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Taraloka is recruiting two new team members!

By nataliak on Thu, 29 Sep, 2022 - 15:19

Taraloka is recruiting two new team members!

By nataliak on Thu, 29 Sep, 2022 - 15:19

Taraloka offers a unique context for women to live a full-time Dharma life, for being of service to others and for personal and collective transformation. We are recruiting for two new members of our Operations Team to join us in early 2023: a maintenance manager and a housekeeper.

You will need to be an Order Member or GFR Mitra with a full, manual UK driving licence. You will need to be able to work full time, be physically fit
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FBA Podcast: Freedom

By Zac on Sat, 24 Sep, 2022 - 06:00

Surata wanders delightfully all over the subject of ‘freedom’ in the context of life in a Buddhist Order. He discusses freedom of mind, freedom of choice, freedom of heart, as well as the dangers of group behaviour in communities and the joys of sharing in an ideal. Personable and disarming as ever…

Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2005

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Taraloka Retreat Centre

Opportunity to live and work at Taraloka!

By nataliak on Tue, 13 Sep, 2022 - 10:50

Opportunity to live and work at Taraloka!

By nataliak on Tue, 13 Sep, 2022 - 10:50

Taraloka offers a unique context for women to live a full-time Dharma life, for being of service to others and for personal and collective transformation.

Taraloka is recruiting for a new maintenance manager to join the Operations team in early 2023. You will need to be an Order Member or GFR Mitra with a full, manual UK driving licence. You will need to be able to work full time, be physically fit and have a strong desire to engage wholeheartedly with both community living and...

Jobs, Volunteering & Communities

Opportunity to live and work at Taraloka!

By nataliak on Tue, 13 Sep, 2022 - 10:45

Opportunity to live and work at Taraloka!

By nataliak on Tue, 13 Sep, 2022 - 10:45

Taraloka offers a unique context for women to live a full-time Dharma life, for being of service to others and for personal and collective transformation.

Taraloka Retreat Centre

Do something new in 2022... come and live and work at Taraloka!

By nataliak on Mon, 3 Jan, 2022 - 15:51

Do something new in 2022... come and live and work at Taraloka!

By nataliak on Mon, 3 Jan, 2022 - 15:51

Fancy living and working at Taraloka? Have a look at this video, where Annabeth (with help from our magical, disappearing cat Mr P) shares her experience of working on the finance desk and living in community.

Taraloka offers a unique context for women to live a full-time Dharma life, for being of service to others and for personal and collective transformation.

Taraloka is recruiting for a new finance person to join the Operations team in the Spring or Summer of 2022. You will need to be an...

Taraloka Retreat Centre

Do something new in 2022... come live and work at Taraloka!

By nataliak on Tue, 26 Oct, 2021 - 16:22

Do something new in 2022... come live and work at Taraloka!

By nataliak on Tue, 26 Oct, 2021 - 16:22

Taraloka offers a unique context for women to live a full-time Dharma life, for being of service to others and for personal and collective transformation.

Taraloka is recruiting for a new finance person to join the Operations team in the Spring or Summer of 2022. You will need to be an Order Member or GFR Mitra with a full, manual UK driving license. You will need to be able to work full time, be physically fit and have a strong desire to engage wholeheartedly...

Triratna News

The Lotus Blooming: Creating the Story of Triratna in Spain

By Sadayasihi on Tue, 30 Apr, 2019 - 15:34

The Lotus Blooming: Creating the Story of Triratna in Spain

By Sadayasihi on Tue, 30 Apr, 2019 - 15:34

Here’s an interview with Dharmakirti, based in Valencia, about the recent Order Day celebration in Spain. He gives us a bit of the history of Triratna in Spain, as well as the challenges and hopes for the future.

When did Triratna Spain first come into being?
Here’s a timeline of Spanish activities over the years:

1986: Guhyaloka land was bought by Subhuti, and the same year Bhante gave his first talk in Valencia.

1988: Moksananda...

Triratna Resources

Starting A Community (UK, 2010)

By Centre Team on Sat, 16 Jul, 2016 - 17:32

Here are resources for anyone in the Triratna Buddhist Community thinking to start a residential community, or already living in one. It includes practical advice, inspirational material and Dharma resources; also ideas that may help in times of difficulty. It’s a collaborative effort between members of the Triratna Development team, and people from Triratna’s Young Buddhists Sangha.

Tenancy agreeement
The LBC uses an Assured Shorthold Tenancy agreement for those living in its communities; you can download a blank version of...

File Name	Size
Triratna Resource Pack - Starting A Community (PDF)	842.51 KB
Triratna Resource Pack - Starting A Community (Booklet Format - PDF)	864.06 KB
LBC Communities Ethos Statement, 2010 (PDF)	49.9 KB
LBC Tenancy Terms and Conditions with Triratna Footer (doc)	50 KB
Blank Tenancy Agreement Modelled on LBC (doc)	45.5 KB
Community accounts and budget - blank spreadsheet (xlxs)	24.48 KB
Community accounts and budget - blank spreadsheet (PDF)	113.7 KB

Triratna Resources

Fire Safety, UK (2006)

By Centre Team on Sat, 16 Jul, 2016 - 16:53

Here is some information about the Fire Safety Order 2005, which came into force on 1st October 2006. As from that date, old fire safety certificates cease to be effective and new regulations for running a fire safety assessment come into operation.

There is a website (www.fire.gov.uk/Workplace+safety/) on which you will find information about the new regulations.

Communities
There may be exemption from some of the new fire regulations for religious residential communities i.e. less strict regulations apply than would in a...

File Name	Size
Explanatory memorandum to the management of houses in multiple ccupation (england) regulations 2006 (PDF)	296.83 KB
UK Fire Safety info	55.75 KB

Triratna News

Community living come-back weekend

By Munisha on Mon, 2 May, 2016 - 23:28

Community living come-back weekend

By Munisha on Mon, 2 May, 2016 - 23:28

Community living has had something of a renaissance in Triratna in the UK in the last few years with demand for places exceeding supply.

Aryadhara writes about a successful weekend at Adhisthana, 25th-28th March - including a Swedish film about how not to run a community.

“At their best, communities are about going beyond ourselves and living for each other. Adhisthana recently hosted an inspiring weekend around the theme of creating and sustaining vibrant spiritual communities. With much experience of...

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