Aro Ling Buddhist Art and Meditation Centre

Awesome experience. I felt welcomed. Cute and cozy place filled with kind, easy going people. Helped me to strengthen my practice :)

Great place.

If you are interested in Buddhism then this is the place I would recommend you check out. The sangha (community) are warm, friendly and highly proficient in the practices of Tibetan Buddhism.You can also just pop in and have a coffee whilst you browse the books.I could speak no higher of all of the teachers and have known there for almost 15 years. There are introductory courses as well as teachings for those a little further down the road.Make sure you ask about dream yoga" as well. I searched for years for instruction on this practice and found it here.This is a "must" for anyone who is curious."

I really enjoyed going to Saturday morning meditations at Aro. I put off going for a while because there is some controversy as to whether the lineage is legitimate. But I think it's really worth going and they have something valuable here.Something noticable was that the teachers and apprentice students seem very alive, confident, strong, expressive, and happy. There is also a real sense of humour in the sangha. I take this as a sign that the teachings are pointing in the right direction. It's a very different vibe to other Buddhist groups I've been to where a lot of people seem neurotic. Teachers and student-teachers also answered questions helpfully, and take a pragmatic and non-dogmatic attitude.The one drawback I found is that there isn't much of a community there if you're not an apprentice. Pretty much no-one goes on Saturday mornings other than the person leading the session. I guess it's good that they're not obsessed with recruiting people, like some more culty groups are. But they could do with doing a little bit more recruitment!From the sanghas I tried in Bristol, I definitely liked this one the best.