Tag: Order in India

India Dhamma Trust: "At the heart of a peaceful Dhamma Revolution"

Mitra Convention Nagpur

By vajratara on Sun, 24 Jan, 2016 - 19:12

Mitra Convention Nagpur

By vajratara on Sun, 24 Jan, 2016 - 19:12

The Indian Dhammamitra convention 2016 has just finished at Dikshabhoomi (where the first mass conversions took place with Dr Amedkar), Nagpur. Around 700 Dhammamitras from all over India participated in a two day event where they explored the theme Dr. Ambedkar & Buddhism. What a gathering! Your support of the India Dhamma Trust made this possible.

India Dhamma Trust: "At the heart of a peaceful Dhamma Revolution"

A story from India of what friendship can do

By vajratara on Tue, 29 Sep, 2015 - 12:14

A story from India of what friendship can do

By vajratara on Tue, 29 Sep, 2015 - 12:14

I’m thinking about the upcoming Order Retreat in Bodhgaya, and it reminded me to post some of my thoughts from my visit to India last year.

It soon became evident that the Order retreat was powered by a band of brothers, some very good friends who had taken on organising the retreat. Watching their ease of working with each other, their laughter and joking, it reminded me of the team at Tiratanaloka and I was interested to hear their story.

They met in...