Jamyang Buddhist Centre Leeds

What it’s like

Weekly meditation classes, Buddhist study courses and a budget vegetarian café tucked into a Leeds centre for beginners and old hands alike.

This is a proper Buddhist centre rather than a one-off drop-in, so the meditation classes run weekly and are pitched at complete beginners as much as anyone who has been sitting for years. There are also courses, talks and events on Buddhist studies and wellbeing if you want to go beyond just turning up and meditating, plus a library stocked with dharma books and supplies if you'd rather browse than book onto anything.

It's an adult sort of visit rather than a family day out, and there's no age range given, so treat it as somewhere you'd go on your own or with another adult for an hour or two of quiet rather than an outing with kids in tow.

The Happy Yak Café is the other reason to go: fully vegetarian and vegan, and the site is upfront that it's priced to be budget-friendly rather than a treat-yourself lunch. It only runs Tuesday to Friday, 10am to 2pm, so it's not a weekend option if food is the main draw. Wifi's available if you want to work from a corner table afterwards, and there's a gift shop for dharma supplies or a small present for someone into this sort of thing.

Facilities

Need to know

Food

The Happy Yak Café offering 100% vegetarian and vegan food at budget-friendly prices

• Café hours are limited to Tuesday-Friday, 10am-2pm, so plan around that if lunch is the plan
• The library has dharma books and supplies if you want to browse rather than book a class
• Wifi is available if you fancy staying on after a class or a coffee

Plan your visit

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