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Bristol launch ‘Vajra Volunteers’ scheme

By lokabandhu on Sat, 28 Jul, 2012 - 05:33

Bristol launch ‘Vajra Volunteers’ scheme

By lokabandhu on Sat, 28 Jul, 2012 - 05:33Silajala from Triratna’s Bristol Buddhist Centre writes with news of their latest initiative - the ‘Vajra Volunteers’ scheme, which sounds like a great initiative that could be copied all over Triratna! He describes it thus: - “Do you have odd jobs that you just never seem to get round to? Of course you do! Silly question really isn’t it? You know the sort of thing: repairing the garden fence, clearing out the loft, re-decorating the kitchen, clearing the...

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Questions invited for upcoming seminar on Right Livelihood with Subhuti

By lokabandhu on Fri, 27 Jul, 2012 - 06:14

Questions invited for upcoming seminar on Right Livelihood with Subhuti

By lokabandhu on Fri, 27 Jul, 2012 - 06:14Keturaja writes from Windhorse:evolution, Triratna’s largest and most successful Right Livelihood business, saying - “I’m excited that Subhuti has agreed to do a seminar on the theme of Right Livelihood with the management team of Windhorse:evolution on 27th and 28th August. Those working in the business have been reflecting on questions and topics to explore with him. We’d also like to give others in the Triratna community the opportunity to suggest topics and questions to put to him - so...

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Lama’s Pyjamas raises £27,000 for the London Buddhist Centre

By lokabandhu on Wed, 20 Jun, 2012 - 06:05

Lama’s Pyjamas raises £27,000 for the London Buddhist Centre

By lokabandhu on Wed, 20 Jun, 2012 - 06:05Padmalila writes from Lama’s Pyjamas in London - a charity shop attached to Triratna’s London Buddhist Centre - with news of their remarkable success in raising money for Vajrasana, the LBC’s retreat centre in Suffolk. She says - “At our recent Buddha Day festival Claudine presented a giant cheque for £27 thousand pounds to the London Buddhist Centre on behalf of Lama’s Pyjamas.

This is the profit we made last year and it will make a...

New Ventures

Who's thinking of what?

By lokabandhu on Mon, 18 Jun, 2012 - 15:44

Who's thinking of what?

By lokabandhu on Mon, 18 Jun, 2012 - 15:44There’s over sixty people and proto-teams around Triratna with ideas for new Right Livelihood projects - social, Dharma, or business - in the UK/Europe alone. You can see a very brief summary of the currrent list at tinyurl.com/newtriratnaplans. Now we have this page on thebuddhistcentre we’d like to invite everyone to post little outlines of their ideas here - that way we can start to hook up with others and gather the teams and skills we need...

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Windhorse:evolution host series of talks on Right Livelihood

By lokabandhu on Thu, 15 Dec, 2011 - 05:50

Windhorse:evolution host series of talks on Right Livelihood

By lokabandhu on Thu, 15 Dec, 2011 - 05:50Throughout 2011 Windhorse:evolution, Triratna’s largest business, has been hosting a series of talks on Right Livelihood. The fourth, given by Saddharaja, is now available on-line, in which he speaks on the challenging theme of ‘Work-Place Politics and Creativity’ as seen from a Buddhist point of view.

After a introducing his subject via the dramatic Tudor dynasty of the English Middle Ages, he identifies the more unpleasant components of work-place politics, which he sees as rivalry,...

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Windhorse:Evolution grow, open two new shops

By lokabandhu on Mon, 14 Nov, 2011 - 11:30

Windhorse:Evolution grow, open two new shops

By lokabandhu on Mon, 14 Nov, 2011 - 11:30Keturaja and Aryajaya write from Windhorse:Evolution with news of two new shop openings in the UK. Windhorse:Evolution is the largest and most profitable of Triratna’s Right Livelihood businesses, employing over 200 people. They say - “We have always aimed to make a profit to give away as dana, and since Windhorse started in 1980 have donated over £5 million pounds to many different projects in the Triratna Buddhist Community. Trading conditions have been difficult since the ...

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Job opportunities around Triratna

By lokabandhu on Fri, 30 Sep, 2011 - 05:49

Job opportunities around Triratna

By lokabandhu on Fri, 30 Sep, 2011 - 05:49A number of job opportunities are currently available in several of Triratna’s Right Livelihood businesses. Full details are available on the Triratna Jobs website, but here’s the highlights -

Windhorse Publications, the Triratna Buddhist Community’s publisher, seeks a Publishing Controller to work in their Cambridge offices. Also in Cambridge UK, there’s two vacancies at Windhorse:Evolution, Triratna’s largest and most successful right livelihood business.

Down in London there’s also two job opportunities...

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