I have a sly reason for dropping in this fresh thought about seeing meditation as a mini retreat so let me cut to the chase and say more about mini retreats at point 3 below:
1. I would so love as many of you as can make it to come on our Sangha Retreat October 14 - 16 at Vijayaloka (see picture above). I’m not sure what the theme will be yet but I’ll communicate this as the...
Triratna’s European Chairs’ Assembly (ECA) and their guests have been meeting at Adhisthana since last Monday. They have spent the week creatively and very harmoniously, considering a number of matters to do with the future flourishing of Triratna.
Today we heard about the forthcoming publication of the first volume of Sangharakshita’s Complete Works – in English. Considering that just 5% of the world’s 70 million people are native English-speakers, we also heard of the work of the new,...
Ensuring the sexual, physical and psychological safety of young people and vulnerable adults is an expression of the First Precept: avoiding causing harm; cultivating loving kindness.
Mindful of their responsibilities in this area, over the last four years the European Chairs’ Assembly (ECA) has been developing its model policies for the protection of children and ‘vulnerable adults’, sent to every Triratna Centre and enterprise in Europe, and also shared with Triratna Centres around the world.
The 2016 versions were presented to the meeting of Triratna’s International Council in August and the...
In their second meeting this year, members of Triratna’s European Chairs’ Assembly (ECA) are spending the week at Adhisthana. We are around 45 women and men: leaders of Triratna urban centres, retreat centres and other enterprises, the Development Team they employ and some guests.
We bring you interviews or reports from the meeting, over on our Features space.
“From morning to night, twenty four hours a day, everything depends on our attitude. When we have a positive attitude it produces the result of happiness: when we have a negative attitude it produces the result of suffering. The happiness we experience each day comes from our positive attitudes and the suffering we experience comes from our negative attitudes. Therefore, as we are the creator, we have great freedom. Since it’s just up to our mind, we have great freedom...
Satyalila introduces and leads the sadhana practice of the greatly precious guru, Padmasambhava, given to Bhante by Kachu Rimpoche. From the Women’s International Order Convention 2016.
Parami chats with Acharashraddha and Kavyashri about their highlights of the Women’s International Order Convention on the final full day devoted to Padmasambhava.
Parami chats to Saddhajoti from Mexico and Karunadakini from San Francisco about their time in the UK, and their experience of a day devoted to Avalokitesvara on the Women’s International Convention.
This morning after two very moving personal talks on Amitabha from Satyajyoti and Padmabodhini, available soon, Maitrimala introduced and led us in the Amitabha sadhana.
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