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Free Buddhist Audio

FBA Podcast: Freedom

By Zac on Sat, 24 Sep, 2022 - 06:00

Surata wanders delightfully all over the subject of ‘freedom’ in the context of life in a Buddhist Order. He discusses freedom of mind, freedom of choice, freedom of heart, as well as the dangers of group behaviour in communities and the joys of sharing in an ideal. Personable and disarming as ever…

Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2005

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Dharmabyte: Tiratana Vandana Morning Chanting At Padmaloka

By Zac on Thu, 22 Sep, 2022 - 06:00

A recording of the salutation to the Three Jewels, the Tiratanavandana, chanted in the Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2020.

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Dharmabyte: Whatever Leads to Dispassion

By Zac on Thu, 15 Sep, 2022 - 06:00

Elucidating the fifth stage of purification, Nagapriya shares a favored teaching to differentiate what helps us progress spiritually, and what does not. 

Excerpted from the talk Cherish the Doctrine given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2002.

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Shakyamuni: Sage of the Shakyan Clan - A Young Men's Retreat

By Satyakirti on Sun, 7 Aug, 2022 - 15:08

Shakyamuni: Sage of the Shakyan Clan - A Young Men's Retreat

By Satyakirti on Sun, 7 Aug, 2022 - 15:08

‘They call him Buddha, Enlightened, Awake, dissolving darkness, with total vision, and knowing the world to its ends, he has gone beyond all the states of being and of becoming. He has no inner poison-drives: he is the total elimination of suffering.’
Pingiya’s Praises of the Way to the Beyond

On this weekend we will dwell on the life and teachings of the Buddha Shakyamuni: Sage of the Shakyan clan.

Discoverer of the way to Enlightenment, Shakyamuni Buddha is the one who’s lineage...

Padmaloka Retreat Centre
Padmaloka Retreat Centre

The Padmaloka 2022 Programme - Live and Ready for Bookings

By Satyakirti on Fri, 3 Sep, 2021 - 12:42

The Padmaloka 2022 Programme - Live and Ready for Bookings

By Satyakirti on Fri, 3 Sep, 2021 - 12:42

There is a full programme of open retreats, GFR retreats and Order retreats including new themes:

The Ultimate Man: An introductory weekend on the Buddha as The Ultimate Man, where we will explore the power of the Buddha’s wisdom as exemplified in the story of his extraordinary life.
28th to 30th January

Traversing the Imaginal World: An introductory weekend on the Buddha as The Ultimate Man, where we will explore the power of the Buddha’s wisdom as exemplified in the story of his extraordinary life.
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College of Public Preceptors
College of Public Preceptors

Ordinations at Padmaloka

By Vajrashura on Thu, 26 Aug, 2021 - 20:10

Ordinations at Padmaloka

By Vajrashura on Thu, 26 Aug, 2021 - 20:10

We are very happy to announce the Public Ordinations of the following 16 men at Padmaloka on Thursday, 26.8.2021


Public Preceptor: Satyaraja

Larry Butler becomes Sukhema, meaning “He who is very peaceful, at ease”. Private Preceptor: Vajragupta

Don Allan becomes Dhirajyoti, meaning “He whose gentleness and steadiness make him radiant”. Private Preceptor: Amoghavira

Kevin McConnell becomes Shraddhavan, meaning “He who possesses faith”. Private Preceptor: Khemaka

David Elliott becomes Akashaja, meaning “He who is born from the qualities of the sky”. Private Preceptor: Jinapalita

Giles Watts becomes Sarahadaya, meaning “He who keeps what is essential at heart”. Private Preceptor: Rijumitra

Steven Hutton becomes Akashapala, meaning “He who...

Padmaloka Retreat Centre
Padmaloka Retreat Centre

August Ordinations at Padmaloka

By Satyakirti on Thu, 26 Aug, 2021 - 14:30

August Ordinations at Padmaloka

By Satyakirti on Thu, 26 Aug, 2021 - 14:30

This year at Padmaloka we have hosted two Ordination retreats so far, and in just under two weeks we will be starting a third, where sixteen men will be going forth from their previous identities and lives and stepping into the world of the Dharmachariya and the Triratna Buddhist Order.

The Public Ordinations will be taking place on the 26th of August at 14.30 (BST), and they will again be live-streamed from the Padmaloka shrine room and available to watch on our...

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