in addition to his academic work, he was also a teacher of buddhist meditation in a thai samatha tradition being a founder member of the samatha trust and the samatha association. he commenced samatha classes under nai boonman in 1963 at hampstead. he was instrumental in founding the cambridge university buddhist society and its samatha class in the 1960s. when he moved to manchester in 1967, he started the manchester university buddhist society and the class there that lead to the beginning of several similar classes in the rest of the uk and the eventual establishment of the manchester centre for buddhist meditation in chorlton. he was an influential teacher and conducted several retreats incorporating the uk, particularly at the samatha centre, greenstreete farm in wales, the usa, ireland and sri lanka.