Community Highlights
Community Highlights

Ordination Training Centres Exploring Triratna @ 50 - Ordination Vows and the Great Gathering

By Sadayasihi on Mon, 29 Jan, 2018 - 17:13

2017 saw the celebrations of 50 years of the Triratna Buddhist Community and 2018 sees the 50th anniversary of the Triratna Buddhist Order.  In this context in the Padmaloka Retreat Centre - which runs ordination training retreats for men - members of the Ordination Team gave talks on each of the 4 acceptance vows, recited during one’s public ordination ceremony.  These vows essentialise what it means to be an order member practising within the Triratna Buddhist Order.  The...

Triratna Young Buddhists
Triratna Young Buddhists

Honouring the King's Sacred Duty - Sanghanistha

By Prajnaketu on Sat, 30 Jul, 2016 - 11:28

In this talk Sanghanistha shares his reflections on one of Sangharakshita’s aphorisms and how this acts as a blueprint for a life that embodies the archetype of the king. A life lived knowing change and directing change by taking responsibility for ourselves as agents of karma, a life lived helping others to also do this and come together to transform the world around us so that it upholds and encourages the highest values.

This was the final talk given at the ‘Awakening...

Triratna Young Buddhists
Triratna Young Buddhists

Authority, Reality, the King - Prajnaketu

By Prajnaketu on Sat, 30 Jul, 2016 - 11:27

Where does genuine authority come from? How can we harness our potential to bring order to our lives and the world? In this engaging and personal talk Prajnaketu explores how the practice of Buddhist ethics awakens the King in all of us. This talk was given at the ‘Awakening the King’ Young Men’s Retreat, April 2016.

Triratna Young Buddhists
Triratna Young Buddhists

The King: Without and Within - Buddhasiha

By Prajnaketu on Sat, 30 Jul, 2016 - 11:25

This talk introduces the archetype of the King, and the qualities it brings to the life of a man. We’re led through a short active imagination, bringing the King to mind, and we then hear how the Buddha is the ultimate of all Kings. This talk was given at the ‘Awakening the King’ Young Men’s Retreat, April 2016.

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