Buddhafield
Buddhafield

30th Anniversary of Buddhafield Festival

By Utpaladhi on Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 - 17:17

30th Anniversary of Buddhafield Festival

By Utpaladhi on Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 - 17:17

Here’s the official festival poster for this year folks - it’s 30 years of Buddhafield Festival! 

The watercolour image is part of a beautiful painting by Mumukshu, a previous core member of Buddhafield. This is the buddha Locana, the buddha of mirror-like wisdom. The theme for this year’s festival is “Waves of Stillness”, and here is Locana, sat still in meditation with long waves of blue hair which represent the ongoing effects of seeing things as they...
Buddhist Centre Features
Buddhist Centre Features

[Home retreat] Embodying Freedom with Balajit, Singhashri and Viveka

By Dayaketu on Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 - 00:49

[Home retreat] Embodying Freedom with Balajit, Singhashri and Viveka

By Dayaketu on Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 - 00:49

The Buddha taught that life includes both suffering AND the potential for liberation. In a world racked with suffering, how do we meet ourselves and each other with curiosity, courage and conviction, for our own benefit and the benefit of all beings?

Explore what liberation feels like through an embodied and relational approach to meditation. We’ll get familiar with moment-by-moment experiences of both tension, stuckness, and resistance AND release, softness, and openness, as well as the different parts of ourselves...
Jobs, Volunteering & Communities
Jobs, Volunteering & Communities

The Anuruddha Project - Buddhafield - June 21st – 20th September 2026

By Kamalanandi on Mon, 9 Feb, 2026 - 12:54

The Anuruddha Project - Buddhafield - June 21st – 20th September 2026

By Kamalanandi on Mon, 9 Feb, 2026 - 12:54

The Anuruddha Project

A three-month immersive community, deepening Buddhist practice through meditation, teamwork, and outdoor living.

June 21st – 20th September 2026. Applications now open.

The 2026 Project

Are you interested in throwing yourself into a full-time adventure that is designed to challenge you and give you essential skills to meet the challenges of the world?

Are you interested in understanding yourself, the Buddhist path and Buddhafield more deeply?

The Anuruddhas were a band of friends who lived and practiced side by side in the Buddha’s time. When the Buddha visited them, he was...
Jobs, Volunteering & Communities
Jobs, Volunteering & Communities

2 paid roles in Buddhafield Cafe

By Kamalanandi on Mon, 9 Feb, 2026 - 12:37

2 paid roles in Buddhafield Cafe

By Kamalanandi on Mon, 9 Feb, 2026 - 12:37

Buddhafield Cafe Kitchen Systems Project Manager Role (pre-season, temporary role)

Buddhafield Cafe Kitchen Manager  Role (2026 season)

Working for Buddhafield is a unique opportunity to work within a Buddhist framework, to grow and develop your practice and to contribute to our vibrant community and vision. It is also an opportunity to learn what it is to work within an alternative organisational structure called the Buddhafield Mandate System. It is based on sociocratic self organising principles. Most people work for Buddhafield as volunteers. 

Buddhafield is a charity,...
Vajra Bell
Vajra Bell

Practicing Loving Kindness as an Humanitarian: ‘It is Truly Not About Me’

By Rijupatha on Fri, 6 Feb, 2026 - 21:00
  • Samayasri

Practicing Loving Kindness as an Humanitarian: ‘It is Truly Not About Me’

By Rijupatha on Fri, 6 Feb, 2026 - 21:00

Editor’s Note: This article was first printed in the Spring/Summer 2017 issue of the Vajra Bell. It is republished here with the permission of the author Samayasri.

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It seems appropriate — although not straightforward — to be writing about the subject of loving kindness in the context of my work.

Of course, it is deeply appropriate, because the sector I work for embodies human altruism. Most organizations like mine — the International Rescue Committee — have profound roots in the same human desire...
Vajra Bell
Vajra Bell

Reflections on Kindness

By Rijupatha on Fri, 6 Feb, 2026 - 21:00
  • Prasadachitta

Reflections on Kindness

By Rijupatha on Fri, 6 Feb, 2026 - 21:00

Starting in a warm bubble, like a womb, I find ways to see deeply into how I belong. I recollect how the Buddha must have felt when touching the earth to receive her recognition. I imagine he sees that her breath is one and the same as his breath.

I take that sense of safety and belonging as a way to deepen my appreciation of impermanence and all it teaches me, like how this precious sense of connection is available to me...
Vajra Bell
Vajra Bell

Vajra Bell: Sangha Connections

By Rijupatha on Fri, 6 Feb, 2026 - 21:00

Vajra Bell: Sangha Connections

By Rijupatha on Fri, 6 Feb, 2026 - 21:00

In each issue of the Vajra Bell, our Triratna centers in the U.S. and Canada have the opportunity to report in on their recent activities.

Here are their reports for December 2025.

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Aryaloka Buddhist Center
Newmarket, NH

At Aryaloka Buddhist and at Triratna Centers worldwide, when sanghas gather for celebrations, Dharma teaching and study often are the focus. That was the case at Aryaloka’s Order/Mitra Day in August this past year when Amala facilitated a day-long study of the Perfection of Wisdom...