Buddhism for Modern Times 4th October 2009 On the evening of Friday 2 October, Lama Jampa spoke to a packed audience in the Bath Assembly Rooms on the topic, Buddhism for Modern Times. The event has firmly placed the Dechen Sakya group in Bath on the Buddhist map. Over 200 people came to listen to Lama Jampa illustrate the vitality of the Buddhist tradition and its extraordinary ability to offer solutions to the most contemporary of modern issues. The Right Worshipful The Mayor of Bath Councillor Colin Barrett closed the evening with a short speech thanking Lama Jampa for his visit.