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The International Urban Retreat 2015: less than a week away!

By Munisha on Mon, 16 Nov, 2015 - 16:14

The International Urban Retreat 2015: less than a week away!

By Munisha on Mon, 16 Nov, 2015 - 16:14

Next Saturday sees the start of Triratna’s International Urban Retreat 2015. The theme this year is the Greater Mandala - Sangharakshita’s teachings on the spiritual importance of learning to waste time (and how live a life more beautiful, rather than one that is merely useful and efficient.) Join the retreat online.

Want to go on retreat next week? No time or money? This is a retreat you can do in the midst of everyday life at home and work, with others or by...

International Retreat 2014

Dawn Ritual to the Buddha of the East - A Flavour of the International Retreat...

By Candradasa on Tue, 6 May, 2014 - 14:22

Dawn Ritual to the Buddha of the East - A Flavour of the International Retreat...

By Candradasa on Tue, 6 May, 2014 - 14:22If you’d like a wee flavour of the magic and mystery of the event, here’s a video from the online archive of our 2012 International Retreat on the theme of ‘Imagining the Buddha’. It was made by Lokabandhu (on his ‘not-smart’ phone!) very early in the morning on the last day of the retreat:

“On the last full day we held a 24-hour cycle of ceremonies to the Buddhas of the Four Directions, starting with a Dawn...

Imagine the Buddha

Dawn Ritual to the Buddha of the East

By lokabandhu on Mon, 4 Jun, 2012 - 19:30

Dawn Ritual to the Buddha of the East

By lokabandhu on Mon, 4 Jun, 2012 - 19:30On the last full day of the International Retreat, we held a 24-hour cycle of ceremonies to the Buddhas of the Four Directions, starting with a Dawn Ritual to Akshobya, the Buddha of the East… 4.45am, the birds were singing, the sky was red, and 60 buddhists began their day of practice…