A little photo documentary showing Buddhafield (and friends) putting up the 450-person food tent for the International Retreat… Click through the images (the < and > buttons) to track its progress!
There’s lots of hard work to be done setting up the International Retreat - but we’re determined to make the setup itself as much of a retreat as possible… Here’s some beautiful mantra chanting from the evening Puja.
By lokabandhu on Sun, 27 May, 2012 - 10:53There’s still nearly a week to go before Triratna’s big International Retreat starts - but already the Buddhafield caravan has rolled in to Taraloka and the set-up work has started, transforming a farmer’s field into a temporary Pure Land where 450 people will be gathering to ‘Imagine the Buddha’. We’ll be bringing you regular updates as we approach the week - and doing all we can to help everyone - wherever in the world you might be -...
By Candradasa on Fri, 25 May, 2012 - 18:38Hi, I’m Candradasa and I’ll be helping run the International Retreat online. We hope it’ll be a space to get excited about what’s to come on the weekend and somewhere you can keep all the connections going long after the last fire has burned out and the last mantra faded into the summer’s night air…
We’ll be tweeting and posting wee recordings, uploading pictures and video from the retreat itself, and generally keeping its spirit alive in the many...
By lokabandhu on Fri, 25 May, 2012 - 17:47Viriyalila writes to say - “Free Buddhist Audio will be on the International Retreat and is looking for volunteers to help promote their work. We need several hands to help with setting up and taking down our tent as well as people throughout the retreat to share with others members of our community what they love about free buddhist audio. Interested? Get in touch! I’m at viriyalila [at] freebuddhistaudio.com. We are supremely grateful for...
By lokabandhu on Fri, 25 May, 2012 - 09:55Here’s some details of the draft programme for the 2012 International Retreat, all revolving around the theme of ‘Imagining the Buddha’. There’ll be plenty else going on of course: meditation, shrines, food, story-telling, the Kids Area, and more. Amongst all that, the main Dharma input will be -
Talks Ratnaguna: The Voice of the Buddha - often we might imagine what the Buddha looked like, or we reflect on what he taught. But in his talk Ratnaguna will try...
