Thanks to Jnanavaca for writing last month’s letter, which came as the war in Ukraine was just beginning. It’s been sobering to watch the devastation of so many lives. I was on a women preceptors’ retreat at Adhisthana as the invasion became a shocking reality to those of us following the news; however others were making the most of being offline, and so it remained in the background until the final day of the retreat.
The College of Public Preceptors is delighted to announce the appointment of Amala, from Maine, USA, as a Public Preceptor.
Amala was ordained by Sanghadevi in 2000 and became a private preceptor in 2015.
She has been involved with the Aryaloka Retreat Center since the early 90’s, where she has been chair of the Spiritual Vitality council for the last 7 years and has been on the council since 2010. Currently she is handing on some of her responsibilities as chair.
The Abhayaratna Trust is once again offering bursaries to Triratna Order members within the UK& Ireland Area to attend the convention at Wymondham college this August. if you have less than £10,000 in savings you can apply for help with the cost of accommodation and/or travel. To apply click here. We aim to respond to your request within 4 working days or less. If you have any questions or don’t wish to fill in the...
To plunge ourselves into the crucial citation takes tremendous courage. Sangharakshita asks:
Are we ready to face our own death, and the total transformation it symbolizes? From the talk The Symbolism of the Cremation Ground and the Celestial Maidens part of the series Creative Symbols of the Tantric Path to Enlightenment, 1971.
It is with great delight that we can now appoint Dharmachari Saraha as an International Order Convenor.
The process of selection was outlined in the February Shabda and the Order Connections online space and once we had proposed Saraha we gave a six week consultation period. (You can re-read the post on Order connection here).
We are happy to say that the consultation period is now over. Thank you to the many Order members who engaged in...
