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Ordinations at Guhyaloka, Spain

By Munisha on Tue, 10 May, 2016 - 13:45

Ordinations at Guhyaloka, Spain

By Munisha on Tue, 10 May, 2016 - 13:45

We are delighted to announce the names of 20 Dharmacharis ordained on Monday 2nd May at Guhyaloka Retreat Centre, Spain.

Public preceptor Purna
Donald Woolford becomes Acalamuni
A Sanskrit name meaning: “Sage who Is unwavering” (Westernised spelling Achalamuni)
Private preceptor Ratnavyuha

Public preceptor Moksananda
Armando Velasco becomes Medhāvin
A Sanskrit name meaning: “The man Of wisdom” (Westernised spelling Medhavin)
Private preceptor Samamati

Ivan Trujillo becomes Saṅghadhara
A Sanskrit name meaning “Supporter/upholder of the Sangha” (Westernised spelling Sanghadhara)
Private preceptor Keturaja

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Triratna News

Valencia Buddhist Centre @ 25

By Munisha on Wed, 30 Mar, 2016 - 11:46

Valencia Buddhist Centre @ 25

By Munisha on Wed, 30 Mar, 2016 - 11:46

El Centro Budista de Valencia, Spain, was 25 years old in November last year. In the latest NewsByte video from Clear Vision, we see the celebrations and hear Moksananda and Parami talk about the centre’s early days as Triratna’s first centre in a Spanish-speaking country – in Spanish and English with subtitles.

As Moksananda said in his anniversary talk, Valencia Buddhist Centre is “a context, a vehicle, for the Three Jewels: for the Enlightened mind of the Buddha,...

College of Public Preceptors

Paramachitta becomes a public preceptor

By Saccanama on Tue, 24 Nov, 2015 - 15:16

Paramachitta becomes a public preceptor

By Saccanama on Tue, 24 Nov, 2015 - 15:16

Paramachitta was appointed as a public preceptor in October and attended the recent College meeting at Adhisthana in November.

She introduces herself below.

I was ordained in 1990 at Taraloka, privately by Sanghadevi and publicly by Ratnasuri. In 1992 I left the London Buddhist Centre for Spain and along with Parami and Moksananda helped establish the Order in Valencia. I have been actively...

College of Public Preceptors

Moksananda and Parami talk in English about the ordination process in the Spanish-speaking world

By Saccanama on Tue, 17 Nov, 2015 - 14:16

In one of two interviews covering different areas, Moksananda and Parami talk about their work for the Preceptors’ College in the Spanish-speaking world. In English!

Buddhist Action Month 2015

Eco Dharma talks free on SoundCloud

By Munisha on Mon, 22 Jun, 2015 - 12:18

Eco Dharma talks free on SoundCloud

By Munisha on Mon, 22 Jun, 2015 - 12:18

Triratna’s Eco Dharma Centre in Spain focuses on Dharma work on ecology, activism and related matters. You can hear a wealth of Eco Dharma teaching here on SoundCloud.

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Happy 10th birthday, Akashavana!

By Munisha on Mon, 22 Dec, 2014 - 17:10

Happy 10th birthday, Akashavana!

By Munisha on Mon, 22 Dec, 2014 - 17:10In September 2004, Triratna (then the FWBO) became the proud owners of two ruined farmhouses, high in the mountains of Teruel, Spain.

Resident community members Acalavajri and Manigarbha write: “Ten years later, they are home to a thriving community and a remote and beautiful retreat centre: Akashavana, the ‘forest retreat of luminous space’. Primarily for the ordination of women, it also provides an amazing retreat experience for Dharmacharinis.

Over 140 women have had their public ordinations in...

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Dharmabyte: Life is a Gift

By Rijupatha on Tue, 16 Dec, 2014 - 15:07

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In today’s FBA Dharmabyte, Amalasiri gives a lovely talk entitled “Life is a Gift – Triratna in Barcelona”, beginning a series of podcasts from now to the end of the year exploring the topic of insight. This talk was given at the European Combined Order Convention, the theme of which was “The Bodhisattva’s Reply: Triratna Paths to Insight”.

Triratna News

Ordinations at Akashavana, Spain

By Munisha on Sat, 13 Sep, 2014 - 16:30

Ordinations at Akashavana, Spain

By Munisha on Sat, 13 Sep, 2014 - 16:30The following women were publicly ordained during a bilingual Spanish-English retreat at Akashavana yesterday, 12th September 2014:

Public preceptor Dayanandi:
Ursula Tidd becomes Dharmakarunya, a Sanskrit name meaning “She Whose Compassion is from the Dharma”. (Long third and final ‘a’; dot under the ‘n’.)
Westernised spelling: Dharmakarunya
Private preceptor Samantabhadri

Sarah Bedworth becomes Sraddhagupta, a Sanskrit name meaning “She who is protected by Faith”. (Accent over the ‘s’; long second and final ‘a’s.)
Westernised spelling: Shraddhagupta
Private preceptor...

Community Highlights

The Resurrection of FWBO Newsreel 4

By Munisha on Wed, 16 Jul, 2014 - 15:15

The Resurrection of FWBO Newsreel 4

By Munisha on Wed, 16 Jul, 2014 - 15:15

Continuing the re-release of the old FWBO Newsreels from the 1990s, here is Newsreel 4, covering news from the FWBO and TBMSG from September 1992 to February 1993. (All the Newsreels are now on YouTube.) This video (55 mins) covers:

Glasgow Buddhist Centre, UK: Ink Print and Design, Windhorse Publications, a new women’s community, a fire and the gift of Dhanakosa Retreat Centre
FWBO Valencia, Spain
the Guhyaloka Vihara project, Spain
FWBO Helsinki’s new centre, Finland
a girls’ hostel and school in Ladakh, part-funded

Triratna News

Ecodharma taking lead in creating local alternative economics in Spain

By lokabandhu on Wed, 29 Jan, 2014 - 05:34

Ecodharma taking lead in creating local alternative economics in Spain

By lokabandhu on Wed, 29 Jan, 2014 - 05:34Guhyapati writes from the Catalan Pyrenees with news of the Ecodharma project, saying - “Ecodharma is a Triratna retreat centre with a unique social mission: amidst the challenges of Spain’s economic slump, known popularly as “la crisis”, the centre is championing alternative economic initiatives. This month we have recommitted resources to continue taking a lead role working with local communities, building economic resilience amongst the economically depressed mountain areas of Pallars Jussa and Sobrira”.

“Although there are...

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