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Vacancy at Tiratanaloka for a Dharmacharini – Assistant Chair

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Tue, 17 Feb, 2026 - 13:07

Vacancy at Tiratanaloka for a Dharmacharini – Assistant Chair

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Tue, 17 Feb, 2026 - 13:07

Vacancy at Tiratanaloka for a Dharmacharini – Assistant Chair

A role of kalyāṇa mitratā in action

Tiratanaloka is seeking an Assistant Chair to stand alongside the Chair in supporting the spiritual vision, and the practical flourishing of the project, currently across our two retreat centres — in Wales and in Ware.

This is a role rooted in kalyāṇa mitratā – spiritual friendship expressed through working together and living together.

The Assistant Chair will support the smooth running of Tiratanaloka as a spiritual community and registered charity, helping ensure...

aparajita

Three month volunteering at Alfoxton Park

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Tue, 17 Feb, 2026 - 09:50

Three month volunteering at Alfoxton Park

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Tue, 17 Feb, 2026 - 09:50

‘Some of the early communities were very primitive. People squatted in derelict, unwanted properties (which was legal then). They were very happy, and that was the formative stage in the development of our movement. These days communities are comparatively lavish, but some people still think back to the good old days when they unrolled their sleeping bags on the floor and set up a little shrine and that was their community’.

Sangharakshita, The Rain of the Dharma

Alfoxton Park...

Ruciramati

Karuna Appeals 2026

From Karuna Fundraisers on Tue, 17 Feb, 2026 - 03:48

Karuna Appeals 2026

From Karuna Fundraisers on Tue, 17 Feb, 2026 - 03:48

FULL RESIDENCIAL appeals are back! If you volunteer for a Karuna appeal, you live together as a community and form life-long bonds with your fellow volunteer fundraisers.

Appeals are about stepping outside yourself and meeting what is alive! It encourages you to reflect on how you communicate with both yourself and others in this 6 week process of...

Ruciramati

Karuna Appeals 2026

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Tue, 17 Feb, 2026 - 03:44

Karuna Appeals 2026

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Tue, 17 Feb, 2026 - 03:44

Free Buddhist Audio

A Vision of a New World

From London Buddhist Centre on Tue, 17 Feb, 2026 - 00:00

In this inspiring talk, Suryagupta explores how Buddhism offers a bold and hopeful vision for a "new world" that is radically different from the one we know today. She explains how the London Buddhist Centre acts as a "Pure Land" in East London—a space designed to provide the perfect conditions for us to expand our consciousness and overcome suffering.

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Levels of Going For Refuge

From London Buddhist Centre on Tue, 17 Feb, 2026 - 00:00

Jnanavaca explores how everyone "worships" something, warning that if we follow unconscious "default settings" like money or power, they will eventually "eat us alive". By introducing the Buddhist practice of "Going for Refuge," he explains how to shift focus toward transcendental values of truth, beauty, and goodness to discover a "real freedom" based on awareness and discipline.

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Vajrashura

New Year 1 of the Study Course is now online

From Mitra Study Leaders on Mon, 16 Feb, 2026 - 12:10

New Year 1 of the Study Course is now online

From Mitra Study Leaders on Mon, 16 Feb, 2026 - 12:10

Dear Friends.

I’m delighted to announce that the new Year 1 of the Dharma Training Course for Mitras is now live! You can see it at the usual link for the course:

https://thebuddhistcentre.com/mitra/

In terms of the overall modules, our new Year 1 follows approximately the same overall structure of the old Year 1:

What does it mean to Go for Refuge?
The Threefold Path: Ethics
The Threefold Path: Meditation
The Threefold Path: Wisdom
The Triratna Buddhist Community

Within each module there have been a variety of changes, which we hope you’ll find useful and enjoy....

Read more about New Year 1 of the Study Course is now online

Centre Team

King Ajatasattu (Dharmabytes Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 16 Feb, 2026 - 11:10

Here, Amarachandra recounts a few themes from the Mahaparinibbana Sutta, beginning with a problematic character named King Ajatasattu, a disciple of the Buddha, who wishes to go to war. Excerpted from the talk entitled Themes From the Mahaparinibbana Sutta given on the occasion of celebrating Parinirvana Day, during the Coronavirus lockdown, at Cambridge Buddhist Centre, 2021.

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