Using Ritual to Cultivate Bodhicitta
This talk is the first in our theme of "Transforming Self and World", in which we will be exploring how ritual can help us put the conditions in place through which bodhicitta may arise. Vijayasri...
View ArticleSangharakshita's diary
Sthanashraddha is Sangharakshita’s secretary.He writes: “Spring has been bursting forth here at Adhisthana during April. The oaks are coming into their lime green fresh mantles and the copper beech are...
View ArticleKaruna Telephone Campaign
£120 Retreat Incentive- we all win!Anyone who makes a referral that leads to a successful participant/volunteer in the upcoming Karuna Telephone Campaign will be rewarded £120 towards any Triratna...
View ArticleCommunity living come-back weekend
Community living has had something of a renaissance in Triratna in the UK in the last few years with demand for places exceeding supply.Aryadhara writes about a successful weekend at Adhisthana,...
View ArticleOrdinations at Guhyaloka 02/05/2016
The following 20 men were publicly ordained at Guhyaloka yesterday - Public Preceptor Purna: Donald Woolford becomes Acalamuni Sanskrit name meaning: “Sage Who Is Unwavering” (Westernised spelling...
View ArticleMAN-TANGLES
A day retreat for Triratna East Surrey and local Triratna communities.A Dana event
View ArticleBirth of a book: Choosing childlessness
Kamalamani writes from Bristol, UK about her new book: Other than mother: choosing childlessness with life in mind.In my late teens and early 20s I used to say that I would have children by the time I...
View ArticleFriendship
Friendship My Buddhist teacher Sangharakshita has made the Buddha’s claim that friendship is the whole of the spiritual life core to the order I belong to. In response to one of his disciple’s claim...
View ArticleReflections From the Bodhicaryavatara
Suggestions to bear in mind when reading the Bodhicaryavatara, and guided reflections: Equality of self and other: "In the same way that the hands and other limbs are loved because they form part of...
View ArticleAutumn Sangha Retreat "Radiate Love"
A wonderful opportunity of taking your practice further, spending time with the Sangha, meditation reviews, silence, walks in nature and space and time to be.at Rivendell retreat centre, East Sussex....
View ArticleSunday Sangha - 8th May at the Glasgow Buddhist Centre
Join us for a simple evening of silent meditation.The evening will be in the main shrine room, as we are sharing the centre with The Poets’ Way.6:30 - 8:30Tags: Glasgow Buddhist Centre, Sunday Sangha
View ArticleShrewsbury Centre newsletter for May 2016
Here are all the latest happenings in the Shrewsbury Triratna worldhttp://eepurl.com/bZX_d9Tags: Shrewsbury Triratna Buddhist Centre, meditation, buddhism
View ArticleMitra Ceremony - Sunday 15th May at the Glasgow Buddhist Centre
Join us on Sunday the 15th May as we welcome nine new Sangha members into the Triratna community. The ceremony will take place in the context of a Seven Fold Puja.The evening will begin at 6pm (Please...
View ArticleKarunadarshin - A new order member for Triratna Exeter
Karunadarshin - A new order member for Triratna ExeterOn 2nd May the former James Hedge was ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order, in the context of the four month ordination course at Guhyaloka,...
View ArticleJourney and the Guide 2016 - Week 1
Maitreyabandhu introduces us to the course, exploring the essential human questions of sickness, old age and death. He then outlines the first stage of the Buddhist path to enlightenment, and explains...
View ArticleThe First Noble Truth and The Space to Choose
A talk given on an Open Retreat called The Space to Choose at Taraloka. Hridayagita encourages reflection on the Four Noble Truths and particularly the first one as a way to quit running from or trying...
View ArticleChildren's Camp beside 'Red Line' Area
We have organized Children’s Camp beside ‘red line’ area for the poor children who would learn how to play safe games, sensitivity, craft work, team work, friendliness, importance of moral behaviors,...
View ArticleWhat Is Nirvana?
Suryagupta explores the goal of Buddhism.Listen and download: http://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=LOC2738
View ArticleThe Lineage of Inspiration
A talk given at the Triratna Buddhist Order Men's UK & Ireland Area Order Weekend at Padmaloka, 7 May 2016.â¨â¨ June 2016 is the fortieth anniversary of the founding of Padmaloka and to mark...
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