New Convenor of the International Council

Fellow Order Members

On 1st May I took on the role of Convenor of the International Council from Arthavadin, who held it for the last 4.5 years. A few days earlier he symbolically handed over the responsibility to me in a moving short ritual in Bhante’s lounge in Urgyen House. As part of that handover he passed on to me a mala that had belonged to Bhante, and I recited the verses of acceptance, lightly revised from our ordination vow by Mahamati.
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Panel Process Review and Summary

Dear Order members,

In December 2018, some will recall that Suvajra was suspended from the Order after having been judged “on the balance of probability”, by a Triratna Panel Process, to have committed a serious breach of the ethical precepts. Eighteen months later in June 2020 Suvajra was reinstated. In announcing this to the Order Ratnadharini, then Chair of the College, concluded her letter as follows:

I know there are Order members – many of whom have known Suvajra well and for a long...

Letter from the College of Public Preceptors- June

This month’s letter comes from Vajratara, one of the Deputy Chair’s of the College: Vajratara came across Triratna in 1995 in South London and knew she found what she had been searching for - a vision of human potential, a path of transformation and a community to practice with. After studying Philosophy and Religious Studies at Leeds University and running the University Buddhist Society, she moved to Sheffield, lived in community and worked in Windhorse:evolution. She joined the Order in Sheffield,...