THE FOUNDATION of BUDDHIST THOUGHT

About Us & Contact

Write to
Pierre Alozie
Course Administrator
The Foundation of Buddhist Thought
Jamyang Buddhist Centre
43 Renfrew Road
London SE11 4NA

Telephone
+44 (0) 207 582 1002

Email
info@buddhistthought.org

About Us

The Foundation of Buddhist Thought was first taught by Geshe Tashi Tsering in 1997 at Jamyang Buddhist Centre, London.

Jamyang Buddhist Centre
Jamyang, the Tibetan name for the Bodhisattva of Wisdom (Skt: Manjushri), is a London meditation and study centre in the Gelugpa tradition affiliated with the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition. Starting in 1968 in someone's living room, it has grown into an active and vigorous Dharma centre with a range of activities from classes on Buddhism and meditation and regular retreats to services such as hospice training and help for carers.

Besides the regular older students who teach at the Centre and tutor the Foundation of Buddhist Thought course, Jamyang has been so fortunate in having two great resident teachers. For about ten years, Geshe Wangchen, author of Awakening the Mind of Enlightenment, led the Centre and since 1994 Geshe Tashi Tsering has been the resident teacher.

In 1994 Jamyang moved to the Old Courthouse, in Kennington, just south of the River Thames. Since then it has come close to the initial vision to provide an oasis of peace and harmony in the centre of the city.

For information about the Centre, please visit www.jamyang.co.uk.

Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition
The Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition is an organisation of over 120 centres in 32 countries, started in the 1970s by Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Its activities include meditation centres, retreat centres, hospices, publishing houses and monasteries. Its education programme includes Discovering Buddhism (an introductory course at centres and at home), the Foundation of Buddhist Thought, the Basic Program (a five-year course based on classic Tibetan texts) and the Masters Program (a seven-year residential course).

For more information, please visit www.fpmt.org.