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Sangharakshita's diary

By Sadayasihi on Wed, 2 May, 2018 - 15:09

Sangharakshita's diary

By Sadayasihi on Wed, 2 May, 2018 - 15:09

Sthanashraddha is Bhante’s secretary. He writes from AdhisthanaUK:

“Spring only really fully arrived towards the end of April, and it was less than a month ago that the gardens were covered in our last batch of snowfall. But, yes, eventually after what felt like weeks of watching tulip flowers develop buds and slowly watching them rise up on their stems, and slowly see buds swelling, we had a few days of warm weather and sunshine, and...

Triratna News
Triratna News

The Endlessly Fascinating Cry: Saddhanandi Interviews Sangharakshita

By Sadayasihi on Wed, 25 Apr, 2018 - 20:06

The Endlessly Fascinating Cry: Saddhanandi Interviews Sangharakshita

By Sadayasihi on Wed, 25 Apr, 2018 - 20:06

On the 7th April 2018 - exactly fifty years after the first public ordinations into the Triratna Buddhist Order - Saddhanandi interviews Sangharakshita, the founder of the Order and movement.  The interview took place during a seminar on the Bodhicaryavatara held in Adhisthana.   To mark the 50th anniversary of the Order, Saddhanandi and Manjuvajra re-visited the ‘Endlessly Fascinating Cry’ which was one of the first seminars that Sangharakshita led in 1973.

The interview covers a wide range...

Community Highlights
Community Highlights

New Lights in the Sky Film Celebrating 50 Years of the Triratna Buddhist Order

By Sadayasihi on Mon, 23 Apr, 2018 - 14:21

New Lights in the Sky Film Celebrating 50 Years of the Triratna Buddhist Order

By Sadayasihi on Mon, 23 Apr, 2018 - 14:21

Lights in the Sky have just released a new film celebrating 50 years of the Triratna Buddhist Order, which was founded in London on the 7 April 1968.  ‘The Life of the Order’ contains archive footage and interviews with Order Members and gives a rounded picture of the era out of which the Order emerged.

The film is a 45 minute compilation of the main themes of the four-part History of the FWBO series.

See...

Community Highlights
Community Highlights

Ordination Training Centres Exploring Triratna @ 50 - Ordination Vows and the Great Gathering

By Sadayasihi on Mon, 29 Jan, 2018 - 17:13

2017 saw the celebrations of 50 years of the Triratna Buddhist Community and 2018 sees the 50th anniversary of the Triratna Buddhist Order.  In this context in the Padmaloka Retreat Centre - which runs ordination training retreats for men - members of the Ordination Team gave talks on each of the 4 acceptance vows, recited during one’s public ordination ceremony.  These vows essentialise what it means to be an order member practising within the Triratna Buddhist Order.  The...

Adhisthana
Adhisthana

Amla Sheel: India to Adhisthana - Please Give Now

By akasajoti on Tue, 11 Apr, 2017 - 16:44

Amla Sheel: India to Adhisthana - Please Give Now

By akasajoti on Tue, 11 Apr, 2017 - 16:44

Please give now to support Sheel Amla, a young mitra in India, attend the next women’s Dharma Life course at Adhisthana… Pass it on, and share with friends and at your Buddhist Centres around the world to help us reach our target of £1500.

https://www.gofundme.com/amlasheel

Subhuti spoke of her in his recent Triratna Day talk, and described her as having an outstanding sense of gratitude. He continued to read out a message from her where she says: 

“Hello,
I wish you a very...

Triratna News
Triratna News

Happy 50th birthday, Triratna!

By Munisha on Sat, 8 Apr, 2017 - 22:22

Happy 50th birthday, Triratna!

By Munisha on Sat, 8 Apr, 2017 - 22:22

This weekend Triratna sanghas around the world are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Triratna Buddhist Community’s foundation (as the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order) in London, UK, on the evening of Friday 7th April 1967.

That evening is well described by Sangharakshita near the end of his volume of memoirs, Moving Against the Stream: the birth of a new Buddhist movement, which also gives an account of the context from which the FWBO emerged.

At 6.10 drove round to Vihara with Terry.

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Bristol Buddhist Centre
Bristol Buddhist Centre

50 years, 50 people, 50 words

By jvalamalini on Thu, 6 Apr, 2017 - 17:32

50 years, 50 people, 50 words

By jvalamalini on Thu, 6 Apr, 2017 - 17:32

What does Triratna mean to you?  

Bristol Buddhist Centre
Bristol Buddhist Centre

Triratna50 in Bristol

By jvalamalini on Thu, 6 Apr, 2017 - 17:28

Triratna50 in Bristol

By jvalamalini on Thu, 6 Apr, 2017 - 17:28

A day for the south-west region to celebrate our sangha in Bristol and worldwide.

Programme

10.00 doors open

10.30 Welcome & Dedication Ceremony & Triratna Metta Bhavana led by Jvalamalini

11.40 Tea

12.00 Four Gifts – short personal talks from Abhayamaitri, Satyalila, Bhadra and Ananda:

I come to you with four gifts. The first gift is a lotus-flower. Do you understand?
My second gift is a golden net. Can you recognize it?
My third gift is a shepherds’ round-dance.
Do your feet know how to dance?
My fourth gift

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London Buddhist Centre
London Buddhist Centre

Triratna Day 50th Celebrations, London

By Singhamanas on Tue, 4 Apr, 2017 - 21:45

Triratna Day 50th Celebrations, London

By Singhamanas on Tue, 4 Apr, 2017 - 21:45

Celebrating fifty years of the Triratna Buddhist Order and Community
This Saturday, the 8th of April 2017, the London Buddhist Centre hosts a day of events on behalf of all the London Centres to celebrate the presence of Bhante Sangharakshita’s vision in the world, and its significance in the unfoldment of the Buddha’s teachings.

Everyone is welcome to attend all or part of the day. The day is led by Order members associated with all five Triratna London Buddhist Centres. 

Programme for the...

Adhisthana
Adhisthana

Triratna50 at Adhisthana 8th & 9th April

By Matthew@Adhisthana on Sun, 2 Apr, 2017 - 14:59

Triratna50 at Adhisthana 8th & 9th April

By Matthew@Adhisthana on Sun, 2 Apr, 2017 - 14:59

Triratna50 at Adhisthana: we will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Triratna Buddhist Community with an event over the weekend of the 8th and 9th of April.

There will be a mixture of talks, a workshop, a panel discussion with older and younger generations, Desert Island Discs, ritual, meditation, a new exhibition in the Sangharakshita Library and more.

This is the programme for the weekend:

Saturday

07.00 Double meditation sit

08.45 Breakfast

10.00 Cross-generational Conversation: chaired by Parami, with Nagabodhi, Manjuvajra, Prajnaketu, Akasajoti, Kusaladevi + the men’s...

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