# KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE READING

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1050321
- **Other names:** SHANTIDEVA BUDDHIST CENTRE, SHANTIDEVA CENTRE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [02807365](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02807365)
- **Registered:** Oct. 31, 1995
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1050321


## Contact

- **Address:** 9 BATH ROAD, READING
- **Postcode:** RG1 6HH
- **Phone:** 0118 959 9133
- **Email:** info@learntomeditate.org
- **Website:** www.learntomeditate.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE THE BUDDHIST FAITH UNDER THE SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE OF THE ELECTED GENERAL SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR OF THE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION - INTERNATIONAL BUDDHIST UNION PRINCIPALLY THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES OF TEACHING, STUDY, PRACTISE AND THE OBSERVANCE OF MORAL DISCIPLINE ALL WITHIN THE MAHAYANA BUDDHIST TRADITION OF ATISHA AND JE TSONGKHAPA AS TAUGHT BY VENERABLE GESHE KELSANG GYATSO, THE FOUNDER OF THE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION - INTERNATIONAL KADAMPA BUDDHIST UNION, THROUGH THE CONTINUOUS IMPLEMENTATION THREE NEW KADAMPA TRADITION STUDY; THE GENERAL PROGRAMME, THE FOUNDATION PROGRAMME, AND THE TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMME, ALL DEFINED IN SCHEDULE A OF THIS MEMORANDUM.

**Activities:** Shantideva Centre provides a range of meditation classes and Buddhist events throughout the Thames Valley.  It is a member of the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT-IKBU).




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Religious Activities
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Buckinghamshire
- Hampshire
- Oxfordshire
- Reading
- Surrey
- West Berkshire
- Windsor And Maidenhead





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Amanda Ruth Day |  | Jan. 4, 2024 |
| Mark Bernardi |  | June 23, 2025 |
| Veena Kaur Chadda |  | June 12, 2023 |




