From Triratna News on Fri, 23 Dec, 2011 - 05:36As the Western world heads rapidly towards Christmas and the holiday period, life in India goes on much as normal. And on Triratna’s land in Bodh Gaya, place of the Buddha’s Enlightenment, Buddhavajra is just getting going. He’s a young Indian Order Member who moved there with his young family just over a year ago, with the strong intention to initiate Dhamma classes and retreats for local people - so often overlooked in the throng of pilgrims visiting the glittering...
From Triratna News on Wed, 21 Dec, 2011 - 05:58Bodhipaksa writes from Wildmind, his US-based online meditation teaching project, with news of their new meditation CD - produced specifically for Teens. He says -
“Almost every summer over the last ten years, I’ve been teaching low-income teens how to use their minds more effectively so that they can be more successful students, but also so that they can be more successful, happier, less stressed individuals. We cover a lot of ground in my six-week...
From Triratna News on Tue, 20 Dec, 2011 - 12:39Congratulations to Alison Mccandish (Glasgow, UK), Christine McConnell (Toowoomba Buddhist Centre, Australia), David John (London, UK), Nene Stam (Newcastle, UK), Stuart Phillips (Windhorse:evolution, Cambrige, UK), and Dinah Milsom (Hebdon Bridge, UK) with Ed Burton (London, UK).
They were all runners up in the 2011 Triratna Design Competition.
Entries were judged by a panel consisting of Vajragupta (from the Triratna Development Team), with Amoghavajra, Jnanavaca, Ratnaghosha, Saddhanandi and Visuddhimati (all from the European...
From Triratna News on Mon, 19 Dec, 2011 - 05:21Mokshapriya writes:
Over the past few weeks our energy has been focussed on a very promising property near Ruthin in North Wales. However on Friday the painful decision was made to take it no further.
Rhyd-y-cilgwyn had been on our short list for some time but the one serious drawback (for our needs) was the traffic noise from the A525 which skirts the property. We have now reached the point where we feel the search has gone...
From Triratna News on Sat, 17 Dec, 2011 - 06:37Today’s Triratna News post comes from the ‘Busy Bees of FBA’ - as they’re pleased to describe themselves! Free Buddhist Audio (FBA) is Triratna’s groundbreaking audio project, part of the Dharmachakra sound and text archives, hosting well over 1,000 Dharma talks and millions of words of transcriptions online, all available for free download. Viriyalila, their director of finances and fundraising writes with their news, saying:
“We’ve not been in touch for a while, as the team behind...
Vajrasakhi describes her experience living in community on a six month monastic retreat at Gampo Abbey, and subsequently leading retreats for women in the ordination process at Tiratnaloka.
From Triratna News on Fri, 16 Dec, 2011 - 05:46Andrea writes from Triratna’s Karuna Trust celebrating their last appeal of the year, a storming women’s Appeal in Birmingham UK - and highlighting their forthcoming booklet and poster advertising opportunities for 2012. She says -
“Karuna Fundraising 2012: Transforming Self and World
This autumn Nealey Conquest, Lucy Spence, Viryajyoti and Carunalaka (left to right in photo) raised £100,000 in six weeks for Karuna’s projects in India.
From Triratna News on Thu, 15 Dec, 2011 - 05:50Throughout 2011 Windhorse:evolution, Triratna’s largest business, has been hosting a series of talks on Right Livelihood. The fourth, given by Saddharaja, is now available on-line, in which he speaks on the challenging theme of ‘Work-Place Politics and Creativity’ as seen from a Buddhist point of view.
After a introducing his subject via the dramatic Tudor dynasty of the English Middle Ages, he identifies the more unpleasant components of work-place politics, which he sees as rivalry,...
Vessantara and Vijayamala describe their recent experience on a 3 year 3 month retreat and answer questions about it.
