It being Bhante Sangharakshita’s 92nd birthday, at 10.45am all were assembled in the Adhisthana courtyard. As we waited we chanted the mantra sabbe satta sukkhi hontu (May all beings be well and happy!) Paramartha helped Bhante towards a chair, we sang Happy Birthday, he blew out the candles on a very small cake presented by Zoe Lim (the only mitra in Singapore) and Dhiraprabha presented him with a giant roll of birthday greetings from us.
Today, following on from the previous day’s slot focusing on...
Prajnaketu’s inspiring talk from the Triratna International Gathering at Adhisthana gave us a new take on the Bodhisattva path, with ‘Look up!’, ‘Grow up!’ and ‘Wake up!’
It’s been a lively, warm and sunny day here in Herefordshire, UK. Our numbers swelled to around 330 by the end of a well-spent day.
The shrine tent was impressively full for 7am meditation, well rewarded by the efforts of the Sheffield Porridge Team, who cooked porridge for 200. Later in the morning the Polish sangha introduced themselves, after which Prajnaketu, Young Buddhist Co-ordinator, gave the morning’s excellent talk (without notes), entitled “The Return of the Bodhisattva”. You can listen to it...
You may be aware of the recent flooding in Bihar, which has badly affected more than 65,000 people in the region, leaving them without shelter, food and the loss of their livelihoods.
Supplies are not getting to those that are the most in need.
NNBY (National Network of Buddhist Youth) are raising funds to help those most in need..
The following is a list of emergency supplies needed:
Medical health services Safe drinking water through establishment of water purification plants, accessibility of Aqua-tab or...
The International Gathering at Adhisthana is now underway! As usual, we’ll be bringing you the best of the event online throughout the weekend: talks, interviews, podcasts, video and pictures as people come together to explore the Dharma and celebrate community.
Adhisthana plays host to Triratna’s International Gathering 2017 this weekend, with around 330 Friends, Mitras and Order members from at least 10 countries spending a long weekend together in many languages. Our theme is ‘What the world needs now”.
It’s a family-friendly event, with children running merrily around the place, enjoying a children’s tent, special activities and storytelling in the shrine tent each evening before the puja. There are workshops, a choir, beginners’ classes, talks, meditation, food… and friendship.
Talks from the Sikkha Project at the Triratna Buddhist Order Combined UK& Ireland Area Order Weekend held at Adhisthana, 19 August 2017.
The theme of the weekend was “A rich and many-splendoured thing - valuing the contribution of every Order member”. There were three elements to the theme:
1. Extending outwards 2. Going deeper 3. Learning from the past
Within the going deeper element - the Sikkha project works to support and share depth and strength in our...
A talk given to conclude the Triratna Buddhist Order Combined UK& Ireland Area Order Weekend held at Adhisthana, 20 August 2017.
The theme of the weekend was “A rich and many-splendoured thing - valuing the contribution of every Order member”. There were three elements to the theme:
1. Extending outwards
2. Going deeper
3. Learning from the past
Triratna in the Bardo: Bhante and the Order in 2017 - A talk given on the Triratna Buddhist Order Combined UK& Ireland Order Weekend held at Adhisthana, 18 August 2017.
The theme of the weekend was “A rich and many-splendoured thing - valuing the contribution of every Order member”. There were three elements to the theme:
Extending outwards
Going deeper
Learning from the past
Vishvapani’s personal talk introduced discussion related to learning from the past framed around the following two questions:
