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Ordinations at Aryaloka

By dhammarati on Thu, 5 Oct, 2023 - 09:39

Ordinations at Aryaloka

By dhammarati on Thu, 5 Oct, 2023 - 09:39

Dear Friends,

Two men were privately ordained at Aryaloka on Wednesday 27th October 
during an Ordination Training Retreat, and publicly ordained on Sunday 1st October.

Mark Ludak becomes Sīlasiddhi
‘He who is accomplished in virtuous conduct’

Private preceptor: Dharmachari Paramānanda
Public preceptor: Dharmachari Viradhamma

Frank Gladu becomes Shantibhakta
‘He who is devoted to peace’

Private preceptor: Dharmachari Suddhayu
Public Preceptor: Dharmacari Dhammarati

Sadhu!

Pictured L to R:
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Buddhist Voices
Buddhist Voices

Fifty Years, Fifty Voices: Amala (Highlights)

By Zac on Wed, 2 Nov, 2022 - 13:26

“The Heart Sutra was my moment of conversion, when I was 17 years old.”
 

Amala’s Annals:

In 1968 I was 14 years old, attending a Quaker High School in Washington, D.C., USA. I was very aware of the Civil Rights movement and the unrest all around me due to race issues. I was also aware of the growing peace movement(s) and started to be active in anti-Vietnam marches in Washington.

In 1978 I had graduated from university two years before with...

College of Public Preceptors
College of Public Preceptors

Public Preceptor Appointment: Amala

By ratnadharini on Thu, 31 Mar, 2022 - 19:46

Public Preceptor Appointment: Amala

By ratnadharini on Thu, 31 Mar, 2022 - 19:46

Dear Order Members

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. 

From 2012-2020 she was one of the regional...

Triratna News
Triratna News

Livestream of Ordination in the US

By Centre Team on Mon, 27 Sep, 2021 - 12:34

Livestream of Ordination in the US

By Centre Team on Mon, 27 Sep, 2021 - 12:34

On Saturday 9th October Denise Martin from Vermont, U.S., will be ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order on a nine-day retreat at Aryaloka Retreat Center in New Hampshire, USA. Her public ordination ceremony will take place at Aryaloka and will be live streamed.

Saturday October 9 at:

07.30 US PST  |  10.30 US EST  |  15.30 IE & UK  |  16.30 CET Europe  |  20.00 India

Her private preceptor...

Buddhist Centre Features
The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times

Bringing Online Learning to the Slums of India (The Dharma Toolkit, Episode 36)

By Centre Team on Thu, 4 Feb, 2021 - 20:07

This episode was recorded in October 2020 when the project to bring online learning to kids from Nagpur’s poorest communities was just getting started. Please support this vital work now if you can:

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/aryaloka

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Aryaketu is amazing. For 20 years he has been forging a life of extraordinary service in India with the Buddhist ‘Bodhisattva Path’ as the main context for his work. His vital, pioneering computer training school - the Aryaloka Institute - is all about the...

Aryaloka Computer Education India
Aryaloka Computer Education India

Aryaloka Corona Relief Emergency Appeal

By aryaketu on Fri, 8 May, 2020 - 11:10

Aryaloka Corona Relief Emergency Appeal

By aryaketu on Fri, 8 May, 2020 - 11:10

Aryaloka Corona Relief Emergency Appeal

The Covid19 pandemic affects all of us and highlights our global interconnectedness.  We are all suffering but those suffering most are those with the fewest resources – the poorest and most vulnerable in our societies. Nowhere more so than in India where the rapid nation-wide lockdown on 22 March has resulted in untold misery and hardship for many millions of...

Community Highlights
The Community Toolkit for Uncertain Times

Aryaloka Corona Relief Emergency Appeal

By aryaketu on Sat, 11 Apr, 2020 - 17:12

Aryaloka Corona Relief Emergency Appeal

By aryaketu on Sat, 11 Apr, 2020 - 17:12

The Covid19 pandemic affects all of us and highlights our global interconnectedness. We are all suffering but those suffering most are those with the fewest resources – the poorest and most vulnerable in our societies. Nowhere more so than in India where the rapid nation-wide lockdown on 22 March has resulted in untold misery and hardship for many millions of daily labourers unable now to leave their homes to work and feed their families. Even worse hit are the many...

Portsmouth Buddhist Center
Portsmouth Buddhist Center

Art + Reflection for Buddha Day

By viriyalila on Sat, 25 May, 2019 - 19:35

Art + Reflection for Buddha Day

By viriyalila on Sat, 25 May, 2019 - 19:35

We celebrated the Buddha’s Enlightenment this year with the Aryaloka Sangha on their Tuesday Night Friends’ Gathering. To celebrate, we engaged in a practice of Arts and Reflection: Entering the Mountain by meeting in silence while gazing upon the beautiful woodblock prints of Matt Brown, currently on display at ...

Triratna News
Triratna News

Buddha Day Celebrations

By Sadayasihi on Thu, 23 May, 2019 - 11:05

Buddha Day Celebrations

By Sadayasihi on Thu, 23 May, 2019 - 11:05

Suppose a man wandering in a forest wilderness found an ancient path, an ancient trail, travelled by men of old, and he followed it up, and by doing so he discovered an ancient city, an ancient royal capital, where men of old had lived, with parks and groves and lakes, walled round and beautiful to see. So I too found the ancient path, the ancient trail, travelled by the Fully Enlightened Ones of old” (...

Aryaloka Computer Education India
Aryaloka Computer Education India

Aryaloka Computer Education, Raipur centre, Chhattisgarh, India

By aryaketu on Thu, 2 May, 2019 - 13:12

Aryaloka Computer Education, Raipur centre, Chhattisgarh, India

By aryaketu on Thu, 2 May, 2019 - 13:12

At Aryaloka Computer Education, Raipur, Chhattisgarh branch summer computer classes are going on. Raipur is the capital of Chhattisgarh state. We have opened up this branch 4 and half years ago. It’s going well. The centre coordinatior Dhammachari Akshayavajra along with two more teachers (Rajesh Rajpal and receptionist Mamata Maurya) are doing good work. They all are enjoying running this centre as right...

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