Just a little sample of the dining hall on the first night of the ‘Big One’ - Triratna’s Young Buddhist event of the year! People are still arriving, settling in and getting to know one another.
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On the 18th to the 20th October the Nagarjuna Institute in Nagaloka, India, organised a celebration of Dhammachakra Pravartana day or the 62nd Anniversary of Dr. Ambedkar’s Mass Conversion to Buddhism. This event included an international conference on the theme of ”The Revival of Buddhism in India and its impact on Buddhist Dynamics in South Asia.”
The Nagarjuna Institute, located in Nagpur Maharashtra, India, each year celebrates the anniversary of Dr. Ambedkar’s Mass Conversion to Buddhism by organising...
Ratnadharini and Shantigarbha give an excellent, practical introduction to using the Restorative Process in order to resolve disharmony within Triratna. Exploring its principles and its methodology, this short talk also provides a helpful overview of why the Restorative approach is considered such a good fit for a Buddhist community.
There are two principal forms of Buddhism, the Śrāvakayāna and the Bodhisattvayāna, otherwise known as the Hīnayāna and the Mahāyāna. The Mahāyāna has two divisions, the Pāramitāyāna and the Mantrayāna. The Pāramitāyāna consists in the practice of the six pāramitās over a huge number of successive lives and for an inconceivable period of time. Its goal is Supreme Perfect Enlightenment. The follower of the Mantrayāna, also known as the Vajrayāna, may practise the pāramitās and even...
This is to let you know that Prakasha is unwell in hospital.
He returned home early from a solitary retreat in Guhyaloka, Spain, suffering from severe food poisoning after eating a mushroom. While normally familiar with the safe mushrooms, from his time of living out at Guhyaloka, this unfortunately turned out to be poisonous.
He is being treated for renal (kidney) failure, and is currently in a stable condition. While tired, he is well in himself. He is not out of the woods...
On 21st Oct 2018 Dh. Amoghmuni family visited retreat center. It was good to be around Dh. Ratnavajra, Dh. Shakyavansh, Tushar, Abhijit and their family.
Public Ordination Ceremony Urgyen Sangharakshita Meditation and Retreat Centre(USMC), Nanded, Maharastra, India Date 14th October, 2018
This 14th October marks the 62 Anniversary of the Mass conversion Led by Dr. Ambedkar. The Public ordination of 34 men were organized to commemorate this historic event which led the foundation for the Buddhist movement in India. The day after the Mass conversion Dr. Ambedkar gave a speech on 15th October which emphasizes the importance of being...
