Events
Events
stay up to date with our upcoming retreats, courses and events!
Saturday 06 June
The Annual Language Lecture 2026
Warwick Jessup will launch 'Dispassion', a newly-translated Sanskrit philosophical work. All are welcome.
Saturday 06 June, 11am. At Hinde Street Methodist Church and Online.
Saturday 20 June 2026
Japanese Zen Poetry Evening
This gathering invites you to immerse yourself in the Wisdom and Beauty of the Japanese Zen Masters, to experience clarity, awe, connection, and wonder.
The evening will include live traditional Japanese music, contemplation, and silence. Interwoven within the live poetry, musicians Keiko Kitamura and Emi Watanabe perform.
Friday 19 - Sunday 28 June 2026
Living in Harmony with Nature
A series of talks & events
Living in Harmony With Nature is a series of lectures, with an accompanying exhibition of paintings, culminating in a day of presentations and immersive classes on the theme.
Co-ordinated by William Wray, founder of Wisdom Works and Stoic Philosophy as a Way of Life.
26 - 28 June 2026
Bhagavad Gītā Online Weekend
At the beginning of Chapter 16, Krishna describes 26 qualities of those with a divine nature - qualities that, in truth, exist within all of us, even if they sometimes seem hidden.
Over this weekend, we’ll explore these qualities together through study, discussion, and practice.
21 - 27 August 2026
International Economics & Law Conference 2026
This School was born in the search for Truth and Justice in a world of inequity and despair.
This conference will address how this challenge can be taken further. Can we formulate a vision of what ‘Justice and Equity for the welfare of humanity’ means, and in ways that inspire and bring hope?
29 Aug-01 Sept & 03-06 Oct 2026
Aspects of Light retreats 2026
All are welcome to enjoy these retreats, in which we will practice living together, being fully present, using mindfulness practices and so reducing the concerns of the egoic self.
At Nanpantan Hall, we will enjoy the great outdoors. We will sing, meditate, practice yoga, prepare food, share experiences and relish this most wondrous of natural environments in the best of human company. Most importantly, there will be space to simply BE STILL and find inner peace.
2025/26
Waterperry Retreat Programme
This programme is designed for those who are attending a retreat with the School for the first time, as well as those who have enjoyed these events before. A packed programme of subjects, running from October 2025 to June 2026.
for Philosophy students worldwide
Sanskrit Courses
Introductory Sanskrit is offered to those students on Philosophy courses in the School who have no knowledge of Sanskrit. Those Philosophy students with some knowledge may join at the appropriate level of the Foundation Course.
free Wisdom Works presentations
Stoic Philosophy As a Way of Life
A free series describing simple principles and practices to meet the demands of modern life. Conducted by William Wray, founder of Wisdom Works and Stoic Philosophy as a Way of Life, with the aid of those who have applied these principles in their own lives.
This Sacred Land
This Sacred Land is an imaginative, multiyear initiative by the School of Philosophy and Economic Science and its branches across Great Britain.
