Amalaketu has been involved in sustainability for 20 years, and has worked as a low carbon engineering consultant delivering sustainable buildings. He has been instrumental in developing a scheme to help Triratna Buddhist Centres become more sustainable, through green energy, recycling and fairtrade. He is also the chair of the Colchester Buddhist Centre.
One thing ‘The World Needs Now’ is to become more aware of the consequences of our actions on our planet, other people, and future generations!
A couple of weeks ago, we had a great BAM preparation community night where Maitrisiddhi talked about the trends of Engagement and Withdrawal as personified by Green Tara. Then we did some writing reflection and came up with 5 personal pledges each to do during June. These were to include both withdrawal and engagement pledges.
Here are a few examples of our pledges:
Kathy, Maitridevi and I are going strictly vegan for the month. I have also decided...
We’re looking for another Dharmachari or GFR Mitra to come and live and work with us at Vajrasana.
Vajrasana is a completely new Buddhist environment – it’s feels more like a temple.
Working at Vajrasana you’ll be fully part of the LBC Team and, as such, you’ll enjoy regular contact with the guys in Bethnal Green as well as good training, opportunities and a generous support package.
Do get in touch if you’re interested: jnanaruchi [at] lbc.org.uk; 07799 776 754
This short talk from Sanghadevi is the latest in our Sangha Night series on Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. The start of the talk follows a silent contemplation of a shrine to Manjughosha.
We launched BAM on May 30th with a talk on the precepts and a discussion on how we might extend the practice of them bearing in mind “beings living far away and beings yet to be born”.
After a practice of the Metta Bhavana our individual intentions for June were offered and are displayed at the Centre.
As a Sangha, we are moving towards Zero – Waste trying to put into practice the 5 Rs: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Rot, Recycle. With no landfill...
At the WLBC we have dedicated the weekly Sangha nights this month to BAM, with material inspired by Vajracaksu’s course based on Akuppa’s book ‘Saving the Earth’. On this first in a series of four Tuesday evenings, we pondered the following three questions, to help us articulate our specific intentions for the month:
1. Have you had any experiences in your life of a strong sense of community and collaboration?
2. Is there a particular social or ecological issue you feel passionate about?
