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Guhyaloka For the Ages

Guhyaloka for the Ages

By jyotika on Mon, 12 May, 2025 - 20:11

Guhyaloka for the Ages

By jyotika on Mon, 12 May, 2025 - 20:11

Guhyaloka - the ‘Secret Valley’ - has been the Triratna Buddhist Community’s primary place for men’s ordination since 1987. Over 600 men have become Order members there. It has therefore been vitally important in helping to shape what the Triratna community offers the world today. 

But for it to thrive into the future, Guhyaloka needs to undergo major renovations, all of which require financial support. 

To find out how you can help, please visit ...

Padmaloka Retreat Centre
Padmaloka Retreat Centre

An Invitation to our February Men's Great Gathering weekend.

By Candradipa on Sun, 23 Dec, 2018 - 10:12

An Invitation to our February Men's Great Gathering weekend.

By Candradipa on Sun, 23 Dec, 2018 - 10:12

In this video, co-leaders Akuppa and Padmasagara invite you to our first Men’s Great Gathering weekend of 2019 from 15th-17th February.

The weekend is open to those familiar with the Mindfulness of Breathing and Metta Bhavana meditation practices and open to Buddhist ritual as practised within Triratna.

Triratna News
Triratna News

Year-long retreat starts at Guhyaloka

By lokabandhu on Mon, 14 Jan, 2013 - 10:38

Year-long retreat starts at Guhyaloka

By lokabandhu on Mon, 14 Jan, 2013 - 10:38Sunday January 13th 2013 will be a day to remember for five men up at Guhyaloka, Triratna’s mountain retreat centre in Spain. Following an open day for interested locals on the Saturday, on Sunday they started a one-year retreat with a ceremony to ‘close’ El Collao, their new community, built over the past three years on land a few miles away from the main retreat facilities - and fittingly renamed Uttaraloka, ‘the highest place’ or ‘the...