Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center
Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center

A First Sermon Painting

By Saddhammapradip on Thu, 4 Jan, 2024 - 06:51

A First Sermon Painting

By Saddhammapradip on Thu, 4 Jan, 2024 - 06:51

Ramesh Thorat, an artist friend from Mumbai, has donated his painting ’A First Sermon’  as present for New Year.

Our really great gratitude to Ramesh who consistently supports us in various ways, helping us develop the aesthetic dimension of the retreat center through his friendship with Ratnasambhava and Guhyacitta.

People to People, Nagpur, India.
People to People, Nagpur, India.

Fundraising for the Transgender Project in India

By tejadhamma on Mon, 31 Jul, 2023 - 12:51

Fundraising for the Transgender Project in India

By tejadhamma on Mon, 31 Jul, 2023 - 12:51

Dear friends,

We are happy to be arranging our Third Transgender Retreat soon with the help of some fundraising!

In 2021 Shuan Bartone became a Mitra through the Boston Sangha and Triratna Gender Diverse Buddhists. A year later, He started working on a project to record a song about Dr. Ambedkar, called ‘Babasaheb’, which is released on BandCamp. 

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People to People, Nagpur, India.
People to People, Nagpur, India.

Visit of Sheffield Buddhist Sangha Pilgrims to the Transgender Project

By tejadhamma on Sat, 25 Feb, 2023 - 11:57

Visit of Sheffield Buddhist Sangha Pilgrims to the Transgender Project

By tejadhamma on Sat, 25 Feb, 2023 - 11:57

We are happy to see the Sheffield Buddhist Sangha at People to People’s Transgender Project. The welcome ceremony was led by Tejadhamma, who offered the Garland and Scarf of Panchasheel by the auspicious hands of a very senior Indian order member Chandrasheel.

There was good interaction and discussion between our transgender sangha and SBC pilgrims. In the...

People to People, Nagpur, India.
People to People, Nagpur, India.

Second Retreat for the Transgender Community Led by Amoghasiddhi

By tejadhamma on Sun, 22 Jan, 2023 - 14:34

Second Retreat for the Transgender Community Led by Amoghasiddhi

By tejadhamma on Sun, 22 Jan, 2023 - 14:34

We have successfully organised a second retreat for transgender community at the bottom of Chikhaldara Hill Station, Bihali, Amravati. The total 30 participants enjoyed this retreat held from 5 to 8 August 2022. The retreat was organized by the hard work of Tejadhamma, Suchikirti, Aryasiddhi, Anushri and Sarika. Dhammachari Amoghasiddhi led the retreat very effectively with the help of Ratnasiddhi and ...

Triratna News
Triratna News

People to People Project, Nagpur: 2021-2022 Report

By Zac on Fri, 29 Jul, 2022 - 12:32

We are happy to share the People to People Project report 2021-2022.

People to People is a social charity in Nagpur, Maharashtra. Started in 2008 by the initiative of Tejadhamma Khobragade and others, running projects for the upliftment of the underprivileged at Amravati, Bhandara, and Nagpur districts in India. People to People works in the areas of education, the empowerment of women, youths development, culture, and health. At present projects are being run in urban slums...

People to People, Nagpur, India.
People to People, Nagpur, India.

Report 2021-2022

By tejadhamma on Wed, 20 Jul, 2022 - 17:46

We are happy to share the report 2021-2022. People to People contributed effectively to the beneficiaries. We helped 61,343 beneficiaries by running such programmes as below:

  • People’s Kitchen - Free cooked food distribution to poor families in rural and urban slums.
  • Free Ambulance Service - This service was provided in the Kamptee slums to take poor patients to hospitals from their home. We were able to save 19 lives out of 22 patients supported.
  • Financial Assistance - In the slums of Kamptee, elderly poor residents, single parents, and
  • ...
College of Public Preceptors
College of Public Preceptors

Ordinations at Bordharan, India

By Vijaya on Sun, 23 Jan, 2022 - 17:48

Ordinations at Bordharan, India

By Vijaya on Sun, 23 Jan, 2022 - 17:48

We are delighted to announce that the ordinations of the following 19 women took place at Hsuan Tsang Retreat Centre, Bordharan, India. The Private Ordinations took place on the 18th January, and the Public Ordinations on the 19th January. 

Amidst difficult conditions, with the support of Srimala, we, the four new Indian Public Preceptors, conducted our first Public Ordinations – the first ordinations of women in India to take place since December 2017.

Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!

With...

Karuna Fundraisers
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Launch of Karuna USA! Live Event, November 6

By Ananta on Tue, 19 Oct, 2021 - 22:12

Launch of Karuna USA! Live Event, November 6

By Ananta on Tue, 19 Oct, 2021 - 22:12

We are delighted to announce the launch of Karuna USA

Live launch: November 6th: 1-3pm EDT | 10am-12pm PDT | 11am-1pm México | 5-7pm IE & UK | 6-8pm Europe

Karuna USA has been established by Triratna sangha members based in the United States as a sister entity to Karuna UK and Karuna Germany. We are grateful to Karuna UK’s Trustees and Team for their invaluable support. 

Sharing similar missions and...

Triratna News
Triratna News

Dr. Ambedkar, Buddhism, and the Post-Pandemic World: Live Online, 15-16 October

By Maitriveer Nagarjuna on Tue, 12 Oct, 2021 - 20:10

An invitation to celebrate the 65th Dhammachakra Pravartan Din Online
The pandemic has not only exposed social fault-lines and weaknesses in a way that can no longer be ignored but also exacerbated many of them, not only in India but throughout the world. Concurrently, and perhaps enabled by it, the international geopolitical situation seems to have made a considerable shift. India and the world are faced with old questions they can no longer ignore, and new questions they have to face...

People to People, Nagpur, India.
People to People, Nagpur, India.

The Impact of Our First Transgender Retreat

By tejadhamma on Wed, 8 Sep, 2021 - 09:50

The Impact of Our First Transgender Retreat

By tejadhamma on Wed, 8 Sep, 2021 - 09:50

We were very pleased to organise a Meditation Introduction Retreat for Transgender People at Bordharan. Participants said the retreat had a very positive impact, and they want to join in with another retreat in future.

Shanaya, who is the leader of this group asked us to organise such a retreat again.

We are very much thankful to the donors for making this retreat possible to happen.

Thank you!

Contact : tejadhamma [at] gmail.com , Mobile : +91 84594 01059 

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