This month’s update from the College comes from Ratnavyuha – a Public Preceptor living in Auckland, who is not long back from leading an ordination course at Sudarshanaloka. He is one of the Deputy Chairs of the College. Ratnavyuha met Triratna at Aryaloka in North America, and a few years later moved to train for ordination in the UK, working at Windhorse Trading, and being ordained at Guhyaloka in 1999. In 2004 he moved to Oceania where he has been based ever...
The College of Public Preceptors is delighted to announce the appointment of Jnanadakini and Dayachandra as Public Preceptors. I am especially glad to welcome the first two Mexican Dharmacharinis into the the College.
With metta, Ratnadharini
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Dayachandra
Hola nuevamente mi nombre es Dayachandra que significa “luna de la compasión” Fuí la primer mujer ordenada en México por Párami en el año 2005 ella es mi preceptora privaday pública. He trabajado activamente en el centro...
Here is the latest edition of Shabda in five digital formats:
eBook Shabda .EPUB – read on most other eBook readers (eg Nook or Kobo, etc) and most eReader apps on tablets, smartphones etc.
eBook Shabda .MOBI – This format is now deprecated, but this can still be used on older Kindle devices, and some older eReader apps on tablets, smartphones, etc.
PDF Shabda – read with any PDF reader
HTML Shabda (zip file) – unzip, and then read with any web browser
Over the last few years I’ve been rereading and writing about Sangharakshita. I started thinking I had something to say about him that would integrate criticisms with appreciation and might be helpful to others in Triratna. But the more I tried to identify what I wanted to say, the deeper I found myself travelling into his writing and his life. I realised that, even though I have been absorbing Sangharakshita’s teachings for four decades and lived with him for six...
Meditation and Ritual Retreat with Padmayogini & Kamalashila
22–28 May for Order members
No charge - donations appreciated
Mandala is how every act is dynamically in relation to everything else. How the Buddha’s Awakening affects the Cosmos. How our practice flourishes—or not. It expresses the energy of the Body, of Sangha, of Pratitya Samutpada. In this retreat we explore Mandala Principles through sadhana and other meditations, talks and discussion.
RETREATTIMES (UK)
8-9pm Monday 22 Introduction and Mandala Offering 11am-1230pm....
Join Paramananda, Kshantika, Satyamuni, Satyamanas and team for 2 glorious weeks in the Buddhafield - 5th-18th June Broadhembury, Devon.
This camping retreat in East Devon offers the ideal opportunity to practice in a natural environment free from the distractions of our daily lives. Living in simplicity and community, we will explore how attending to our bodies and hearts, we can open.
Together we will create a community of practice that supports us to go beyond our normal sense of who and what we are,...
Buddhafield Festival is a joyful gathering of people, celebrating community and connection with the land. Song, dance, arts and crafts, yoga, meditation, and play blend together, without alcoholic drinks or recreational drugs, to create a loving and life-affirming space. There will be Buddhist teaching, workshops and ritual, under sun and stars. The festival is family-friendly and open to everyone, however you practice.
We’ll be publishing the next three new volumes in The Complete Works of Sangharakshita in August. Over the next few months, we’ll be featuring a sneak peek into each of the new volumes. We’re kicking off with Volume 8.
The first part of this volume consists of Sangharakshita’s writings about Anagarika Dharmapala, a Sri Lankan Buddhist who made it his life’s mission to restore the sacred site of...
