We are a Buddhist Temple, based in central-west Edinburgh. We have Thai Buddhist monks in residence and we are open to all, regardless of faith or nationality. We have an open door policy to anyone who would like to enjoy our enchantingly peaceful prayer room and garden meditation room for prayers, meditation, cultural celebrations and our wellbeing projects such as our yoga classes.
Where Are We
We are based at 199 Slateford Road, Edinburgh, EH14 1LA. This is near the Asda store at Chesser Avenue and across the road from Domino’s Pizza. Bus services that stop outside our temple are: 4, 20, 34, 44, N34 and N44
Whilst we aim to have a monk in residence at all times, they are sometimes required for outreach work in the community. Therefore, it would be adviseable to give us a quick call to make sure someone will be in on 0131 443 1010. Whilst we have fully English language fluent monks, some are in a development stage of tuition, so please bear that in mind if someone was to pick up the phone to you where they may need to call upon a fluent speaker to converse with you. Alternatively, you can email us via our contact section of our website.
Keep Up To Date With Us
We also advertise and post on all our activities on Facebook. Follow us at The Dhammapadipa Temple there.
Daily Chanting and Meditation
We do morning chantings and meditation from around 08:00am and 08:30am and also in the evenings Tuesday – Sunday (incl) 18:00pm to around 18:45pm. If you would like to come along and join in with our monks, you would be made more than welcome.
Meditation And Mindfulness Tuition
We are focussing on our community wellbeing projects this year. We will be starting off with meditation and mindfulness teaching, starting initially with Sundays. We may also add Fridays to this schedule, so keep an eye on Facebook and this website for all updates.
We will also be running yoga classes with our expert teacher Ms Lisha Zhang. She will be running classes on Monday and Sunday. See our yoga section for full details.
