La puissance de l'esprit : habiter une pensée

Non, je ne vais pas vous parler du confinement, mais de ces sentiments mélangés, uniques, forts, que j’ai ressentis lors de la journée portes ouvertes de notre nouveau centre, le samedi 7 mars 2020, juste avant que tout se referme… Je veux les consigner ici car ils ont été importants pour moi, pour nous, et je ne voudrais pas qu’ils se perdent.

Tout était prêt ce matin là : nous descendons les escaliers qui sépare notre communauté du centre pour aller saluer l’autel,...

Grants for Order members affected by Coronavirus

The Abhayaratna Trust is responding to the financial hardship resulting from the spread of Covid-19. We are offering short term relief through cash grants of up to £500 per Order member as support in urgent need at this time.

We made our first £3000 of grants last week. We know from our general grant programme that many of us have few or no resources, and will struggle with food, bills and rent shortfalls. 

So if you are struggling financially and would be helped by...

Resignation of Bodhimala

Dear Order members,

Bodhimala was ordained during the long ordination retreat at Akashavana in 2015, with Vijayasri as her private preceptor and myself as her public preceptor, and now wishes to resign from the Order.

Following an exchange of emails with Bodhimala, and discussion with Vijayasri, I have accepted her resignation.

I’m sorry to see her go, and wish her well with her continued practice free from organised religion.

With metta,
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Living creatively in turbulent times – Corona virus and Triratna Exeter activities

Dear friends

Living creatively in turbulent times – Corona virus and Triratna Exeter activities

I hope that you are keeping as well and in good heart as possible under the present turbulent and uncertain circumstance. As many of you will know we have cancelled all our face-to-face Exeter Sangha activities in light of the corona virus crisis and government guidance. I am writing with some information on how we plan to sustain our Sangha here in Exeter and South Devon and to invite you...