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Ecodharma offers EU-funded 'effective collaboration training' course

By lokabandhu on Wed, 21 Aug, 2013 - 05:49

Ecodharma offers EU-funded 'effective collaboration training' course

By lokabandhu on Wed, 21 Aug, 2013 - 05:49The Ecodharma Centre, a Triratna Buddhist Community initiative in the Catalan Pyrenees, has recently established a new training course helping people to develop the skills necessary to work most effectively with others in groups, teams and organizations. As part of their efforts to support one of Triratna’ European Chairs’ Assembly priorities – “The Power of Dharma to Transform Society” – Ecodharma are developing trainings to provide people with the essential skills to engage in collaborative endeavors...

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News from Triratna Barcelona

By lokabandhu on Fri, 28 Dec, 2012 - 05:57

News from Triratna Barcelona

By lokabandhu on Fri, 28 Dec, 2012 - 05:57Rijumati writes with news of Triratna’s burgeoning activities in Barcelona, where they’ve had a very busy year including finding a new venue for their activities, the arrival of several Order Members and their first death: Virananda, ordained in 1978. He says:

“Almost a year ago on our winter retreat the first three people from Triratna Barcelona became mitras: Frank Bergman, Juan Carlos Dudier and Maria Pardos. It was a very joyful moment.

In the early part...

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Bodhiyoga

By lokabandhu on Thu, 6 Dec, 2012 - 10:44

Bodhiyoga

By lokabandhu on Thu, 6 Dec, 2012 - 10:44Bodhiyoga (www.bodhiyoga.es) is a new Triratna venture based in Spain. It offers yoga teacher training based upon Buddhist mindfulness principles, and has been created by Sudaka and Sadhita, two Order Members who’ve been living there for some years now. They’ve just completed their first year and have ambitious plans to branch out to the UK, even to develop a Triratna-wide Yoga Training initiative.

For a full report on Bodhiyoga’s first year and their plans, click ...

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Builders needed in Spain

By lokabandhu on Wed, 16 May, 2012 - 05:37

Builders needed in Spain

By lokabandhu on Wed, 16 May, 2012 - 05:37Alex writes from Triratna’s EcoDharma Retreat Centre in the Catalan mountains, seeking volunteers up for some serious building work over the summer. She says - “The EcoDharma Centre will soon begin a three month building project to renovate an old peasant farm house as a retreat facility. We’re putting together a team of four with building experience to head up the project. We’ll provide board and lodging, plus a €3000.00 per person lump sum for experienced members of...

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EcoDharma offers new Engaged Buddhist Training course around Europe

By lokabandhu on Fri, 9 Mar, 2012 - 05:45

EcoDharma offers new Engaged Buddhist Training course around Europe

By lokabandhu on Fri, 9 Mar, 2012 - 05:45Guhyapati, founder and director of Triratna’s EcoDharma retreat centre, set high in the Catalan Pyrenees, writes with news of their expanding Engaged Buddhist Training program, now spreading across Europe. He says - “This spring the EcoDharma Centre is offering the Dharma-based perspectives and tools which make up our Engaged Buddhist Training to grassroots organisations across Europe - from the Mediterranean to East and Central Europe across Europe. Meanwhile, back home in Catalunya we launch a new series of...

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new community forms at Akashavana women’s retreat centre in Spain

By lokabandhu on Wed, 7 Dec, 2011 - 05:55

new community forms at Akashavana women’s retreat centre in Spain

By lokabandhu on Wed, 7 Dec, 2011 - 05:55Acalavajri writes with news from Akashavana, a Triratna women’s retreat centre in the mountains above Valderrobres in eastern Spain, where a new community is forming to caretake the Centre. She says -

“A new community is forming, to start in the Spring and we’d like to introduce ourselves …

Although our experiences in the Triratna Order are different, what unites us is a love of Akashavana and a desire to work in together to realise the...

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New Buddha in Valencia

By lokabandhu on Mon, 15 Aug, 2011 - 06:00

New Buddha in Valencia

By lokabandhu on Mon, 15 Aug, 2011 - 06:00Amalamati, chairman of Triratna’s Centro Budista de Valencia in Spain writes with news of their beautiful new Buddha figure. He says - “Our celebrations for the Triratna Community Day in Valencia this year were marked by a very special event: the inauguration of a magnificent new Sakyamuni Buddha rupa.

“The 2/3 sized bronze figure is the work of Virginia Gonzalez, a professional sculptress who works as an artist for the well-known Spanish ceramics company Lladro. Virginia is...

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