Our Activities
New to Three Wheels?
For new visitors who have a general interest in Buddhism or meditation, we recommend you to attend our Monday meditation group and/or our London Eza meetings which are held every two months.
You are very welcome to join in our activities at Three Wheels.
Please contact us to arrange your first visit.
Getting Involved
As you become familiar with Three Wheels, you will be able to make an informed and reflective decision as to whether you wish to explore Shin Buddhism more deeply. At that point, if you decide to get more involved, you may wish to start attending Sunday service (available in-person and online) when we take refuge in the Three Treasures, offer our gratitude to Amida Buddha through pronouncing nenbutsu, and participate in introspection and faith dialogue with our teachers and Dharma friends.
Living Pure Land Buddhism involves a kind of ‘dynamic symbolism’, because it always involves nenbutsu practitioners in creative activities as part of their daily lives. Pure, living faith, the innermost spirituality underpinning such creative activities, does not allow them to stagnate or to become attached to anything anywhere; instead driving them on in a quest to benefit both themselves and others.
Monday Meditation
Monday evenings from 19:30 to 20:30.
Find out about effective meditation postures, and discover the inner peace and stillness that will allow you to develop the core Shin Buddhist practice of ‘deep hearing’ of the Buddha Dharma.
Find out more about the meditation class
Sunday Service
Sunday mornings from 9:30 am – 11:00.
The Sangha gathers to offer service to the Buddha. For those who do not live near the temple, and have previously attended the London Eza several times, it is possible to join online.
London Eza
Sunday afternoon from 13:00 pm – 15:00.
These meetings, held every two months, are open to all. Each Eza is a time when many people, Buddhist and non-Buddhist, gather at Three Wheels with the main purpose of encouraging harmony within diversity and spiritual exchange and encounter. There is a Buddhist ceremony, a Dharma talk, conversation and light refreshments.
For the date of the next London Eza please see our calendar.
Gardening Practice
Saturday mornings from 10:30 am – 12:00.
The Three Wheels gardening group, open to all, meets on Saturdays, and helps to maintain our peaceful gardens. There is a short service before this working meditation practice.
Please contact Three Wheels to get involved with this activity, or to offer help with any other temple maintenance and cleaning.
Getting More Involved
Daily services
We hold Morning service and Evening services every day at various times. Services are based on the traditional Shin Buddhist liturgy and include chanting the Shoshinge (Hymn of True Faith by Shinran Shonin), Wasan (Japanese Hymns by Shinran) and the reading of an Ofumi (Letters by Rennyo Shonin). We mainly chant in Japanese but there are romanised chanting books for English-language readers. The Ofumi is read out in English as well as Japanese.
Retreats and study groups
Three Wheels holds a variety of other spiritual activities including weekend retreats, study groups and online meetings. When you have attended other activities such as London Eza or Sunday service for a while, if you feel that you would like to further deepen your encounter with Shin Buddhism, please consult with Rev. Kenshin Ishii about whether you will benefit from the opportunity to join in any of these additional activities.
| Day of the week | Morning Service | Evening Service |
| Monday | 6:30am | 7:30pm with Meditation Class |
| Tuesday to Saturday | 6:30am | |
| Sunday | 9:30am |