Vidyasiddhi would like all his friends to know that he has recently received a serious cancer diagnosis and is currently waiting for the results of scans that will help to determine a treatment plan.
Vidyasiddhi is being looked after by family and friends in his flat in Cambridge, UK. He is experiencing fatigue and pain which currently makes it difficult to receive visitors and unplanned phone calls.
He would welcome well-wishing text messages, emails and cards, but isn’t currently able to respond directly.
Speaking from his heart, Satyadaya encourages us to make good use of those moments of inspiration and bliss which can often arise at the festival. It is so easy for us to get home afterwards and forget, falling back into old habits, losing sight of the potential for growth and community that we experienced. And, though he admits he’s no gardener, Satyadaya goes on to suggest a thing or two about how we might continue to plant the...
Theme: An Explosion of the Heart: Vasubandhu’s Four Factors
When: Monday the 23rd till Monday 30th October 2023
Where: Benedictine Monastery in the state of Morelos
Cost: $450 USD (including $80deposit) You are invited to donate whatever you can to enable individuals experiencing financial hardship to attend the event via bursary places. For those in the US and Canada, who wish to donate or need help with travel expenses or the convention cost, please contact Aryadrishti (aryadrishti [at] gmail.com) who will organize...
How can we equip ourselves to co-operate in collective action and play? How do we work with negative emotions and polarized views? Many of us long to be in deeper communication and relationships with others, but in order to do that we need to create the necessary conditions for community to arise. Drawing on the Buddha’s teaching, as well as political and social thinkers, Dhammamegha looks at the tender and necessary ground for sustained action towards the...
We are delighted to let you know that on 13th October a retreat was started in the lovely retreat centre of Chintamani in Morelos, Mexico. Eight women will be ordained on the retreat (names below), accompanied by their preceptors and other dharmacharinis.
The private ordinations will take place on Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th October and...
On Saturday 8th October, the Sangha - local and not so local - gathered to witness and celebrate the official opening of the York Buddhist Centre in its prime central location. York is in north Yorkshire, in the North-East of England and about 25 miles from Leeds (where Shakyapada connected with Triratna) and about 40 miles from Scarborough where there is also a nascent Triratna presence.
Our new theme ‘Radical Reality’ continues with a talk from Satyajyoti that turns conventional wisdom on its head.
Encounter the radical teachings of the Buddha - teachings which are immediately apparent, perennial and of the nature of a personal invitation. Hear the Dharma that enables us see into the constantly changing nature of reality and free ourselves and others from suffering.
The Buddha's teaching was not given to be convenient, comfortable or to fit in with the ways of the world. The Dharma gives us a radical take on how things are - be prepared to be challenged!
We are delighted to let you know that today we begin a retreat in the lovely retreat centre of Cintamani in Moreles, Mexico. Eight women will be ordained on the retreat (names below), accompanied by their preceptors and other dharmacharinis.
The private ordinations will take place on Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th October and the public ceremony is at 12pm (local time) on Friday 21st October.
