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Shabda April 2026

From Order Messenger on Wed, 1 Apr, 2026 - 10:15

Here is the latest edition of Shabda in six digital formats:

  • eBook Shabda .EPUB – read on most other eBook readers (eg Nook or Kobo, etc) and most eReader apps on tablets, smartphones etc.
  • eBook Shabda .MOBI – This format is now deprecated, but this can still be used on older Kindle devices, and some older eReader apps on tablets, smartphones, etc.
  • HTML Shabda – read with any web browser
  • PDF for printing Shabda – print your own Shabda
  • PDF for digital Shabda – read with
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File NameSize
ePub (for eBook readers, smartphones and tablets)2.58 MB
mobi (for older Kindle devices only)1.67 MB
HTML (for web browsers)4.47 MB
PDF for Printing1.1 MB
PDF for digital (for computers, smartphones and tablets)2.01 MB
PDF para digital en español (para computadoras, smartphones y tablets)2.58 MB
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Public Preceptor Appointments

From College of Public Preceptors on Wed, 1 Apr, 2026 - 00:20

Public Preceptor Appointments

From College of Public Preceptors on Wed, 1 Apr, 2026 - 00:20

The College of Public Preceptors is pleased to announce that the following two Order Members have been appointed as a Public Preceptor. 

Suddhayu - The correspondent for the process was Viradhamma.

Akasamati - The correspondent for the process was Vajrajyoti.

You can read more about Suddhayu and Akasamati below.

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Suddhayu writes:

A mentor introduced me to Taoism and Buddhism when I was a teenager. After reading many books, I sought instruction in meditation and community with likeminded folk. I happened to be living a few towns over from the...
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Subhanaya

Dhanakosa Senior Team: Order Member Recruitment

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Tue, 31 Mar, 2026 - 17:52

Dhanakosa Senior Team: Order Member Recruitment

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Tue, 31 Mar, 2026 - 17:52

Join us to deliver the organisational, strategic and spiritual leadership of the Dhanakosa Trust and be part of something extraordinary.

Living Dharma

A unique approach to teaching the Dharma - through nature, landscape, movement, arts and creativity. 

Leadership as a Path

Deepen your practice through shared leadership - join a strong and experienced Order team, rooted in kalyana mitrata and deeply committed to Bhante’s vision of work as practice. 

A sustainable commitment 

We ask for stability, competence and mature engagement and we offer a flexible and robust support package with options for...
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Health of Padmajit

From Order Messenger on Tue, 31 Mar, 2026 - 17:04

Health of Padmajit

From Order Messenger on Tue, 31 Mar, 2026 - 17:04

Dear Order members,

I am writing to let you know that Padmajit from the UK is in the last days of his life. He is currently in a hospice in Blackburn, in the North West of England.

Padmajit was ordained at Guhyaloka last year. I had the privilege of being his Private Preceptor, with Vajrashura as his Public Preceptor. He was so deeply happy to be ordained.

Padmajit has an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has now spread widely...
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Guhyasiddhi

Death of Shraddhavira

From Order Messenger on Mon, 30 Mar, 2026 - 10:42

Death of Shraddhavira

From Order Messenger on Mon, 30 Mar, 2026 - 10:42

Dear Order members,

I’m writing to you with the sad news that Dharmachari Shraddhavira departed this life at 5.30am on Monday 23rd March. He had recently been moved to the CHT Beachhaven Care Home, in Auckland, from Northbridge Hospital, where he’d been living for the past five years post spinal surgery. He was 89 years of age.

He was moved from Northbridge to the CHT Home, because it provided more intensive nursing...
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Centre Team

Reason and Emotion in the Spiritual Life (FBA Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 28 Mar, 2026 - 10:00

We all need to find emotional equivalents to our intellectual understandings if our spiritual practice is to progress. Sangharakshita outlines the positive emotions stressed in Buddhism, and concludes with a brief explanation of the stages of the Sevenfold Puja. Talk given as part of the series The Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path, 1968.

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Connections with the USA

From Community Highlights on Fri, 27 Mar, 2026 - 16:36

Connections with the USA

From Community Highlights on Fri, 27 Mar, 2026 - 16:36

Even whilst living in Kalimpong, India, Sangharakshita developed connections with the United States of America, both literary and Buddhist. Over later decades he made several trips to the USA. In this latest Urgyen House video blog Manjuvajra explores that history and uncovers Sangharakshita’s connections to the Beat poetry movement and the leading Buddhist teachers and writers in the USA. Apart from his literary appreciation, as he travelled to support the growing Triratna movement he also enjoyed taking photographs...
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Kusaladevi

Celebrating 30 years of the Nottingham Buddhist Centre!

From Order Noticeboard on Fri, 27 Mar, 2026 - 11:20

Celebrating 30 years of the Nottingham Buddhist Centre!

From Order Noticeboard on Fri, 27 Mar, 2026 - 11:20

The Nottingham Buddhist Centre first opened our doors on 12th May 1996, so this year we celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the opening! As the current chair, I feel a lot of gratitude for all those who have been involved in our sangha over the years and who have contributed to the Nottingham Buddhist Centre being a thriving place of refuge within the city.

If you have a connection with the centre or sangha and feel drawn to celebrate with us, I’m...
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Centre Team

Practice Unfolding in Collective Context (Dharmabytes Podcasts)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 26 Mar, 2026 - 18:23

In this short talk, Sanghamani reflects on the magic of transformation, her mythic connection with her preceptors and with Sangharakshita as a mythic guide. The imperfections of their humanness give her faith in her own process as it unfolds in the context of collective practice. Excerpted from the talk Discipleship, Magic and Myth given at Adhisthana as part of a Women’s Area Order Weekend, 2014.

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A Steadfast Gaze In Relation to Others (Dharmabytes Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 26 Mar, 2026 - 18:18

 Vajratara explores discipleship as a living, relational practice rooted in faithfulness rather than idealism. Discipleship is presented as a steadfast gaze on what we most deeply value, and a shared understanding of Going for Refuge that orients a whole life and is handed on through friendship, practice, and devotion. Excerpted from the talk entitled The Mysteries of Discipleship: Flowers and Garlands Will Be Placed In Our Hands given at Adhisthana as part of the...

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