Buddhist Society, Great Russell Street (Early Premises)
London, England · c.1942–1944
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51.51860°N, -0.12700°E
Key Facts
- ◆ The Buddhist Society was founded by Christmas Humphreys and was then located in Great Russell Street near the British Museum.
- ◆ Sangharakshita attended meetings here and encountered practising Buddhists for the first time.
- ◆ This was his only organised Buddhist connection in England before the army and India.
- ◆ The Society later moved to its well-known premises at 58 Eccleston Square, SW1.
As a teenager who had discovered Buddhism alone through books in South London, Sangharakshita made his way to the Buddhist Society at Great Russell Street near the British Museum — his first encounter with an actual community of Buddhist practitioners, and a first glimpse of organised Buddhism in England before he left for India with the Army.
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