Samatha meditation is a gentle but effective way of training the mind to develop inner strength and freedom from restlessness, leading on to clarity and understanding. This path from calm to insight was followed by the Buddha himself, and is a central tradition of Buddhist meditation.

Samatha means calm. Samatha meditation is an effective but gentle way of training the mind to develop inner strength and freedom from turmoil. This produces a happier and more unified state of mind, leading on to clarity and understanding.

Using a comprehensive range of written and audio material, the course leads you through the stages of Samatha and introduces aspects of theory that are helpful in guiding the practice. Also includes weekly one-to-one feedback on your practice.

Learning Samatha Buddhist meditation is a gradual process and it usually takes about 9 months to learn all the stages of the practice. What will I learn? Samatha meditation has a number of stages to help gradually train the mind.

As well as weekly local meditation classes, weekend or longer residential courses for newcomers to Samatha meditation are held regularly. The courses are held at The Samatha Centre, Greenstreete.

Samatha meditation is an effective but gentle way of training the mind to develop inner strength and freedom from turmoil, leading on to clarity and understanding. This path from calm to insight was followed by the Buddha himself and is a central tradition of Buddhist meditation.

Some are the work of individuals or groups of meditators exploring aspects of the Buddha's teaching and have been published by The Samatha Trust. These books and documents are published for free distribution and can be downloaded …

The immediate background to the formation of this first specifically samatha tradition in England was a wide-ranging and politically inspired suppression, or “reforms”, of centuries-old samatha practices, in particular jhāna meditation, across Thailand and Burma from the mid-1950s and its replacement with “new” Burmese vipassanā that ...

Founded in 1973, The Samatha Trust is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation which fosters practice and study in the Samatha-Vipassanā tradition; traditional techniques of self-cultivation leading to inner-strength, tranquility and knowledge.

Samatha is a traditional breathing mindfulness meditation technique designed to calm the mind. We teach a structured version with a series of stages normally taking about six months to learn. It is Buddhist in origin but suitable for all.