Young Women+ Dharma Life Course

The next Dharma Life course at Adhisthana will run 11 March – 28 June 2024.

A four-month residential course providing you with an opportunity to live an intensive dharma life: living, practising, studying, and working together within the context of Adhisthana. 

Over 16 weeks you’ll receive a grounding in the principles and practice of Triratna Buddhism through retreats, study with experienced teachers and communal living. You’ll also participate in the life of the wider Adhisthana sangha: meditating together, performing ritual, developing kalyana mitrata and joining...

Opening: Summoning the World to Buddhahood

This week at Adhisthana we are holding a retreat on the Bodhicaryavatara: Summoning the World to Buddhahood.

Vidyamala will be sharing stories from the retreat throughout the week here, and I hope this can be a way of connecting with each other and with the beautiful aspirations behind Santideva’s work, no matter where you currently are.

I look forward to sharing in an exploration of the Bodhicaryavatara together, allowing the beauty, power, and challenge of the verses to more deeply inform our practice for the benefit...

Anniversary of Sangharakshita's Funeral

A special event from the College of Public Preceptors Meeting held at Adhisthana remembering the funeral of Sangharakshita who died in 2018.

The evening will run from 7.30-9pm UK time and have echos of the funeral, led by Parami.

There will be elements of ritual and readings of extracts from Nagabodhi’s forthcoming book about Bhante and Maitreyabandhu’s Canto - a long-form poem dedicated to Sangharakshita.

You can join the livestream here.

Puja to celebrate Dr Ambedkar

Born into the Dalit or ‘untouchable’ caste and the 14th child of an army officer, Dr Ambedkar was the only one of his siblings to finish primary school. Forced to sit outside the classroom because of his caste, he could not drink water unless someone else poured it for him as he was not allowed to touch either the water or the vessel it was carried in.

On 14th October 1956 Ambedkar converted to Buddhism. He took the refuges and precepts himself,...