A level trips to two Buddhist Centres Jan 07

6i Religious Studies students with Helen Golden on visits to the Buddhist Centre in Cambridge, and to the Marpa House Tibetan Buddhist Centre, as part of their A level course.

Year 8 Religious Studies trip to a Hindu and a Sikh temple in London - 6th June 2006

The Hindu Shri Swaminarayan Mandir at Neasden

These photos are from their website. Find out more at www.mandir.org

The Sikh Central Gurdwara of the British Isles at Shepherds Bush
- where we were given a meal and presented gifts

Click here to find out more about Sikhs and their Gurdwaras (temples)

Buddhist Centre Visit - Year 8

As part of their Religious Studies course, Helen Golden organised a trip for the Year 8 students to visit the Cambridge Buddhist Centre at the beginning of June.

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Some comments from the students:

· "I thought the Buddhist Centre would be big and grand, like the Hindu Temple we visited earlier this year, but it was a small building and very plain." said Matthew Hemes

· "The Prayer room was the heart of the Centre and surprisingly plain. The focus of the room was a simple shelf with a statue of the Buddha, a bunch of flowers and two candles on it," said Gabriel Polley.

· "I found meditating quite hard at first," said Leo Cunningham-Baily, " There were too many distractions around us. But by the end I felt refreshed and as if I had got everything in my head under control."