Tag: Adhisthana

Ten thousand years of Dharma practice arrive at Adhisthana

Around 370 Order members have arrived at Adhisthana this evening. The cars are lined up in the field, many tents have gone up, and we have a marquee shrine room. The Adhisthana community and a lot of volunteers have worked very hard all week to get ready.

This evening’s shrine room activities were led by the Order Convenors, Lokeshvara and Parami. Lokeshvara asked us to put our hands up if our Dharma lives had started over 20 years ago. Most of us...

Triratna's European Chairs' Assembly meets at Adhisthana

This week we’ll be reporting from the week-long summer 2015 meeting of Triratna’s European Chairs’ Assembly which began yesterday.

More than 40 Chairs of Triratna’s urban Buddhist centres, retreat centres and other enterprises across Europe are gathered at Adhisthana, Herefordshire. Responsible for the running of Triratna, they support one another, ensure commonality of approaches to Dharma teaching, and share their insights and resources.

To find out more about the ECA, +Follow the ECA on The Buddhist Centre Online.

Working Retreat for Men at Adhisthana: 12-16 October

Join us for the first men’s working retreat at Adhisthana led by Sanghadasa and Sanghadeva. Both are members of the Adhisthana community, and have many years experience of working for the Movement

The theme of the retreat will be Integration, and you will be joining the young men here on the Dharma Training Course. Together we will explore how doing simple, practical tasks, especially working with others, can be great way to integrate the energies of the body and...

The Adhisthana community 'at home'

Last week the resident community at Adhisthana spent a few days ‘at home’ together. There was some study led by Parami on the Dasadhamma Sutta - the ten points to be reflected on by one who has ‘gone forth’; we had couple of inspiring and energising sessions facilitated by Saddhanandi, evoking the vision of Adhisthana and imagining what it will become in five years time; and a day spent exploring how we live together as a community to serve that...