Bhante’s recent letter to Satyadhana putting the teaching of conditionality in the context of the yogacara teaching of the three self-natures and Satyadhana’s article summarising what Bhante’s has written about this over the years is helpful in providing a bigger perspective on Bhante’s own teachings on conditionality.
I’d like to offer my own reflections on Bhante’s teachings on conditionality in relation to the three self-natures teaching, particularly drawing on Vasubandhu’s trisvabhava-nirdesha and then go on to look at...
This space has now been archived. It is available to all Order members to read as an important record of our Order’s process coming to terms with the pain of lingering issues from Triratna’s past.
‘Stories from the Past’ was a space launched during the last round of major controversy about Bhante and Triratna’s past, where Order members could share anything of their personal experience of the Dharma or of Order life and FWBO/Triratna culture through the years - including their...
Bodhidaka kindly carried my wheelie-case down the steep, narrow path to my hut. As we approached, I gasped. I’d never seen Almendra looking so beautiful; a profusion of broom-like flowers, revived by recent rain, dazzled me as much as any host of golden daffodils could — and I was delighted to be back. Bodhidaka took my photo then took his leave, ‘See you in a month, then’. And he was gone. Solitude is so sudden and absolute; the first few...
It’s now nearly two months since FutureDharma Fund was launched on 20th August at the Triratna Buddhist Order Combined International Convention. If you are an Order member you may have been there or watched the video on the Order section of TBCO.
You can watch Amalavajra’s talk here to hear how FutureDharma Fund is a way for all of us to create a flow of energy and resources throughout Triratna. In this video (21 mins), Amalavajra explains how your gifts will help ensure Triratna’s...
The first volume to be published: Dr Ambedkar and the Revival of Buddhism, I
Throughout his life, Sangharakshita, Triratna’s founder and teacher, has poured his energy into bringing the Dharma to men and women from all backgrounds and walks of life, nationalities, castes and classes. His output in terms of the written and spoken word is very great. Last year over 1,000 of us contributed to his 90th birthday present: to fund the publication of his Complete Works. Now the...
Wintertime is a season of potentially deep reflection and insight. Join us in our beautiful forest meditation space, rooted amidst in the majestic landscape of the Pyrenees. There will be up to ten days of silent communal practice with optional individual meditation support.
This retreat is open to meditators with at least six months experience of regular practice. Two meditation practices – Mindfulness of Breathing and Metta – will be taught to those interested, at the start...
Recollections and reflections on seeing an old friend on TV.
The restrictions whereby we are unable to access BBC iPlayer here in Australia did not prevent Dharmamati from finding a workaround. We were therefore able to view a day later the BBC Regional TV programme broadcast in the UK on September 26th., regarding my old friend Mark Dunlop who was more familiarly known to me as Vajrakumara.
I would first like to acknowledge and accept Mark’s evident personal...
“In December 1981, Bhante Sangharakshita, founder and teacher of the Triratna Buddhist Community, flew to India and began a lecture tour which lasted nearly three months.”
