Origins of Transformation

Watch the day's events and re-live the magic of Triratna Day

Content from around the world, hosted live from locations around London!

In 1967 a new Buddhist Movement was set in motion in a basement in Central London when Sangharakshita and friends ritually dedicated the space to the Three Jewels. On Triratna Day we celebrate this occasion and the many lives transformed as the fire ignited that day continues to burn around the world.

This year Triratna Day online is on the actual anniversary of our founding. It’ll be our 57th ‘birthday’ and we’ll be coming to you live from Monmouth Street, the site of the first centre, and other historical sites associated with the early days.

The shape of the day

This year’s online festival began with Mahamati and Nagabodhi evoking our origins as they explore treasures from the Foundations exhibition at Urgyen House. Our first Centre in London has grown into a fully fledged Buddhist village - and helped seed a network of other Centres around the globe. We’re all invited to join the London Buddhist Centre’s Saturday morning class for a special International Metta Bhavana. From there go on a tour of businesses and residential communities around the LBC and meet the people who are making them happen. Then travel to India and hear from our friends there about Dr Ambedkar’s vision for the transformation of society and what this means for Triratna today. We end the festivities crossing between Mexico, the US and England where new kinds of Right Livelihood teams are attracting people to dedicate their working lives to the Dharma.

For many transformation begins with an encounter with the Dharma in its spoken or written form. This year Triratna’s publisher Windhorse Publications is 50 years old and we celebrate with them their pioneering work creating life-changing Dharma books. We also hear the inspiring story of Dharmachakra whose work in the early days recording and distributing Sangharakshita’s lectures on tape has been transformed online to reach tens of thousands of people every year.

Come celebrate our origins, witness everyday transformations taking place right now, and glimpse how we can grow together as a sangha in the future.