Overview of Session
DATE: 9 August 2025
TIME: 10:00am-4:00pm
LOCATION: In Person and On Zoom
LEVEL: For all
DONATIONS: We recommend £30 donation. Your donation helps us to keep the centre running and to host inspirational teachers like Venerable Amy.
Saturday Teaching Overview
Building upon the themes introduced during the Friday talk, Saturday’s full-day teaching will delve deeper into the practical application of Buddhist teachings to enhance our emotional well-being and cultivate happiness in our daily lives. Ven. Amy Miller will guide participants through a comprehensive day of teachings, discussion, and meditation practices designed to equip us with the tools needed to overcome inner obstacles and develop a lasting sense of contentment.
The desire for happiness serves as a major motivation in our lives, yet we often experience numerous obstacles to achieving it. Despite our material comforts and beneficial circumstances, frustration, fear, anxiety, depression, along with other less than generous mind states, cloud our view. Practical techniques and meditation included. Open to all levels.
Schedule for the day:
10:00-11:00am – Session 1
11:00-11:30 – Break (enjoy tea, coffee and snacks in our cafe)
11:30 – 12:30 – Session 2
12:30 – 1:30 – Lunch (enjoy lunch in our cafe)
1:30 – 2:30 - Session 3
2:30 – 3:00 - Break
3:00 – 4:00 - Session 4
About Ven. Amy
Amy was ordained as a Buddhist nun in June 2000 by the great Tibetan master, Ven. Choden Rinpoche, and has been teaching extensively since 1992. Her teaching style emphasizes a practical approach to integrating Buddhist philosophy into everyday life. She is happy to help people connect with meditation and mindfulness in an effort to gain a refreshing perspective on normally stressful living. Amy’s courses and retreats focus on establishing and maintaining a meditation and mindfulness practice, death and dying, overcoming anxiety and depression, battling addiction, dealing with self-esteem issues, and cultivating compassion and loving kindness. She is also often involved in leading a variety of retreats.
Amy is the co-author of Buddhism in a Nutshell – and a contributor to Living in the Path, a series of online courses produced by FPMT.
Based in the United States, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Amy teaches and leads retreats and pilgrimages around the world. Her teaching schedule and other information can be found at www.AmyMiller.com.
Further Sessions over the weekend
Ven. Amy will be teaching at Jamyang Leeds through out the weekend, she will be delving deeper into the same topic on Sunday 10:00-12:30pm - please join us for lunch in our cafe on either or both days!
Getting to the centre
It’s great to help the environment where we can. Whilst there is unlimited off street parking near the centre, please do consider coming by public transport or car sharing. Leeds railway station is about 1.2 miles away and takes just under 30 minutes to walk. There are fairly frequent buses from the city centre too. If you would like to offer a lift or would appreciate one, please say so on the registration form and we will do our best to put you in touch with each other. Click here for our Location on google maps.
The nearest hotel is Premier Inn at Elland Road Leeds, which is near the football ground. There is also a Premier Inn on Whitehall Road which is near the rail station.