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College of Public Preceptors
College of Public Preceptors

Chair's Letter – February 2024

By Vajrashura on Thu, 29 Feb, 2024 - 23:59
  • (Bodhidaka) Burial Mound at Sunrise
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Chair's Letter – February 2024

By Vajrashura on Thu, 29 Feb, 2024 - 23:59

This month’s letter is written by Vajrashura, who first came across Triratna in Ireland, in 1999, at the age of 22. He was ordained in 2007 in Guhyaloka by Kulananda, and since 2009 has been the men’s Mitra Convenor for Dublin where he lives in a men’s community. He now also works for the Sikkha Project on a part-time basis and joined the College in 2020.

Hear more from Vajrashura in a talk he gave on Sadhana, White Tara and...
Community Highlights
Community Highlights

New e-zine for the women’s sangha in Ireland

By Centre Team on Wed, 18 May, 2022 - 17:32

New e-zine for the women’s sangha in Ireland

By Centre Team on Wed, 18 May, 2022 - 17:32

Last year, in the context of the Covid pandemic and the temporary closure of the Dublin Buddhist Centre, six of us got together with the idea to develop an e-zine for women in the Triratna community in Ireland. In doing this we were much inspired by the example set by Alokavira and friends in developing their print zine ‘Born of Fire and the Void...
Triratna News
Triratna News

Buddha Day Celebrations

By Sadayasihi on Thu, 23 May, 2019 - 11:05
  • Celebrations at the Valencia Buddhist Centre in Spain
  • Buddha Day shrine in Valencia
  • Saddhakara in full flow during her talk about seeing the Buddha’s enlightenment through a child’s eyes, at the Valencia Buddhist Centre
  • Pixie, Roxie and Albert enjoy Buddha Day with the Norwich Sangha
  • Nature inspired shrine for the Norwich Sangha's Buddha day celebrations on Saccaka's land in Norfolk
  • Ratnaghosha gave a talk on Reverence, Receptivity and Responsiveness during Buddha day for the Norwich Buddhist Centre
  • Abhayaraja led the Buddha day celebrations at Nagaloka, Nagpur in India
  • Nagaloka, Nagpur, India
  • 45 women and men became Mitras during Buddha day celebrations at Nagaloka, Nagpur, India
  • Buddha day in São Paulo, Brazil
  • Buddha day shrine with the 5 Jinas in São Paulo, Brazil
  • Buddha day shrine at the Dublin Buddhist Centre, Ireland
  • The lunch 'feast' during Buddha day at the Dublin Buddhist Centre
  • There was musical accompaniment during Buddha day celebrations at the Melbourne Buddhist Centre
  • Buddha day shrine at the Melbourne Buddhist Centre
  • Two men became mitras during Buddha day at the Melbourne Buddhist Centre: Alan Davies (left) and Aaron Byrne (right).
  • Mitra ceremonies at the Berlin Buddhist Centre
  • The 3 new Mitras during Buddha day at the Berlin Buddhist Centre
  • At the London Buddhist Centre, the living presence of the Buddha was evoked through music, meditation and stories. Photo: Sam Roberts / Louise Hall
  • Suryagupta (chair of the London Buddhist Centre) in a packed shrine room during Buddha day. Photo: Sam Roberts / Louise Hall
  • Members of the Sangha enjoying Buddha day at the Amsterdam Buddhist Centre
  • Shrine at the Amsterdam Buddhist Centre
  • Some questions for reflection during Buddha day, Amsterdam Buddhist Centre
  • Oslo Sangha outside the Stockholm Buddhist centre
  • Guhyavajra talks about Bhante's talk 'Enlightenment as experience and non- experience' during the Buddha day celebrations at the Stockholm Buddhist Centre
  • Oslo Sangha enact the story of Angulimala - Stockholm Buddhist Centre
  • The Portsmouth Buddhist Centre, U.S., celebrated Buddha day with Aryaloka Buddhist Centre
  • Buddha day with Portsmouth and Aryaloka Sanghas: a day of reflection, with art and poetry. Read more: https://thebuddhistcentre.com/portsmouth/art-reflection-buddha-day

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” (...
Dublin Buddhist Centre
Dublin Buddhist Centre

A New Life In An Ancient Tradition

By Sadayasihi on Tue, 16 Oct, 2018 - 12:50

Subhadramati is the president of the Dublin Buddhist Centre and also a Public Preceptor, one of the few men and women who make the final decision on who joins the Triratna Buddhist Order.

She has recently returned from leading a three month ordination course in Spain, during which she ordained nine women as their Public Preceptor.

In this interview with Jnanadhara, she reflects on the significance of ordination in the Buddhist tradition, her own experience of...

