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Watch the Alfoxton Film Exclusively on the Buddhist Centre Online

By Candradasa on Fri, 29 Sep, 2023 - 20:08

Watch the Alfoxton Film Exclusively on the Buddhist Centre Online

By Candradasa on Fri, 29 Sep, 2023 - 20:08

THE BUDDHIST CENTRE [ONLINE] presents ‘A Renovating Virtue’, a poetic and affecting documentary by Hartley Woolf, capturing a year in the life of the Triratna Buddhist community who have taken on the ambitious task of renovating the dilapidated estate of Alfoxton Park in the heart of the Somerset countryside.

Once home to William and Dorothy Wordsworth, the community’s vision is to run the house as an arts and meditation retreat centre. Following the seasons, the film beautifully reveals...

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Alfoxton House: A New Retreat Centre

By Sadayasihi on Tue, 8 Sep, 2020 - 17:21

Alfoxton House: A New Retreat Centre

By Sadayasihi on Tue, 8 Sep, 2020 - 17:21

On 29th June the Alfoxton Park Trust – Jayaraja, Lokabandhu and Cittapala - received the keys to Alfoxton House in Somerset, UK, with the aim of creating a retreat centre where longer, intensive retreats can take place, as well as having retreats focusing on poetry and the arts. The intention is for this retreat centre to be an eco-centre that produces its own food.

Alfoxton House is a place with a rich history: in 1797, the poet ...