Why meditate?

There are many things in life that are beyond our control. However, it is possible to take responsibility for our own states of mind – and to change them for the better. According to Buddhism this is the most important thing we can do and Buddhism teaches that it is the only real antidote to our own personal sorrows, and to the anxieties, fears, hatreds, and general confusions that beset the human condition.

Meditation is a means of transforming the mind. Buddhist meditation practices are techniques that encourage and develop concentration, clarity, emotional positivity and a calm seeing of the true nature of things. By engaging with a particular meditation practice you learn the patterns and habits of your mind, and the practice offers a means to cultivate new, more positive ways of being. With regular work and patience these nourishing, focused states of mind can deepen into profoundly peaceful and energised states of mind. Such experiences can have a transformative effect and can lead to a new understanding of life.

"Mindfulness is body and mind fully engaged in a state of clar­ity and pos­it­iv­ity that sat­ur­ates and col­ours the whole of our exper­i­ence."


​"You are deeply con­cerned for the well-being, hap­pi­ness, and prosper­ity of the object of your loving-kindness.

When you feel this loving-kindness you want them to be not just happy but deeply happy; you have a strong desire for their true wel­fare, growth and progress."
Sangharakshita