Well, outside Birmingham itself there are a two I know of, firstly there’s the Fa Yue temple in Cottage Street, Brierley Hill. It was closed when I last swung past, but I’ll be making more of an effort real soon.

More recently, there’s an NKT centre in Sydney Road at the bottom of Cradley Heath, I’d do a bit of research on the web before going near them. I have read some things very recently regarding a long standing row with the Dalai Lama over their propitiation of a Dharma Protector. Which as the DL points out is a bit contrary to the spirit of taking refuge. If you sign up to E-Sangha, there are enough threads on there to get you up to speed on the controversy.

Here’s a link to the BBC’s Buddhism in Birmingham page.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/faith/buddhism.shtml

Near the bottom of the page you can find links to Buddhist places of worship in and around Birmingham. I personally hope to pay the Buddhist Vihara a visit soon!

I’m living in the Black Country too (Gornal Wood) - though I’m from New Zealand. Small world, and all that! (Even smaller on the Internet, it seems…)

Where is the Buddhist Center around here? I’ve Googled it, but have not had much luck.

Thanks.

Keren

Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Country

When the weather’s nice I intend to wander round with my camera and get some piccies for Flickr.

I do like the personal approach, as I see it, the only way to truly be able to write about something is to base it in your own experiences.

I like to have a “feel” for things that I can only get through having experienced it, the entirely intellectual approach doesn’t completely work for me.