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The Buddhist Society, 58, Eccleston Square, London SW1V 1PH.

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Located (5 mins walk from Victoria Station). Tel: 020 7834 5858. e-mail mailto:info@thebuddhistsociety.org. Open Monday to Friday 2pm to 6pm and 2pm to 5pm on Saturdays. Membership, subscription to their journal The Middle Way, classes, courses and public talks are available.

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Christmas Humphreys - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (546 words)
	He was also the most noted convert to Buddhism in Britain and founded the Buddhist Society, London; he wrote books on Mahayana Buddhism.
	The Buddhist Society of London is now one of the largest and oldest Buddhist organisations outside of Asia.
	Humphreys was President of the Shakespearean Authorship Society which advanced the theory that the plays generally attributed to Shakespeare were in fact the work of the Earl of Oxford.

Newsletter... 9-24-2002 (4122 words)
	Buddhist nuns are regular people, of course, but have focused their energy on the monastic discipline which supports a solid spiritual way of life.
	The Buddhist Society is aware that it operates in a rapidly-changing British society and world and where useful and appropriate it endeavours to respond.
	The Buddhist Society is a member of the Inter-Faith Network for the United Kingdom and is actively involved in the interfaith movement.

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