do let us know by emailing us at: epc@meditationinplymouth.org and we will do our best to people in touch with each other – so please let us have a phone number if you are able to and confirm you are happy for us to share it with other attendees.

🚐 Buses regularly travel from Plymouth to Yelverton and Meavy is about a 1.5mile walk from Yelverton village centre following the main road.

05/10/2025

We are taking a break for one week, classes return on Tuesday 14th October...same time, same place! 😀

05/10/2025

Ooh new meditation App 😃 Guided meditations, podcast/teaching and two books on Modern Buddhism...and it's free.

The Modern Buddhism App is your free companion for learning and practicing meditation in daily life. Inspired by the profound teachings of Meditation Master Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche…

15/09/2025

Meditation classes continue Tuesday 16th September in the Manor Suite, Holsworthy Memorial Hall.

"Normally our need to escape from unpleasant feelings is so urgent that we do not give ourself the time to discover where these feelings actually come from..... Unfortunately, by reacting so quickly we do not give ourself the time to see what is actually going on in our mind. In reality, the painful feelings that arise on such occasions are not intolerable. They are only feelings, a few moments of bad weather in the mind, with no power to cause us any lasting harm."

How to Solve Our Human Problems, Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

All the information you need is here: https://meditationinplymouth.org/holsworthy/ and I have popped some FAQs in the comments.

Come along and try for yourself!

The New Eight Steps to Happiness - Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

07/09/2025

Meditation classes continue Tuesday 9th September in the Manor Suite, Holsworthy Memorial Hall.

All the information you need is here: https://meditationinplymouth.org/holsworthy/ and I have popped some FAQs in the comments.

Dealing with Difficulties - when we encounter difficult situations we automatically think the situation caused our problem or difficulty. This leads us to keep trying to fix the external situation, but we can't possibly fix everything and sometimes when we try to fix them we make them worse.

Buddha says we should separate the situation which is an external experience from the real difficulty, our painful uncontrolled mental reactions to that situation - our anger, jealousy, resentment, pride, craving - these make us miserable, anxious and stressed.

When we meet of hear about people acting in harmful ways or holding different views, we try to change the situation - by telling them to change, we seem to be shouting louder and louder at each other, there must be a different way!

Buddha gives us lots of methods! And they may surprise us!

Come along and find out for yourself!

"If a child burns himself by putting his hand in a fire, this will not stop his mother from feeling compassion, even if the child has been previously warned about the dangers of fire. No one wants to suffer, yet out of ignorance living beings create the causes of suffering – non-virtuous actions – because they are controlled by their delusions. We should therefore feel equal compassion for all living beings – for those who are creating the causes of suffering, as much as for those who are already suffering the consequences of their unskilful actions. There is not a single living being who is not a suitable object of our compassion."

"How to Transform Your Life" Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

26/08/2025

Meditation classes start again Tuesday 2nd September in the Manor Suite, Holsworthy Memorial Hall.

All the information you need is here: https://meditationinplymouth.org/holsworthy/ and I have popped some FAQs in the comments.

Dealing with Difficulties - we can experience so many difficulties and problems in our life it can be overwhelming and difficult to know where to start! We can't possibly fix everything. Buddha's teachings give us a practical solution - we don't have to fix all of those problems, we just have to train our mind to be peaceful even when we are faced with difficulty. This gives us a single clear focus, training our mind. If we can maintain a peaceful mind we will be happy all the time, no matter what is going on in our life. If we can learn to be peaceful and happy, then we can help others be peaceful and happy too! 😊

Come along and try for yourself!

"If we have to walk across rough and thorny ground, one way of protecting our feet is to cover the whole ground with leather, but this is not very practical. We can achieve the same result in a much simpler way – by covering our feet.

Similarly, if we wish to protect ourself from suffering we can either try to change external conditions to make them conform to our wishes, or we can change our mind. Until now we have been trying to change the external conditions, but this clearly has not worked. Now we need to change our mind."

The New Eight Steps to Happiness - Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

21/08/2025

A very welcome, half-time refuelling stop, at Filter Through dropping some leaflets around Holsworthy for the new term of meditation classes. We start back in the Manor Suite at Holsworthy Memorial Hall on September 2nd at 7pm. 😀

We are planning classes all the way through to Mid-December - and whether you are new to meditation or have been practicing for a while there will be something for you.

You can find lots more information on our website: https://meditationinplymouth.org/holsworthy/

Hope to see you in September 😃

James x

19/08/2025

Holsworthy meditation classes starting soon brought to you by Kadampa Meditation Centre Plymouth. 😃

New term of classes starting at KMC Plymouth and branch classes in Devon and Cornwall (see dates and times below)😃

⛈ "Dealing with Difficulties." ⛅

When difficulties arise we sometimes just muddle through whilst at other times we may simply not know which way to turn. The negative experiences and feelings which come up can drain us of our energy and ability to cope; but there is a solution. We may not be able to avoid difficult people, situations or feelings, but we can transform these difficulties into peaceful and happy states or mind – how wonderful!

During these classes we will learn how to respond to difficulties with patience and compassion instead of fear and anxiety, transforming unpleasant feelings into a peaceful, happy mind. We can learn to change our negative view of adversity into positive states of mind whenever we face hardships and difficulties; leaving us relaxed and better able to deal with our problems.

These classes are suitable for everyone, and no previous experience is needed. Each class is self-contained. Come along to as many as you like. Everyone is welcome.

➡ Class Format and Fees

Each class is self-contained. Come along to as many as you like. Everyone is welcome.

Guided breathing meditation
Practical teaching
Second meditation with guidance based on the teaching
Option to ask the Teacher questions at the end of the class and discuss with fellow attendees
No need to book
Start coming to classes at any time

💷 Individual classes are £7
OR:
Buy a pre-paid class card and get 5 classes for £25. These can be bought at the class

📅Dates and Times⏰

❤️ KMC Plymouth:

Tuesdays 10.30am – 11.30am - September 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Tuesday 7pm – 8.30pm - September 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Thursday 7pm – 8.30pm - September 4, 11, 18, 25 October 2

💛 Saltash:
Tuesdays 7pm – 8.15pm - nSeptember 8, 15, 22, 29 - October 6

💙 Liskeard:
Wednesdays 7pm – 8.30pm - September 3, 10, 17, 24 - October 1

💜 Totnes:
Mondays 5:45pm – 7pm September 8, 15, 22, 29 - October 6

💚 Bideford:
September 3, 10, 17 - October 1, 8

❤ Holsworthy:
Tuesdays 7pm – 8.30pm - Sept 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

😃 Find all the information you need on our website: https://meditationinplymouth.org/general-programme/

18/08/2025

If you are in Plymouth this Saturday.....

Come to our centre Openday!!

Saturday 23rd August 2025 10am-4pm

Join us for a fun-filled open day at KMC Plymouth! Entry is FREE and you’re welcome to pop-in for a bit or stay all day!

Everyone is welcome

Events throughout the day…..

Free taster meditation sessions:
11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm
Free short talks about the centre, meditation and Kadampa Buddhism
10:30am, 11:30am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm, 2:30pm, 3:30pm
Chat with our friendly volunteers about meditation and its benefits
Enjoy more….

Books & gifts shop
Kids games
Tombola
Delicious homemade cakes and pastries
Wonderful hot and cold drinks
You’re welcome to grab a coffee and read one of the many meditation books in our community library.

Our World Peace Café will be open all day serving delightful drinks and scrumptious snacks.

04/08/2025

New classes start in September 😃

14/07/2025

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