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Letter from the College of Public Preceptors- June

By vajratara on Sun, 1 Jun, 2025 - 00:00

Letter from the College of Public Preceptors- June

By vajratara on Sun, 1 Jun, 2025 - 00:00

This month’s letter comes from Vajratara, one of the Deputy Chair’s of the College: Vajratara came across Triratna in 1995 in South London and knew she found what she had been searching for - a vision of human potential, a path of transformation and a community to practice with. After studying Philosophy and Religious Studies at Leeds University and running the University Buddhist Society, she moved to Sheffield, lived in community and worked in Windhorse:evolution. She joined the Order in Sheffield,...

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FBA Podcast: Becoming Real - Meditation as a Gateway to Wisdom

By Zac on Sat, 18 Mar, 2023 - 06:00

This is a fine talk by Dayanandi on the essential relationship between meditation and the proper seeing of Reality, here described as an opening into the beauty and truth and reality of life itself.

Given at the Taraloka/Tiratanaloka Great Gathering, 2000.

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Dharmabyte: Armed with Love Flowers

By Sadayasihi on Mon, 23 Mar, 2020 - 13:00

Here Karunadhi introduces us to the Red Rite of Fascination. Friendship emerges from love for our friends, but also can evoke strong attachment. Communication and the samgrahavastu (means of unification) of loving speech are the antidote for grasping and projection.

Excerpted from the talk Spiritual Friendship and the Red Rite of Fascination as part of the series Spiritual Friendship and the Tantric Rites given on a joint Tiratanaloka and Buddhafield retreat...

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Ordination at Tiratnanaloka

By Munisha on Mon, 9 Oct, 2017 - 18:58

Ordination at Tiratnanaloka

By Munisha on Mon, 9 Oct, 2017 - 18:58

We are delighted to announce the public ordination of Claire Walsh on Saturday 7th October, at the Manchester Buddhist Centre, amidst a gathering of over 100 sangha, family, and other friends.

Claire’s private ordination took place at Tiratanaloka on Wednesday 4th October, during a retreat specially arranged so that her husband and their recently adopted baby could stay with her throughout.

Claire becomes Nischalasri
(acute accent over both s to be pronounced sh; second i is long)
meaning ’She whose radiance is...

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New Office Phone Number at Tiratanaloka - a result of major building work!

By vajratara on Sat, 7 Mar, 2015 - 14:56

New Office Phone Number at Tiratanaloka - a result of major building work!

By vajratara on Sat, 7 Mar, 2015 - 14:56A lot has been going on at Tiratanaloka - we are improving our kitchen and disabled facilities and tidying up some of the ground floor. As a result of this we have moved our office. Our new number is 01874 676352. Come and see what we have done… The new food cupboard is huge!

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Tiratanaloka is 20!

By Munisha on Sat, 13 Dec, 2014 - 18:44

Tiratanaloka is 20!

By Munisha on Sat, 13 Dec, 2014 - 18:44Tiratanaloka is Triratna’s UK retreat centre for women training for ordination. It’s 20 years since its foundation in a country house in a beautiful valley in the Brecon Beacons, south Wales.

Current team member Amritamati writes: “To mark the occasion, the current team invited all the current and previous trustees and resident team members for the first weekend of November: over 30 women from around the world. Of these, an impressive 26 attended, including all the original team:...