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Triratna in Kerala - a report

By lokabandhu on Thu, 29 Mar, 2012 - 05:37

By lokabandhu on Thu, 29 Mar, 2012 - 05:37Triratna has been established in India for well over thirty years now, with a dozen or more Buddhist Centres, several hundred Order Members and well over 5,000 Mitras. In recent years, however, it has begun to expand more vigorously from its base in Maharastra, central India - and today we bring you the first of several reports from some of its more pioneering activities in that great county. Central to Triratna’s expansion is the Nagarjuna Training Institute in Nagpur where...

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Triratna computer training projects take off in India

By lokabandhu on Wed, 29 Feb, 2012 - 06:16

Triratna computer training projects take off in India

By lokabandhu on Wed, 29 Feb, 2012 - 06:16Today’s long report features Shakyajata, an English woman Order Member recently returned from India, who writes with news of Aryaloka, Triratna’s computer training project in Nagpur, central India: a training project for young men and women in the latest computer skills . She says - “I have been in India a while now, and am beginning to adjust to the very different life here. The contrast with my comfortable life in Manchester, is of course quite sharp: personal comfort and...

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Buddhist Youth Gather in India: BLAST EAST!

By lokabandhu on Thu, 16 Feb, 2012 - 05:28

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Buddhist Youth Gather in India: BLAST EAST!

By lokabandhu on Thu, 16 Feb, 2012 - 05:28Ever wondered what a retreat in India might be like? Read on… or click ‘play’! Samuel Rawlings, Subhuti’s secretary, writes with news and a most delightful video (BLAST EAST!) shot on the 6th annual convention of India’s National Network of Buddhist Youth (NNBY).

He says: “The NNBY Convention saw some 400 young Buddhists gathered together for a week of celebration, study and play. Activities included Dhamma study, film screenings, Puja, work...

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Full Moon Purnima Pujas Celebrated in India

By lokabandhu on Wed, 15 Feb, 2012 - 06:22

Full Moon Purnima Pujas Celebrated in India

By lokabandhu on Wed, 15 Feb, 2012 - 06:22Nagamitra writes from India, where he works at Nagaloka, Triratna’s social and Dhamma training complex in Nagpur, Maharastra. Following ancient Buddhist tradition, they’ve recently started celebrating the full moons with night-time meditations, known as Purnima Pujas. He says -

“Dear Friends, full moon Purnima Puja meditations are now regular activities in Nagaloka. Since the opening of our Big Buddha statue last year we have run this activity on every full moon evening. Each month nearly 200 men and women...

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Karuna support ground-breaking legal case in India

By lokabandhu on Wed, 1 Feb, 2012 - 06:11

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Karuna support ground-breaking legal case in India

By lokabandhu on Wed, 1 Feb, 2012 - 06:11Andrea writes from Triratna’s Karuna Trust with news of a ground-breaking legal victory won by one of Karuna’s Indian project partners, the Human Rights Law Network (HRLN). The case was the first time perpetrators of a caste atrocity - still common in India - have been brought to justice by receiving life imprisonment under the Prevention of Atrocities Act (1989). She says -

“The Mirchpur Dalit atrocity case concerns a Dalit father and daughter,...

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First Indian Buddhist Artists' Retreat

By lokabandhu on Mon, 30 Jan, 2012 - 10:38

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First Indian Buddhist Artists' Retreat

By lokabandhu on Mon, 30 Jan, 2012 - 10:38Samuel Rawlings, Subhuti’s secretary, writes from India with news of an exciting new Triratna venture: the first-ever Indian Buddhist Artists’ Retreat. He says -

“The event was the first of its kind to take place in India, with artists coming from all corners of the sub-continent to explore the relationship between Art and the Buddha-Dhamma. Most of the participants were from a Dalit background, and it was very moving to hear how deeply they had all struggled to produce...

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News from Kerala and Jai Bhim International

By lokabandhu on Wed, 25 Jan, 2012 - 05:26

News from Kerala and Jai Bhim International

By lokabandhu on Wed, 25 Jan, 2012 - 05:26Dayamudra, an American Order Member with strong links to India, writes from Kerala, where she’s recently completed her third tour and retreat in south India with the growing Triratna team there, where they are known as ‘Jai Bhim Kerala’. She says -

“Dear Friends- Our team has just concluded our 6-day Communicative English and Basic Buddhism Retreat in Kollam, Kerala, in southwest India. It was our 3rd annual collaboration with the Jai Bhim Kerala team and we...

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News from India: Subhuti and the National Network of Buddhist Youth convention

By lokabandhu on Sun, 1 Jan, 2012 - 09:43

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News from India: Subhuti and the National Network of Buddhist Youth convention

By lokabandhu on Sun, 1 Jan, 2012 - 09:43First Triratna News story for 2012 comes from India, where Sam Rawlings writes with news of Subhuti and NNBY - India’s ‘National Network of Buddhist Youth’. He says - “Subhuti is currently in the middle of 400 young Buddhists at our National Network of Buddhist Youth Convention 2012 here at Bordharan Retreat Centre in Maharashtra. They’re gathering for their 6th consecutive year to study, fraternize, and organise themselves facing global challenges of the new century under the...

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Giant Triratna retreat in South India draws to a close

By lokabandhu on Thu, 29 Dec, 2011 - 18:41

Giant Triratna retreat in South India draws to a close

By lokabandhu on Thu, 29 Dec, 2011 - 18:41One of Triratna’s largest retreats has recently drawn to a close, in Gulbarga, in the south India state of Karnataka. Manimaran, who was there, sends us this report, saying -

“Dear Brothers and Sisters in Dhamma, I just came back after attending the PRABUDDHABHARAT RETREAT in December 2011 at the wonderful Siddhartha Buddha Vihar, at Gulbarga in Karnataka State, South India. More than 600 men and women participated in the retreat from all different states in india,...

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Unique Triratna Retreat Starts in Kerala, South India

By lokabandhu on Sat, 24 Dec, 2011 - 05:41

Unique Triratna Retreat Starts in Kerala, South India

By lokabandhu on Sat, 24 Dec, 2011 - 05:41Today sees the start of a unique Triratna retreat held annually in Kerala, South India - a 6-day residential “communicative English retreat” for 60 Keralan students including around 30 girls. It’s a collaboration between Jai Bhim Kerala and the San Francisco-based Jai Bhim International, and brings together Indians and Westerners to study and practice simultaneously the Dharma and spoken English. Dayamudra, director of Jai Bhim International and newly-ordained, writes with more details. She says - “This year will...

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