In February 2016, all members of the Order are invited to an international Order retreat on Triratna’s Three Jewels Centre at Bodhgaya, India. Book now!
Get a flavour of what’s in store with this 8-minute Clear Vision NewsByte report from the last such retreat, in February 2015.
In February 2015 an International Order Retreat took place at the Three Jewels Centre at Bodh Gaya. Subhuti led the retreat with a team from India and the West.
All order members are invited to attend the next one in February 2016.
As part of our Buddhist Voices series, Abhayagita - whose name means ‘Song of Fearlessness’ - tells us (in English y en español) about her project to take women on pilgrimage from Mexico to India in the footsteps of the Buddha. En route we hear about her home country’s engagement with the Dharma, and end up in a fascinating space around Aztec and Mayan culture as fertile native soil for the Dharma to take root…
We are delighted to announce the ordinations of the following men at Hsuan Tsang Retreat centre, Bordharan, India, on 11th October 2015.
Public preceptor Amoghasiddhi Private preceptor Amrutdeep Y. K Jagatap from Thane becomes Pradnyaveer, which means “Wise hero”. Private preceptor Nagaketu Dhanaraj Dabrase from Katol becomes Karunaratna, which means “The jewel of compassion”. Dattuji Gadage from Varud becomes Bodhinandan, which means “One who rejoices in Enlightenment”. Prakash Adhav from Varud becomes Tejomuni, which means “An illustrious sage”. ...
On this day, 14th October 1956, Dr BR Ambedkar publicly converted to Buddhism, followed by hundreds of thousands of his followers, fellow members of India’s Scheduled Castes, escaping their oppression as what were formerly termed “Untouchable” people. Such mass conversions continue to this day.
As a little girl, Jnanasuri was there at the ceremony in Nagpur. Today she is the most senior Dhammacharini in India; one of Triratna’s two Indian female public preceptors, responsible for the training of the 850 Indian women currently...
I’m thinking about the upcoming Order Retreat in Bodhgaya, and it reminded me to post some of my thoughts from my visit to India last year.
It soon became evident that the Order retreat was powered by a band of brothers, some very good friends who had taken on organising the retreat. Watching their ease of working with each other, their laughter and joking, it reminded me of the team at Tiratanaloka and I was interested to hear their story.
How many mitras do you know? If you are reading this in India, the answer is probably, A lot!
There are around 10,000 mitras in India (where they are known as dhammamitras), including a staggering 850 women who have asked for ordination. With numbers like this, the Indian Mitra Convenors have their work cut out. This year, so far, they have organised three large mitra conventions.
We’re delighted to announce that the following women were publicly ordained on 30th August at Ven. Hsuan Tsang Retreat Centre, Bor Dharan, Maharashtra, India:
Private Preceptor Vijaya Public Preceptor Jnanasuri Anita Thool (South West Nagpur) becomes Amritanandi Asha Nakhale (North Nagpur) becomes Shwetchitta Shila Walke (North Nagpur) becomes Shubhrachitta Kusum Tembhurne (Pimpri Centre Pune) becomes Amritdharini Yamu Dhone (Amravati) becomes Amritamaya Prabha Shende (Amravati) becomes Ojoratna Chanda Gedam (Amravati) becomes Aryasri Anusaya Bhagat (Wardha) becomes Vinayasri Sindhu...
This event organized for the student who didn’t achieve percentage as per their expectation in SSC Board exam. All are watching inspiring video clip in PTP’s office. This clip would help them to overcome !