A great conversation between two friends who are also members of the College of Public Preceptors, exploring Punyamala’s experiences around having children in the context of her Buddhist life within the FWBO and Triratna.
Dh Aryasambhava parent visit to Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center after his Ordination program at Bordaran. Community member were glad to spend time with them.
There has been much criticism, often intemperate, of Triratna and in particular Sangharakshita, for ‘breaking families’. So it was in the Buddha’s day. There is clearly an unavoidable tension between on the one hand the needs of the individual for, ideally, complete autonomy and emotional independence, and on the other the needs and demands of that selfsame individual, for such, paradoxically, is often the case, for sexual activity with a willing and appreciative partner. The tension is compounded if there...
This long weekend is a celebration of our community and its unique emphasis on the practice of friendship as a path. There has not been such a Great Gathering for many years and the team, drawn from Tiratanaloka, Taraloka and Buddhafield look forward to welcoming you - women who have requested ordination and dharmacharinis - to gather at Taraloka for rituals, chanting, talks, discussion, meditation, workshops and the pleasure of each other’s company. We are expecting large numbers...
One of our community members at Jayakula in beautiful Coogee Beach Sydney Australia is returning home to Scotland between April 17th and June 4th.
If you are an Order member who’d love to come and spend some time here and can think of some simple ways you could share your practice with our Coogee and Sydney Buddhist Centre Sangha, please contact me.
You’d only have to find your fare over and meet your own living expenses: accommodation in our lovely community would be free.
The five aspects of the Dharma life described by the Triranta system of practice can be mapped in a mandala. Jvalamalini gives some directions for the journey in this talk to start Bristol Buddhist Centre's 2018 theme.
One of the tasks the Adhisthana Kula set itself was to encourage people within Triratna to take a fresh look at some of those areas of practice and lifestyle that have been of real value and importance, and which sometimes have been put forward in an unhelpful way.
We look to build an Order and movement in which anyone who sincerely wishes to commit themselves to the Three Jewels can find a place and have something to give, whatever their...
