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Live and work @ Dhanakosa!

By Prajnaketu on Tue, 17 Jul, 2018 - 11:58

Live and work @ Dhanakosa!

By Prajnaketu on Tue, 17 Jul, 2018 - 11:58

Live and Work @ Dhanakosa

Would you like to live and work as part of a right livelihood team, engage in daily practice with our brothers and sisters in the Dharma, giving the conditions for retreats to over a 1000 people a year, and all in the beautiful environment of rural Scotland?

The Dhanakosa community are looking for order members and committed GFR...

Jobs, Volunteering & Communities

Right livelihood opportunities at Dhanakosa

By Dhanakosa on Thu, 11 Jan, 2018 - 15:08

Right livelihood opportunities at Dhanakosa

By Dhanakosa on Thu, 11 Jan, 2018 - 15:08

Live and work at Dhanakosa

Right livelihood opportunity in the beautiful environment of rural Scotland

As part of our right livelihood team, you will engage in daily practice with your brothers and sisters in the Dharma, giving the conditions for retreats to over 1000 people a year.

Upcoming opportunities for men and women:

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Dhanakosa Buddhist Retreat Centre

Guided walk from one of our Hillwalking retreats

By Dhanakosa on Wed, 18 Oct, 2017 - 14:12

Guided walk from one of our Hillwalking retreats

By Dhanakosa on Wed, 18 Oct, 2017 - 14:12

Nature is for many of us an important source of spiritual nourishment in an increasingly busy world. On this retreat we combined traditional Buddhist teachings with the simple practice of spending time walking in the rich and beautiful landscapes that surround Dhanakosa.

Come on retreat at Dhanakosa: https://www.dhanakosa.com/retreats

Jobs, Volunteering & Communities

Dhanakosa New Team Member

By Nandavajra on Wed, 4 Oct, 2017 - 16:04

Dhanakosa New Team Member

By Nandavajra on Wed, 4 Oct, 2017 - 16:04

Dhanakosa New Team Member

Dhanakosa is looking for someone to join the centre team this winter or early next year. Ideally, this person will work principally as part of the house and grounds team mostly in general maintenance but also supporting the general work of the retreat centre across a range of required tasks, possibly including some office based tasks depending on skills and experience. As such, practical aptitude and physical fitness are our priorities. However we will, in the end, appoint...

Triratna News

Triratna 50th anniversary celebrations

By Munisha on Fri, 16 Jun, 2017 - 23:44

Triratna 50th anniversary celebrations

By Munisha on Fri, 16 Jun, 2017 - 23:44

Clear Vision’s latest NewsByte video reports on some of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the founding of Triratna (as the FWBO) on 8th April 1967.

We visit the joint northern English centres’ celebration at Sheffield Buddhist Centre, the events at Adhisthana and Dhanakosa (UK) and the mainland European celebrations held at Essen (Germany). We hear about the culture and zeitgeist of Britain in the late 1960s, in which the FWBO and WBO were created. And we hear from Ratnaguna...

Clear Vision Trust

Triratna 50th Anniversary Celebrations

By Amaradaya on Mon, 12 Jun, 2017 - 12:10

Triratna 50th Anniversary Celebrations

By Amaradaya on Mon, 12 Jun, 2017 - 12:10

On April 8th 2017 Triratna Day was celebrated around the world as the 50th anniversary of its founding in 1967. We visit Sheffield for the Northern English celebration, Adhisthana, Dhanakosa in Scotland and Essen for the Western European events in Germany.

Dhanakosa Buddhist Retreat Centre

Triratna Day: Dhanakosa 2017

By Centre Team on Wed, 3 May, 2017 - 19:21

Triratna Day: Dhanakosa 2017

By Centre Team on Wed, 3 May, 2017 - 19:21

Dhanakosa shares a great compilation of highlights here from their 2017 celebration of Triratna Day, with scenes from the landscape, preparations, talks, and a wonderful view of a beautiful shrine beneath the tent.

Jobs, Volunteering & Communities

Opportunities in right livelihood: live and work at Dhanakosa

By Nandavajra on Wed, 1 Jun, 2016 - 10:33

Opportunities in right livelihood: live and work at Dhanakosa

By Nandavajra on Wed, 1 Jun, 2016 - 10:33

Opportunities in right livelihood: live and work at Dhanakosa

We are looking for a new team member to join our community of GFR Mitras and Order Members living, working and practicing together in a busy rural retreat centre. This is a full-time, residential and fully supported position.

You will need good teamwork and communication skills, to be generally physically fit and able to undertake light practical work. There is the opportunity to specialise in either office based work or maintenance work. The ideal candidate...

Triratna News

Kilimanjaro helps Dhanakosa

By Munisha on Thu, 10 Sep, 2015 - 15:24

Kilimanjaro helps Dhanakosa

By Munisha on Thu, 10 Sep, 2015 - 15:24

This morning Steve Hornby, a mitra at Manchester Buddhist Centre, UK, started his ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, the highest free-standing mountain in the world.

He’s raising money for Dhanakosa Retreat Centre’s Development Fund. The money will enable the redecoration of the retreat centre this winter, a new office and meeting space and a new (second hand) Land Rover. It will also help them continue to provide retreats by donation rather than charging....

Triratna News

Where are Scotland's Buddhists?

By Munisha on Thu, 18 Jun, 2015 - 11:56

Where are Scotland's Buddhists?

By Munisha on Thu, 18 Jun, 2015 - 11:56

Following the previous Triratna News post on Buddhist demographics in England and Wales, we’ve located the 2011 census figures for Scotland too, with help from reader Maureen Carroll. They show a much larger increase in Buddhist numbers than in England and Wales.

Between 2001 and 2011, the number of people in Scotland declaring Buddhism to be their current religion increased from 6,830 to 12,795.

Unfortunately the published geographical data is not as detailed as it is for England and Wales, Buddhism being lumped together with “All...

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