Tag: ECA 2017

Old and new....

By mokshini on Sun, 23 Jul, 2017 - 15:06

Old and new....

By mokshini on Sun, 23 Jul, 2017 - 15:06

After 7 years the chairs decided that it was time to update their ECA group photo! The previous image showed the ECA at their summer meeting at Vajrasana in 2010, so exactly 7 years ago.

Many people who were chairs in 2010 have since moved on … and there are many new faces on the 2017 photo - and of course there are some centres and projects that didn’t yet exist in 2010!

But if you have a spare 5 minutes you...

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Triratna's European Chairs assemble for summer meeting

By Munisha on Thu, 20 Jul, 2017 - 17:23

Triratna's European Chairs assemble for summer meeting

By Munisha on Thu, 20 Jul, 2017 - 17:23

For the next week, the extraordinary, redeveloped Vajrasana Retreat Centre in Suffolk plays host to Triratna’s European Chairs’ Assembly. Sixty leaders of European Buddhist centres and enterprises, including retreat centres, are gathered here, with guests from further afield (and a family of ducks), for meditation, ritual, discussion and business, all in the context of spiritual friendship.

See more pictures and f ollow the meeting over on the ECA’s own space.

The ECA is a very long established and well run...

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European Chairs Assembly July 2017

By mokshini on Thu, 20 Jul, 2017 - 08:21

European Chairs Assembly July 2017

By mokshini on Thu, 20 Jul, 2017 - 08:21

The European Chairs Assembly is taking place 17-27 July 2017 at the LBC’s beautiful new Vajrasana retreat centre in the Suffolk countryside.

Twice a year the chairs from Triratna Buddhist Centres across Europe as well as the chairs or representatives from the main Triratna projects such as the Abhayaratna Trust, Karuna, Clear Vision and Dharmachakra, come together - for a week in January, and 10 days in the summer. It is a significant event in the life of a chair....