Tag: India

Dharmaduta touring in India

By lokabandhu on Sun, 27 Jan, 2013 - 05:49Ujukarin is a Dutch Order Member regularly visiting and teaching Triratna groups in both India and Sri Lanka. Here he writes with some reflections on his recent India visit, saying - “Here’s a small set of reflections based on a 10-day ‘Dharmaduta tour’ I made recently through southern Maharastra ending in Karnataka (Dharmaduta is a traditional term meaning ‘messenger of the Dharma’) I do these regularly as a ‘small fish’ in the ‘big Indian pond’ of Sangha activities, partly to...

Seventh ‘Excellence Retreat’ held in India

By lokabandhu on Thu, 3 Jan, 2013 - 16:28Jivak, an Order Member from Pune in India, writes with news of their latest and very successful ‘Excellence Retreat’ held at Triratna’s Bhaja Retreat Centre. He says - “The retreat was attended by more than 90 people and ran from 21st to 25th of December. These retreats are structured for professionals like doctors, engineers, IT professionals and high ranked government officials. There were many young Buddhists and non-Buddhists, who were very enthusiastic and lively throughout the retreat.

Each...