Triratna women on retreat in Chhattisgarh

From Triratna News on Mon, 20 Feb, 2012 - 16:21A Retreat for Women in India

Shakyajata, an English woman Order Member, is recently back from India which she visits annually, touring and leading retreats for Indian women, each time taking Triratna’s activities into new parts of that vast country. She writes with news of their latest development, an unexpectedly large women’s retreat in Chhattisgarh, a very poor part of Central India. She says -

“The retreat took place from Friday 23rd to Tuesday 27th December (a national...

EcoDharma hosts their first women's retreat

From Triratna News on Fri, 17 Feb, 2012 - 06:12Maitrisara, secretary of the UK’s Network of Engaged Buddhists, writes with news of a new event to be held at EcoDharma, a Triratna retreat centre high in the Spanish Pyrenees. To be held in May, it’ll be EcoDharma’s first women’s retreat and is titled ‘bodies of earth: beyond me and mine’.

She says - “Through an intimate mindfulness of our own body and our wider body, the earth, we can realise Buddhist...

Full Moon Purnima Pujas Celebrated in India

From Triratna News on Wed, 15 Feb, 2012 - 06:22Nagamitra writes from India, where he works at Nagaloka, Triratna’s social and Dhamma training complex in Nagpur, Maharastra. Following ancient Buddhist tradition, they’ve recently started celebrating the full moons with night-time meditations, known as Purnima Pujas. He says -

“Dear Friends, full moon Purnima Puja meditations are now regular activities in Nagaloka. Since the opening of our Big Buddha statue last year we have run this activity on every full moon evening. Each month nearly 200 men and women...