Tag: equal ordination

Ordination and the Unity of the Sangha (FBA Podcast)

By Centre Team on Sat, 12 Apr, 2025 - 11:00

Subhadramati gives a talk for Cambridge Sangha night as part of a series on the Six Distinctive Emphasis of the Triratna Buddhist Community. A talk full of energy, insight and inspiration on Ordination within Triratna. Given at Cambridge Buddhist Centre, 2016.

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Tiratanaloka

Tiratanaloka Unlimited - an exciting new project!

By vajratara on Sat, 27 Aug, 2022 - 10:23

Tiratanaloka Unlimited - an exciting new project!

By vajratara on Sat, 27 Aug, 2022 - 10:23

TIRATANALOKA [UN]LIMITED

We’ve outgrown our building. Right now we have waiting lists for most of our retreats and more would come if we could host them. We also need space for a bigger team to support the retreats.

We want a bigger retreat centre so that we can run retreats for at least 60 people and house a community of 12.

Imagine not being limited to only booking for one retreat but being free to follow your own inspiration.

Imagine not having to undergo the...

Dublin Buddhist Centre

Talk by Atulyamitra - Akashavana: Ibex, vultures and spelt bread

By Vajrashura on Wed, 11 Jul, 2018 - 17:06

Atulyamitra gives a very personal talk about her experiences of being on the 2018 Akashavana ordination retreat, on which she was ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order.

This talk was given on a welcome back night for Atulyamitra on Tuesday 10th July 2018 in the Dublin Buddhist Centre.

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Triratna in the Buddhist World

Is Triratna's equal ordination really unique in the Buddhist world?

By Munisha on Tue, 22 Mar, 2016 - 18:19

Is Triratna's equal ordination really unique in the Buddhist world?

By Munisha on Tue, 22 Mar, 2016 - 18:19

Recently someone asked me whether it is true that Triratna is unique in the Buddhist world in ordaining women and men equally, as we often say. Here is my reply, which does not claim to be definitive.

“In bhikkhuni (female) ordination (Theravada and Mahayana) women have to be ordained by women and then also by men, whereas bhikkhus (men) are ordained only by men. ie there is a double ordination for women but not for men.

Its lineage having died out, the ‘double’ Theravada bhikkhuni ordination has...