Tag: India

Karuna's Bonny Bodhi Fundraisers

By Andrea@Karuna on Tue, 11 Sep, 2012 - 12:25Hi everyone

This lovely group of lasses are Karuna’s Bonny Bodhis - Lucy Spence, Nealey Amber Conquest, Zoe Haugh, Serena Woods and Rachel Ward who are on a 6-week door-to-door fundraising appeal for Karuna in Edinburgh.

They have embarked upon their fundraising journey to raise much needed funds to support Karuna’s work amongst the Dalit and tribal communities in India. Karuna works throughout India helping thousands suffering from caste and other forms of...

New Triratna publication in Gujarati

By lokabandhu on Wed, 18 Jul, 2012 - 05:43Migar, chairman of Triratna’s Buddhist Centre in Ahmedabad, India, writes with news of their newly-translated Gujarati publication. Written by Subhuti, it’s a book exploring the qualities of the ‘True Individual’ - an especially valuable approach to the Dharma in India, where caste identity is so strong. He says - “These are the photos of the inauguration of Dhammchari Subhuti’s book “Individual” (Vyaktittva) which was translated into Gujarati by Dhammamitra Mrs. Sheela Shresthi. The venue is the Jubilee Baug in Baroda,...

Forthcoming ordinations into the Triratna Buddhist Order

By lokabandhu on Tue, 5 Jun, 2012 - 08:26Three major public ordination ceremonies will be held in the next few days, welcoming men and women from around the world into the Triratna Buddhist Order.

From Guhyaloka in Spain, Maniraja writes to say - “The private Ordinations of the men attending the 4 month Guhyaloka retreat will take place between June 2nd and 4th and the public Ordination ceremony - by invitation only - will take place at 12pm local Spanish time on Monday 11th June 2012”. From...

Fourth Alumni conference at Nagaloka, India

By lokabandhu on Sat, 19 May, 2012 - 06:29In our second post from Kerala, South India, we bring news of Triratna’s recent Alumni Conference at Nagaloka, a Dharma and Social training centre for young men and women from all over India. Their graduates have between them created the India-wide Nagarjuna Alumni Association, which met recently in Maharastra for their 4th Alumni conference. Arun from Kerala writes - “Dear friends, Jai Bhim! I would like to share my conference experience with you. It was organized for seven...