LAH Love & Compassion - Lo Jong

This practice stream starts in Spring 2026 with the first session happening on Wednesday 11th March.

The weekly sessions will be from 6.30pm - 7.45pm(UK) on Wednesday.

Love and Compassion is one of the Living the Awakened Heart practice streams. It is ideal for those who feel drawn towards developing their heart connections with themselves and others and long for freedom from suffering and well-being for all.

The practice stream runs over one year in 12 week cycles:

 - Apramanas

 - Tonglen

 - Lojong

We will be continuing our exploration of the practices of love and compassion, by focusing on the Lojong teachings.  Also referred to as 'mind training', this body of teachings with pithy 'slogans' helps us orient our body, speech and mind towards kindness and compassion, both within formal meditation sessions and in daily life.  Working with the slogans can offer a way to 'transform difficulties into the path of Awakening.'  We will be practising with these slogans while drawing on Lama Shenpen's teachings from 2020. It is helpful to have some prior experience of practising the Apramanas in advance of this stream, but all are welcome to join us.

This is a Living the Awakened Heart practice group, not a study or reading group. Sessions are 1 hour 15 minutes. Please only register if you:

1) Have worked through the themes of Discovering the Heart of Buddhism at least once.

2) Are able to commit to a regular practice of the Apramanas during the 12 weeks. Your commitment will depend on your personal circumstances and exploring our commitment to practice will be an integral part of our reflective work as a group.

If you have any questions please email [email protected]ku.gro.sha@hal