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Triratna International Gathering 2019: Alchemy of the Dharma
Triratna International Gathering 2019: Alchemy of the Dharma

Photos from the 2019 Triratna International Gathering

By Sadayasihi on Thu, 29 Aug, 2019 - 15:55
  • Singhamati, the chair of Birmingham Buddhist Centre, hosted the event and Nandavajra (right) led the Development Team who organised it. Photo: Candradasa
  • A ritual at the end of the preparation phase. Photo: Erika Chalkey
  • Scenes from the camping field. Photo: Jeremy Peters
  • The new bridge over the pond at Adhisthana. Photo: Jeremy Peters
  • Bhante's burial mound, with the shrine marquee in the background. Photo: Jeremy Peters
  • A close up of the wonderful shrine built by Sagaradana. Photo: Candradasa
  • The three keynote speakers: from left to right - Prasadacarin, Ratnaguna and Sanghamani. Photo: Sanghadhara
  • Nandavajra says some opening words before Singhamati introduces Sanghamani on the second full day. Photo: Jeremy Peters
  • Sanghamani in full flight. Photo: Jeremy Peters
  • A detail from the shrine - Padmasambhava rupa. Photo: Candradasa
  • Prasadacarin gave a talk on 'Transforming World'. Photo: Jeremy Peters
  • Avalokiteshvara rupa. Photo: Candradasa
  • Maitreyabandhu hosted an evening entitled 'Bhante as Alchemist'. Photo: Jeremy Peters
  • Maitreyabandhu 'and friends' - from left Vidyadevi, Saddhanandi and Paramartha, who shared their stories about Bhante. Photo: Jeremy Peters
  • Making offerings to the shrine. Photo: Sanghadhara
  • The shrine at night. Photo: Jeremy Peters
  • Photo: Jeremy Peters
  • Yashodeva facilitated art workshops during the afternoons. Photo: Jeremy Peters
  • The children hard at work, rehearsing ahead of their story-telling sessions, which took place on Saturday and Sunday evenings before the puja. Photo: Sadayasihi
  • There were three lunchtime classical music concerts: on the Friday Manidhara (piano) and Natalia (vocal), Akashadeva (piano) on Saturday and Manidhara (piano) and Sravaniya (violin) on Sunday. Photo: Erika Chalkey
  • Tai chi outdoors. Photo: Jeremy Peters
  • Photo: Jeremy Peters
  • Photo: Jeremy Peters
  • Photo of the Windhorse Publications stall - there was also a chance for people to view the work of Clear Vision Trust as well as sign up for a Karuna door-knocking appeal! Photo: Jeremy Peters
  • Left to right: Amritasiddhi, Amogharatna and Amoghasiddhi. Amritasiddhi and Amoghasiddhi were interviewed by Mahamati about the Sangha in India. Photo: Jeremy Peters
  • Celebrating Internationality - Vanaraji (left) interviewed Salvador from Mexico (middle) and Gleysa from Venezuela (right). Photo: Jeremy Peters
  • Deepak shares his story while Amalavajra (left) and Gleysa (right) look on. Photo: Jeremy Peters
  • Evening descends... Photo: Candradasa
  • A view from the Chai and Pancake tent, run by the Buddhafield team. Photo: Sanghadhara
  • Haikus and friendship... Photo: Erika Chalkey
  • This haiku found its way to the bottom of the empty umbrella bin! Photo: Sadayasihi
  • A parting haiku. Subhadassi facilitated a 'guerilla haiku' workshop during the gathering. Photo: Sadayasihi
  • This painting of Vajrapani by Gleysa was auctioned off to help support her as she returns to Venezuela after attending the Dharma Life course at Adhisthana. Photo: Jeremy Peters
  • A shrine to Tara. Photo: Jeremy Peters
  • The closing ritual. Photo: Jeremy Peters
  • From left: Sadayasihi, David, Sanghamani and Sanjay - you can listen to a number of podcasts about the event on Audioboom - https://audioboom.com/dashboard/4929068! Photo: Sanghadhara

Photos from the 2019 Triratna International Gathering

By Sadayasihi on Thu, 29 Aug, 2019 - 15:55

A picture paints a thousand words… here are some of the best from the 2019 Triratna International Gathering highlighting Sangha at its best!

With much gratitude to Jeremy Peters (@sanditthiko on Instagram), Sanghadhara, Candradasa and Erika Chalkey for the images.

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By Candradasa on Fri, 23 Aug, 2019 - 00:22
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Scenes from the First Evening... International Gathering 2019

By Candradasa on Fri, 23 Aug, 2019 - 00:22

A beautiful arrival, Adhisthana looking like Hobbiton, the sun shining, beautiful people, an awesome shrine in the big tent provided by Buddhafield… What more could we want?

Join us and 250 people all weekend for the International Gathering, as “live” as we can make it over some very rural broadband! 👨🏽‍💻

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