From Triratna News on Mon, 22 Dec, 2014 - 17:10In September 2004, Triratna (then the FWBO) became the proud owners of two ruined farmhouses, high in the mountains of Teruel, Spain.
Resident community members Acalavajri and Manigarbha write: “Ten years later, they are home to a thriving community and a remote and beautiful retreat centre: Akashavana, the ‘forest retreat of luminous space’. Primarily for the ordination of women, it also provides an amazing retreat experience for Dharmacharinis.
Over 140 women have had their public ordinations in...
This week’s FBA Podcast entitled “The Texture of Reality”, is an early lecture from Sangharakshita on Insight, recorded in 1966, dealing with the three marks (lakshanas) of conditioned existence and their transcendence via the three liberations (vimokshas).
From Triratna News on Sat, 20 Dec, 2014 - 20:31The following women were publicly ordained at Taraloka Retreat Centre, UK today, Saturday 20th December 2014. The ceremony was attended by around 80 people: friends, family and local sangha.
Public preceptor Parami Rachael North becomes Amaladhi, a Sanskrit name meaning ‘She of stainless (pure) wisdom’ (long ‘i’). Private preceptor: Padmavajri
Erika Mansnerus becomes Dharmaprabha, a Sanskrit name meaning ‘She whose light is the Dharma’ (long final ‘a’). Private preceptor: Muditasri
From Triratna Young Buddhists on Fri, 19 Dec, 2014 - 15:40From Helen Chalmers, in Glasgow: Start your weekend with something fun, refreshing, social and enriching at the Glasgow Buddhist Centre. The Alternative Friday Night is fortnightly: every 1st and 3rd Friday of the month, 7:30pm. An evening of good company, open conversation, a short meditation and plenty cups of tea.
We’ve had a few new people come along and whilst it’s early days we really feel there’s a growing sense of a young community at Glasgow. Ruth and Abi...
From Online Meditators on Fri, 19 Dec, 2014 - 13:58Happy Holidays, Meditators All!
Whatever you’re up to over the next few weeks, may it be a harmonious and still time…
We’ll be back with online meditation in the new year at the following dates and times:
(In the meantime, please feel free to use this space anytime to arrange your own group sits in your own time zone, or buddy up with others for meditation! You can also find us on ‘The Buddhist Centre Online Meditators...
From Norwich Buddhist Centre on Fri, 19 Dec, 2014 - 11:35Here we have the fourth in a series of short videos from Vajraguptā’s hut! In this 10-minute video she talks about dukkha, or unsatisfactoriness.
Another talk in our exploration of Insight, today’s FBA Dharmabyte from Dhammamegha entitled “Living Dharma in South Africa” was the second talk in a panel called “Spreading the Dharma as a Path to Insight”, given at the European Combined Order Convention held at Wymondham College on 23 August 2014.
From People to People, Nagpur, India. on Thu, 18 Dec, 2014 - 05:49We have organized a rally while our campaign on Violence against Women to the minstry in assembly at Nagpur. On this ocassion we submitted the memorandum to the ministry. This event was organized in collaboration of People to People, Samata Mahila Foundation, Prabodhini and Sambuddha Mahila Sangathan at Nagpur. We all became a part of Maitri Network for this campaign !
From ecodharma on Wed, 17 Dec, 2014 - 19:00The New Society idea was at the heart of Sangharakshita’s founding vision for the Triratna Community in the 1960’s and 70’s. In recent years many of us have been asking what this means today. The level of interest in revitalising the vision of the New Society has been flagged up repeatedly at the meeting of Triratna’s European Chairs’ Assembly, but how to make that real remains work in progress. Taking a step forwards in the exploration, Guhyapati (from the ...
