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Sangharakshita 100: A Celebration

Stories of Sangharakshita

By Maitriyogini on Wed, 16 Apr, 2025 - 16:30

Stories of Sangharakshita

By Maitriyogini on Wed, 16 Apr, 2025 - 16:30

Parami speaks of some of her experiences with Sangharakshita and how she learnt from his way of being in the world.

Triratna in the Buddhist World

SEE FAB: Sustainable Environment on Earth for All Beings

By Munisha on Tue, 1 Apr, 2025 - 13:06

SEE FAB: Sustainable Environment on Earth for All Beings

By Munisha on Tue, 1 Apr, 2025 - 13:06

Here comes an environmental audit tool for Buddhist organisations, developed as part of the European Buddhist Union’s SEE-FAB (Sustainable Environment on Earth for All Beings) project.

Intended to be used by Buddhist centres and organisations wishing to reduce their environmental impact, its purpose is to highlight important areas of consideration and inspire quick fixes and broader organisational change.

The checklist is freely available in many European languages and covers five major areas:

planning for sustainability
energy use
water use
resource use, and
biodiversity.

The list is intended...

Triratna News

Join us for the Big Weekend! May 2-5

By Centre Team on Mon, 24 Mar, 2025 - 20:30

Join us for the Big Weekend! May 2-5

By Centre Team on Mon, 24 Mar, 2025 - 20:30

2–5 MAY | LED BY A TEAM OF POC ORDER MEMBERS

The National Gathering is the biggest event on the People of Colour calendar. It is four days of practising meditation, slowing down, teachings from highly experienced practitioners of colour and connecting with one another whilst living in community.

Retreatants gather from all around the UK and further for this annual event in the beautiful, peaceful, springtime blossoming grounds of ...

Sangharakshita 100: A Celebration

Stories of Sangharakshita

By Maitriyogini on Fri, 14 Mar, 2025 - 11:00

Stories of Sangharakshita

By Maitriyogini on Fri, 14 Mar, 2025 - 11:00

Sanghadevi shares some important interactions and observances of Bhante Sangharakshita through his involvement in the Movement and Order.

Community Highlights

Fathers Retreat: The Creative Mind

By Centre Team on Wed, 12 Mar, 2025 - 14:49

Fathers Retreat: The Creative Mind

By Centre Team on Wed, 12 Mar, 2025 - 14:49

The characteristics of the creative mind are the opposite of those of the reactive mind… The creative mind loves where there is no reason to love, is happy where there is no reason for happiness, creates where there is no possibility of creativity, and in this way ‘builds a heaven in hell’s despair’.
Sangharakshita – Mind Reactive, Mind Creative

It is through awareness that we move from the reactive mind to the creative mind, from Samsara to Nirvana. On this retreat, we will explore how we can...

Lights In The Sky - living dharma

Great Ocean

By Suryaprabha on Tue, 11 Mar, 2025 - 23:48

Great Ocean

By Suryaprabha on Tue, 11 Mar, 2025 - 23:48

A series of four full length films on the life of Urgyen Sangharakshita.

Sangharakshita 100: A Celebration

Stories of Sangharakshita

By Maitriyogini on Wed, 19 Feb, 2025 - 10:30

Stories of Sangharakshita

By Maitriyogini on Wed, 19 Feb, 2025 - 10:30

Jnanavaca recounts some humorous and meaningful experiences with Sangharakshita drawing out his capacity to communicate beyond just his words.

Triratna News

The Rote Burg

By Centre Team on Mon, 17 Feb, 2025 - 11:14

The Rote Burg

By Centre Team on Mon, 17 Feb, 2025 - 11:14

The Berlin sangha is building a retreat centre in the forest north of Berlin at the site of the “Rote Burg” (the Red Castle). Our vision is to create a meeting place where we can dedicate ourselves to deepening our Buddhist practice in nature – for the Berlin sangha as well as for the wider Triratna community from all across the European continent.

The site features two red brick buildings with 960 square metres of floor space...