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Effective care in the Order

By The Abhayaratna... on Wed, 31 Jan, 2024 - 15:05

Effective care in the Order

By The Abhayaratna... on Wed, 31 Jan, 2024 - 15:05

As you may be aware, the Abhayaratna Trust has been working on a Local Care Network project, aimed at helping local sanghas embody a more explicit culture of care, able more effectively to meet the needs of sangha members (and navigate the complexities of government and charity support services).

This aim is beautifully evoked in a short video by Akashamitra. In describing how Order members came together to provide care for Vidyajyoti he says, ‘I had never seen anything like it before’....

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Meditation and Trauma - An Interview with Vajradevi

By The Abhayaratna... on Thu, 2 Dec, 2021 - 11:52

Meditation and Trauma - An Interview with Vajradevi

By The Abhayaratna... on Thu, 2 Dec, 2021 - 11:52

In this interview, Jinavamsa asks Vajradevi if trauma surfaces, could that be the result of long term practice or is it something we are doing, or not doing in our approach? And could meditation teachers benefit from some training to recognise when people they teach are coming up against trauma and acute anxiety?

Watch video interview here

You can also catch up with the rest of our mental wellbeing and the Order series here

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Update on India COVID relief

By Centre Team on Tue, 18 May, 2021 - 16:39

Update on India COVID relief

By Centre Team on Tue, 18 May, 2021 - 16:39

From The Abhayaratna Trust, FutureDharma Fund / India Dhamma Trust and The Karuna Trust

The Abhayaratna Trust, Karuna Trust and FutureDharma / India Dhamma Trust (IDT) are meeting every week during this crisis. They are collaborating with Triratna partners in India to coordinate relief to people and projects affected by this devastating wave of COVID. The situation is getting worse and worse and experts believe the official numbers of people dying in India, which has one of the world’s poorest-funded healthcare...

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A Heartfelt Thank You from Yashosagar

By The Abhayaratna... on Wed, 28 Apr, 2021 - 16:10

A Heartfelt Thank You from Yashosagar

By The Abhayaratna... on Wed, 28 Apr, 2021 - 16:10

Yashosagar gives a personal heartfelt thanks and an update on how Order members and their families are being helped in India through our recent urgent appeal.

Click to see video

And thank you you to all the donors to this appeal for such a tremendous response.

Sadhu!

Mahasraddha, Taradakini, Jinavamsa & Utpalavajri
The Abhayaratna Trust Team

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Local Care Networks

By Sadayasihi on Thu, 16 Jan, 2020 - 14:00

Local Care Networks

By Sadayasihi on Thu, 16 Jan, 2020 - 14:00

The Abhayaratna Trust have launched a Local Care Network project which aims to help the Order develop more explicit and organised frameworks of care and support for Order members who need it, including accessing financial assistance and other services. The Network will also reinforce the existing culture of care in the Triratna Buddhist community, and create a framework to support Order members for generations to come.

The vision is that Local Care Network Coordinators Groups will form around...

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Chanting Challenge, Wills Cafe, and get involved!

By The Abhayaratna... on Fri, 24 Jun, 2016 - 11:00

Chanting Challenge, Wills Cafe, and get involved!

By The Abhayaratna... on Fri, 24 Jun, 2016 - 11:00

I have recently come on board at the Abhayaratna Trust in the role of Supporter Care and Publicity, working alongside Taradakini in a small but lively team of two based in Scotland. I feel grateful to have this opportunity - a job that allows me to give something back to the Triratna community, and to the Order that sustains the Dharma and Sangha on which I thrive.

Taradakini and I have been having a lot of fun over the past two weeks...

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Taking the Buddha Dharma into the World: Abhayaratna Trust

By The Abhayaratna... on Fri, 22 Jun, 2012 - 12:11

Taking the Buddha Dharma into the World: Abhayaratna Trust

By The Abhayaratna... on Fri, 22 Jun, 2012 - 12:11‘Taking the Buddha Dharma into the World: Abhayaratna Trust’ - a talk given by Dharmacharini Jnanamitra at the Triratna Buddhist Order Combined International Convention at Wymondham College 21 August 2011 The theme of the Convention was ‘Seeking The Buddha’.

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Shantiprabha and The Abhayaratna Trust

By The Abhayaratna... on Fri, 22 Jun, 2012 - 12:08

Shantiprabha and The Abhayaratna Trust

By The Abhayaratna... on Fri, 22 Jun, 2012 - 12:08Shantiprabha speaks about why he’s involved with Abhayaratna Trust.