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Triratna News
Triratna News

Pride 2018 in the Dublin Buddhist Centre

By Sadayasihi on Fri, 21 Sep, 2018 - 17:14
  • A special 'Pride' shrine at the Dublin Buddhist Centre
  • Flying the flag at the Dublin Buddhist Centre during Pride 2018

Pride 2018 in the Dublin Buddhist Centre

By Sadayasihi on Fri, 21 Sep, 2018 - 17:14

To celebrate Dublin Pride 2018, and Buddhist Action Month (BAM), the Dublin Buddhist Centre hosted a special Pride celebration on the 25th June. Kasey Tobin, a GFR Mitra involved in the event gives us a flavour of the event.

“This event was facilitated by a number of us in the Dublin Sangha with LGBT+ experiences.  As LGBT+ people we have seen a lot of progress in securing our human rights in the last few...
Dublin Buddhist Centre
Dublin Buddhist Centre

Maitreyabandhu at Poetry Day Ireland 2018

By Sadayasihi on Wed, 25 Jul, 2018 - 18:06

Maitreyabandhu discusses his childhood, forbidden love, his path to writing poetry and what Buddhism can learn from poetry (and what poetry can learn from Buddhism) in this wide-ranging interview with Jnanadhara, the chair of the Dublin Buddhist Centre. 

He also reads a selection of his poetry - including from a forthcoming book on the painter Paul Cézanne - as part of this special evening held as part of the programme of events during the 2018 Poetry Day Ireland festival.

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Buddhist Centre Features
Buddhist Centre Features

Voices from Ireland

By Sadayasihi on Mon, 25 Jun, 2018 - 17:48

Here is a short podcast with members of the Irish Sangha discussing what has motivated them, and what continues to inspire them, to practice the Dharma. From ‘finding my friends’ and a sense of meaning to life, to building a Buddha-land and being able to practice within one’s own culture, Jnanadhara, Vajrashura, and Pavara together with Mitras Julie, Sean and Kristina share their thoughts.

Recorded in the Dublin Buddhist Centre during Triratna Day in April 2018.

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Buddhist Centre Features
Buddhist Centre Features

5 Years Of The Buddhist Centre Online: #5 Meditation for Transformation

By Sadayasihi on Thu, 14 Jun, 2018 - 16:51

5 Years Of The Buddhist Centre Online: #5 Meditation for Transformation

By Sadayasihi on Thu, 14 Jun, 2018 - 16:51

“The object of meditation is to transform oneself, not to have good meditations”

Sangharakshita, Peace is a Fire

What Meditation Is and What It Isn’t
Often one of the first things one learns when one comes into contact with Buddhism - and sometimes even before that - is meditation. However, it is not always clear exactly what meditation is, or easy to articulate it! In the last 5 years of The Buddhist Centre Online there have...
Triratna News
Triratna News

It's Buddhist Action Month!

By Sadayasihi on Fri, 1 Jun, 2018 - 14:51
  • On the 16th June Dharma Action Network for Climate Engagement (DANCE) London are holding a silent protest vigil outside Barclays Bank in Piccadilly Circus in London.

It's Buddhist Action Month!

By Sadayasihi on Fri, 1 Jun, 2018 - 14:51

The 1st June marks the start of Buddhist Action Month, a festival of social action which is being marked by many Buddhist groups across the UK and Europe.  In Triratna, Sanghas across our community have been preparing for this event and incorporating events and activities in their various programmes.

In Southampton in the UK there will be talks on the theme of transformation, a workshop exploring Engaged Buddhism through the work of Joanna Macy, an India evening and a special...
Triratna News
Triratna News

New Inter-Buddhist Union formed in Ireland

By Sadayasihi on Mon, 9 Apr, 2018 - 16:37
  • Front, from left, IBU president Rev Myozan Kodo Kilroy of Zen Buddhism Ireland, IBU secretary Kieron Lawlor. Back, from left, IBU treasurer Alison Lopez, of Kagyu Samye Dzong Dublin, IBU trustee Maitrikaya of the Dublin Buddhist Centre, and IBU trustee from the Jampa Ling Tibetan Buddhist Centre.

New Inter-Buddhist Union formed in Ireland

By Sadayasihi on Mon, 9 Apr, 2018 - 16:37

Maitrikaya from the Dublin Buddhist Centre writes: “On March 24th 2018 at the historic Rotunda building in Dublin a meeting took place to establish the Irish Buddhist Union (IBU) to represent Buddhism in Ireland. The IBU is a new umbrella association of Buddhist Sanghas and Organisations in Ireland. It is envisioned as a fellowship of Irish Buddhists, intending to bring Buddhist ideas and principles to the attention of wider Irish society.

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