New Release: 'What Are You Waiting For?'

Today we’re delighted to publish What Are You Waiting For?, a remarkable conversation between journalist Irmgard Kirchner and Buddhist teacher Santacitta Bhikkhuni.

The book grew out of decades of friendship between the two women, and the result is something quite unusual: a wide-ranging, candid dialogue about life, practice, doubt, and the realities of living the Dharma in the modern world.

This isn’t a book of abstract theory. It’s a frank and human conversation about the path, one...

6 months residential IT course completed

Successful Completion of 6-Month Residential IT Course – 28th February 2026 🪷

We are delighted to share that the Six Months Residential Course at Aryaloka Computer Education has been successfully completed on 28th February 2026.

Five dedicated students from Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Arunachal Pradesh completed intensive training and emerged as confident and capable IT learners. During these six months, they gained practical knowledge and hands-on skills in:

💻 MSCIT (including MS Office)
🤖 AI Tools & Internet Applications
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Meditation with Paramananda at the WLBC

Sitting in the world

Enrich your practice, your inner world and your connection to the world we live in on these 3-hour meditation sessions with Paramananda at the West London Buddhist Centre. These are remarkable opportunities to join this long-term meditator, practitioner and fellow traveller on our collective journey to waking up. Expect the unexpected (well, that’s meditation!) and plenty of time to explore, be inspired, hear poetry, chanting, drums and the thoughtful ramblings of Paramananda.

Sundays, 10.30am-1.30pm
22 February
29 March
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Transforming Self and World | Seminar

In 1976, Bhante Sangharakshita gave an important series of eight talks: Transformation of Life and World in the Sutra of Golden Light.

From the first talk we hear:

We can think of it, (the spiritual life) for example, in terms of transformation…

And many of us surely today feel the need for this kind of change, this very thorough, very radical profound change amounting to a transformation.

And not only that, we’re not only very often tired of the old self… We are tired of the old world as...

Two Seasonal Online Gifts for the Order

Dear friends in the Order, 

We are delighted to announce two online developments for the Order. 

1. Order Photo Directory

Do you ever want to check the photo of another Order member, to make sure you’ve got the right person? This new app gives you the full Order photo library, and some basic information, for every current and former Order member. It also offers interesting statistics and historical records.

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