College of Psychic Science, South Kensington
London, England · 1965–1966
51.49730°N, -0.17960°E
Key Facts
- ◆ Sangharakshita lectured here on alternate Wednesdays from mid-March, travelling from Belsize Park to South Kensington Underground.
- ◆ Terry Delamare had previously attended a talk by Mangalo on Buddhist Meditation here, before seeking out Sangharakshita.
- ◆ After the lecture 'Buddhism and the Problem of Death', Terry came up and said he had himself seen the pure white light described in the Tibetan Book of the Dead.
- ◆ Sangharakshita wrote that this friendship 'was to have important consequences for the rest of my life and, through me, for the future of British Buddhism'.
- ◆ Terry and Sangharakshita often drove together after lectures at this venue, walking on Hampstead Heath late at night.
“Beginning in the middle of March I therefore travelled, every alternate Wednesday, from Belsize Park down to South Kensington… The College of Psychic Science was situated down a side street in South Kensington, not far from the Underground.”
— Moving Against the Stream
“This had been when Terry happened to attend, and I happened to be chairing, a talk by Mangalo on ‘Buddhist Meditation’. The talk was given at the College of Psychic Science, South Kensington, where two months later I gave my lecture on ‘Buddhism and the Problem of Death’, and where, after the lecture, Terry came up to me and told me he had seen the pure white light.”
— Moving Against the Stream
Source: Moving Against the Stream
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