From College of Public Preceptors on Fri, 3 Jan, 2014 - 15:59An insight into the Triratna Preceptors’ College…who they are, what they do and why they do it…
WOENSDAGAVOND, 19.15 - 21.15 uur.Open voor iedereen met of zonder ervaring. Opgave niet nodig. Deur open 18.45. Op deze avonden beginnen we met meditatie en verdiepen ons daarna in een aspect van de leer van de Boeddha en hoe we dat in ons dagelijks leven kunnen toepassen. Iedere maand is er een ander thema. De laatste avond van de maand is een avond gericht op meditatie. Voorkennis is niet...
From Triratna News on Wed, 1 Jan, 2014 - 12:23Nagaloka, Triratna’s principal training centre in India, has for nearly ten years now been welcoming ‘batches’ of young men and women from all over India for year-long intensive programs in Buddhism and social work - many of whom have now returned home to begin Dhamma work in their home states.
Since 2009 the campus, on the outskirts of the city of Nagpur in Maharastra, has been dominated by a beautiful giant 36-feet-high bronze ‘Walking Buddha’ statue:...
Moving day for your space online: Triratna server changeover coming soon
Hello all! This is just a quick note to inform you that, if you have any websites and email systems hosted on the Triratna server, in the next few weeks the talented folks at Metta Engine will be moving them to their new home on a better, more powerful server.
Your online resources should be moved over “as-is” and function perfectly without...
From Triratna News on Thu, 19 Dec, 2013 - 15:05An interesting piece of Triratna-originated research recently appeared on the BBC website.
Dublin mitra and academic Dr Laurence Cox is researching the life of the Irishman Dhammaloka (Laurence Carroll) who, he believes, has a strong claim to be the first Westerner to be ordained a Buddhist monk, preceding the ordination of Ananda Metteya by a few years.
From Triratna News on Thu, 12 Dec, 2013 - 07:18Triratna’s Vimalasara (Dr Valerie Mason-John) talks about her recent talk to a local TEDx conference in Vancouver, Canada. (TED stands for Technology, Education and Design and is dedicated to the promotion of “ideas worth spreading” via its now world-renowned conferences featuring short talks by gifted, expert speakers.)
“I was between retreats and out of the blue an email came inviting me to give a local, TEDx, talk. I was curious; my partner eats, breathes and sleeps...
From Triratna News on Wed, 11 Dec, 2013 - 17:45Karuna Trust announces the result of their participation in the UK’s The Big Give Christmas Challenge 2013, in which teams of philanthropists have donated £10 million in matched funding for a variety of good causes.
Karuna intially set themselves a fundraising target of £28,000, then increased this to £33,000, which they easily exceeded. First they raised £28,200 from their own donors (including a whopping £4000 donation from just one of Triratna’s smaller sanghas: sadhu Stockholm!) Then...
In today’s FBA Dharmabyte“The Qualities of Amitabha“ Sangharakshita gives voice to the poetic Buddhist scripture The Larger Sukhavativyuha Sutra describing the wonderful Pureland of the Buddha Amitabha.
Talk given at the LBC's Dharma Night Class Mon 16th Dec 2103 - based upon the book Living Wisely by Sangharakshita
