Taraloka Retreat Centre
Taraloka Retreat Centre

Vajra Energy: Creative Symbols of Tantric Buddhism

By Maitrisiddhi on Wed, 1 Nov, 2023 - 14:33

Vajra Energy: Creative Symbols of Tantric Buddhism

By Maitrisiddhi on Wed, 1 Nov, 2023 - 14:33

Free up your energies! Enter a world of colour and magic!  Our essential original nature is vajra -  pure -  the nature of freedom.  But how can we access this in direct experience?  This is what Tantric Buddhism is all about – touching direct experience of what we most deeply are, through symbol and myth, ritual and mantra.   Come and explore the Five Buddha Mandala, great guru Padmasambhava, Dakinis, Cremation Grounds and more….  

A retreat for Mitras, 26 Jan - 2 Feb 2024

Led by Maitrisiddhi, Sahajatara and Kusalasara

Taraloka Retreat Centre
Taraloka Retreat Centre

Delve into the luminous Bodhicaryavatara!

By nataliak on Sat, 7 Jan, 2023 - 14:48

Delve into the luminous Bodhicaryavatara!

By nataliak on Sat, 7 Jan, 2023 - 14:48

Attn: Mitras… We have places available on An Ordinary Person’s Guide to Becoming a Bodhisattva, from 27th Jan - 3rd Feb. Led by the experienced team of Maitrisiddhi, Sahajatara and Kusalasara, this is a fabulous opportunity to delve into the rich teachings of the Bodhicaryavatara.

Provocative and poetic, uncompromising and deeply kind: Shantideva’s Bodhicaryavatara, ‘Guide to the Bodhisattva Path’ gives us a path of vision and a path of transformation. How can we engage all of ourselves - messy, passionate, loving-hating beings that we...

Windhorse Publications
Windhorse Publications

Announcing The Complete Works Study Bundle

By Windhorse Publi... on Fri, 11 Mar, 2022 - 10:00

Announcing The Complete Works Study Bundle

By Windhorse Publi... on Fri, 11 Mar, 2022 - 10:00

We’re excited to announce a new, money-saving way of buying volumes from The Complete Works of Sangharakshita: The Complete Works Study Bundle.

The Study Bundle is made up of six volumes that contain much of the required and recommended reading for the four-year mitra study course and for the series of ordination training retreats for mitras who have asked for ordination.

There are three variations of The Complete Works Study Bundle: hardback, paperback and eBook, costing £120, £90 and £60 respectively. All are great...

Successful Community Living
Successful Community Living

Room available in Mixed Community Croydon

By Carol Robertson on Sun, 8 Apr, 2018 - 16:53

Room available in Mixed Community Croydon

By Carol Robertson on Sun, 8 Apr, 2018 - 16:53

Carol and Malcolm are mitras in ordination training in Croydon. We have a room available immediately in our small community. Do get in touch for more information.

Centro Budista de la Ciudad de México
Centro Budista de la Ciudad de México

Retiro de Profundización de Meditación para Mitras

By viryakirti on Sun, 23 Jul, 2017 - 22:25

Retiro de Profundización de Meditación para Mitras

By viryakirti on Sun, 23 Jul, 2017 - 22:25

Centro de Retiros “El Zopilote” de Xochitepec, Morelos
del Jueves 14 al Domingo 17 de septiembre, 2017

La meditación es la herramienta principal de transformación que ha desarrollado el Budismo, existen varios sistemas que agrupan los métodos para generar paso a paso de forma efectiva esta transformación. Uno de los sistemas principales que la Comunidad Budista Triratna practica es el que consiste en 4 estadíos: de integración, de emoción positiva, de muerte espiritual y de renacimiento espiritual.

En este retiro veremos éste sistema...

Mitra Support
Mitra Support

Tips On Using This Support Space

By Centre Team on Wed, 22 Feb, 2017 - 18:29

Tips On Using This Support Space

By Centre Team on Wed, 22 Feb, 2017 - 18:29

Introduction
Here’s a quick guide to using this space, including tips on some of its features and the main kinds of posts you can make. If you need technical support at any time, please do get in touch at support [at] thebuddhistcentre.com and we’ll be glad to help! If you want to contact us privately for any other reason, please get in touch at mitrasupport [at] thebuddhistcentre.com.

Taking part
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Centro Budista de Cuernavaca
Centro Budista de Cuernavaca

New mitras in Cuernavaca

By Nagapriya on Wed, 16 Nov, 2016 - 18:37

New mitras in Cuernavaca

By Nagapriya on Wed, 16 Nov, 2016 - 18:37

New Mitras in Cuernavaca, Mexico

On Sangha Day, November 13, 2016, we welcomed 4 new mitras into the Triratna mitra community at the Cuernavaca Buddhist Centre in the context of a Sevenfold puja. These fine people are:

Guadalupe Levy

Miguel Arroyo

Viviana Ramírez Saborió

Emilio Osorio

Sadhu to them!

Nagapriya (Chair)

Mitra Support
Mitra Support

First Ever Online Mitra Ceremony

By Candradasa on Wed, 27 Jul, 2016 - 20:47

First Ever Online Mitra Ceremony

By Candradasa on Wed, 27 Jul, 2016 - 20:47

*UPDATE* You can now watch a great short film about the event on Triratna News.

To watch again as-live, please view via Facebook Videos. You will need a Facebook account to watch this.

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Finding a video of a Mitra ceremony from the past this week seemed a good prompt to let you know about a further step into a digitally connected future with our first ever online Mitra Ceremony

Our...

Centro Budista de Cuernavaca
Centro Budista de Cuernavaca

4 new mitras at Centro Budista de Cuernavaca

By Nagapriya on Wed, 25 May, 2016 - 16:32

4 new mitras at Centro Budista de Cuernavaca

By Nagapriya on Wed, 25 May, 2016 - 16:32

On Buddha Day, May 22, 2016, we welcomed four more mitras into the Triratna Mitra Sangha here in Mexico witnessed by around 100 people.

These wonderful people are:

Edith Palacios

Oscar Villegas

Paul Klein

Rodrigo Morales

Paul´s mother, Sabine, is already a mitra within our community and Rodrigo is just 15. We don´t know but he may be the youngest mitra in the world…

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