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Welcome to New Hampshire, where we are getting the North American Order Convention underway by bringing you live coverage of the ordinations of the beings formerly known as Rochelle Gatlin and Steve Wade.
Both have already been ordained privately and given...
Taking and editing pictures throughout the International Gathering, I’ve gradually become aware of a certain redness growing all around me.
More and more people are wearing red T shirts.
More and more people are taking out monthly standing orders to the FutureDharma Fund.
And people who commit themselves to monthly giving to Triratna projects around the world in this way get a free red “Pass it on” T shirt! (See the pictures.)
It being Bhante Sangharakshita’s 92nd birthday, at 10.45am all were assembled in the Adhisthana courtyard. As we waited we chanted the mantra sabbe satta sukkhi hontu (May all beings be well and happy!) Paramartha helped Bhante towards a chair, we sang Happy Birthday, he blew out the candles on a very small cake presented by Zoe Lim (the only mitra in Singapore) and Dhiraprabha presented him with a giant roll of birthday greetings from us.
Today, following on from the previous day’s slot focusing on...
Prajnaketu’s inspiring talk from the Triratna International Gathering at Adhisthana gave us a new take on the Bodhisattva path, with ‘Look up!’, ‘Grow up!’ and ‘Wake up!’
It’s been a lively, warm and sunny day here in Herefordshire, UK. Our numbers swelled to around 330 by the end of a well-spent day.
The shrine tent was impressively full for 7am meditation, well rewarded by the efforts of the Sheffield Porridge Team, who cooked porridge for 200. Later in the morning the Polish sangha introduced themselves, after which Prajnaketu, Young Buddhist Co-ordinator, gave the morning’s excellent talk (without notes), entitled “The Return of the Bodhisattva”. You can listen to it...
You may be aware of the recent flooding in Bihar, which has badly affected more than 65,000 people in the region, leaving them without shelter, food and the loss of their livelihoods.
Supplies are not getting to those that are the most in need.
NNBY (National Network of Buddhist Youth) are raising funds to help those most in need..
The following is a list of emergency supplies needed:
Medical health services Safe drinking water through establishment of water purification plants, accessibility of Aqua-tab or...
The International Gathering at Adhisthana is now underway! As usual, we’ll be bringing you the best of the event online throughout the weekend: talks, interviews, podcasts, video and pictures as people come together to explore the Dharma and celebrate community.
