Buddhist Centre Features
Buddhist Centre Features

Communication, Friendship & Ordination - Autism & the Triratna Buddhist Community: Part Three

By Centre Team on Sat, 17 Jun, 2023 - 13:25

Communication, Friendship & Ordination - Autism & the Triratna Buddhist Community: Part Three

By Centre Team on Sat, 17 Jun, 2023 - 13:25

Continuing our series of conversations on the subject of autism within The Triratna Buddhist Community, we rejoin Ratnaguna and Prajnanandi for another episode, focusing this time on communication and the development of friendship.

With so much emphasis in our community on the importance of establishing deep spiritual friendships, Prajnanandi shares her experience of how building such relationships can present significant challenges for someone who is neurodiverse.

We also discuss the ordination process within the Triratna Buddhist Community and unpack why many neurodiverse practitioners may...

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Ordinations at Guhyaloka

By Maitreyabandhu on Mon, 29 May, 2023 - 18:01

Ordinations at Guhyaloka

By Maitreyabandhu on Mon, 29 May, 2023 - 18:01

Dear Order Members,

We are delighted to announce the ordinations of the following nineteen men at Guhyaloka on Monday 29th May 2023.

with metta,

Mahamati, Jnanavaca and Maitreyabandhu


Public preceptor Mahamati

Jurgen Poehl becomes Kshantirava - ’He whose patience is like a roar’
Emphasis on the first syllable
Private preceptor Amogharatna

Markus Zechel becomes Upeksharava - ’He whose equanimity is like a roar’
Emphasis on the second...

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Triratna News

Ordination at the Birmingham Buddhist Centre

By Mahamati on Fri, 5 May, 2023 - 10:31

Ordination at the Birmingham Buddhist Centre

By Mahamati on Fri, 5 May, 2023 - 10:31

I am delighted to announce the public ordination of David White from Birmingham at the Birmingham Buddhist Centre on 4th May 2023.

David becomes Danabandhu, a Sanskrit name meaning “He who is a friend of giving”.

Prajnabandhu is the Private Preceptor, and Mahamati is the Public Preceptor.

Yours in the Sangha,

Mahamati

College of Public Preceptors
College of Public Preceptors

Chair's Letter – April 2023

By ratnavyuha on Tue, 2 May, 2023 - 10:57

Chair's Letter – April 2023

By ratnavyuha on Tue, 2 May, 2023 - 10:57

This month’s update from the College comes from Ratnavyuha – a Public Preceptor living in Auckland, who is not long back from leading an ordination course at Sudarshanaloka. He is one of the Deputy Chairs of the College. Ratnavyuha met Triratna at Aryaloka in North America, and a few years later moved to train for ordination in the UK, working at Windhorse Trading, and being ordained at Guhyaloka in 1999. In 2004 he moved to Oceania where he has been based ever...

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Free Buddhist Audio

Dharmabytes: Convention in India

By Zac on Mon, 24 Apr, 2023 - 06:00

Subhadramati shares her experience traveling to India for the International Order Convention. Excerpted from the talk Ordination and the Unity of the Sangha giving at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre as part of a series on the Six Distinctive Emphasis of the Triratna Buddhist Community. A talk full of energy, insight and inspiration on Ordination within Triratna, given in 2016.

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