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Sangharakshita’s Poetry (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Tue, 26 Aug, 2025 - 10:52

Vishvapani has been studying, reflecting upon, and living out the Dharma life as presented by Urgyen Sangharakshita, Triratna’s founding teacher, for over 40 years. To mark the fourth anniversary of “Bhante” Sangharakshita’s death in 2018, this new audio essay delves deep into the heart of what Vishvapani calls a “unique and strange” intuitive approach to Buddhism that, at its best, seems to capture and vibrate with the essential vital energy of the universe. Excerpted from the essay...

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Urgyen Art Festival

By Dayaketu on Mon, 25 Aug, 2025 - 16:24

Art in tribute to Urgyen Sangharakshitaji

Urgyen Sangharakshita regarded art as a gateway to spiritual insight.

This exhibition invites you to journey into the theme of Nirvana as envisioned by artists. A creative homage where art and Dhamma converge in celebration of his enduring legacy.

Sangharakshita (1925–2018) founder of Triratna Buddhist Community made significant contributions to modern Buddhism and played a meaningful role in Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s Buddhist movement.

His integration of Buddhist tradition with contemporary thought, coupled with his advocacy for the empowerment...

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Review: Reimagining Buddhism: Understanding Sangharakshita and His Teachings by Vishvapani (2025)

By Luke Penkett on Mon, 25 Aug, 2025 - 10:18

Review: Reimagining Buddhism: Understanding Sangharakshita and His Teachings by Vishvapani (2025)

By Luke Penkett on Mon, 25 Aug, 2025 - 10:18

With The Complete Works of Sangharakshita being rounded off with the publication of its Concordance at the end of 2024, Vishvapani’s
Reimagining Buddhism seems like the icing on the cake. It is a beautiful book, meticulously researched, and sensitively written for both those who knew Sangharakshita well and others who have only recently come across his name, or have yet to discover the joys of Triratna.

Vishvapani (Blomfield) is the editor of Challenging Times: Stories of Buddhist Practice When Things...

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A Whole Context for Our Lives (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Fri, 22 Aug, 2025 - 10:32

Saddhanandi offers reflections on creating sangha through meaningful, authentic friendships and communication. The talk includes references to her interviews about poetry with Sangharakshita. Excerpted from the talk A Vision of Communication given at Cardiff Buddhist Centre, 2023.

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Three Summers and Three Autumns Have I Seen (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Mon, 18 Aug, 2025 - 11:00

An exploration of Sangharakshita’s poem ‘Padmaloka’ in which he looks forward to his own death. It’s a poem about death, rebirth and nature, and Vishvapani connects it to other poetry which it echoes. The talk was given a week after Sangharakshita’s death. Excerpted from the talk Sangharakshita Foresees His Death In ‘Padmaloka’ given at Cardiff Buddhist Centre, 2018.

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Don’t Be Late for Your Own Death (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Thu, 14 Aug, 2025 - 11:00

In this lovely talk following Sangharakshita’s death, Ratnaguna urges us to get to know Bhante through his poetry. He then gives us a commentary on some of his favourite poems. Excerpted from the talk Getting to know Urgyen Sangharakshita through his Poetry given at Manchester Buddhist Centre, 2018.

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Bodhisattvas and Buddhas (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Mon, 11 Aug, 2025 - 10:48

Aryajaya explores Sangharakshita’s relationship to his teachers, who form the lineage for the Triratna Buddhist Order. A lovely exploration of the experience of relationship to the Bodhisattvas of Buddhist tradition via meditations passed from teacher to disciple, evoking a wide open sense of connection to the great beauty they represent. Excerpted from the talk Sangharakshita’s First Connection with His Teachers and Receiving Practices given as part of the series Themes from...

Sangharakshita 100: A Celebration

My Life and the FWBO

By Centre Team on Thu, 7 Aug, 2025 - 22:09

My Life and the FWBO

By Centre Team on Thu, 7 Aug, 2025 - 22:09

The Triratna Video Library is back celebrating Sangharakshita’s 100th birth anniversary with another freshly edited never-before-seen talk by Bhante from the archive. The release for August is a talk entitled ‘My Life and the FWBO’.

In 2002 Sangharakshita offered his support to the new FWBO (Triratna) sangha by giving three public talks in Kraków, Poland. In this second talk he recounted his life story from early bed-bound days, discovering Buddhism, army life, travels across India, life in...

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The Sweet Mystery of Friendship

By Candradasa on Wed, 30 Jul, 2025 - 16:43

The Sweet Mystery of Friendship

By Candradasa on Wed, 30 Jul, 2025 - 16:43

What is the connection between the Cistercian Rievaulx Abbey in North Yorkshire and Sangharakshita’s teachings on Spiritual Friendship?

Paramartha explores this question and more in the twenty fourth video blog from Urgyen House. With extracts from Sangharakshita’s talks and objects in Urgyen House he considers why spiritual friendship is one of the six emphases of the Triratna Buddhist Community.

The programme is 18 minutes long and English subtitles are available.

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108 hours of circumambulation

By Maitriyogini on Mon, 28 Jul, 2025 - 15:14

108 hours of circumambulation

By Maitriyogini on Mon, 28 Jul, 2025 - 15:14

Tune into our 108 hours of continual circumambulation around Sangharakshita’s burial mound. Our third year in a row, there is someone walking around constantly for the next few days.

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