Tag: Windhorse Publications

Birthday collection reaches £80,000

Congratulations! Today the worldwide collection for Sangharakshita’s 90th birthday passed the £80,000 mark, with 402 online donations from individuals and groups within Triratna. Help us reach our target: £100,000.

To give you more detail: the money will fund a 5-7-year project to publish Bhante’s Complete Works, including much material out of print or never published before, and in paper and digital, searchable, formats.

The editors, Kalyanaprabha and Vidyadevi, are already working on the early stages of the project, dividing his work into “baskets”....

Aloka David Smith 1946-2015

Sadly we report the death of Aloka David Smith from cancer in Birmingham on 31st July. He was 69. His funeral is on Thursday 13th August. (See below.)

Vessantara writes: “Aloka David Smith’s connection with Triratna began in 1997, when he wrote to Sangharakshita enclosing a manuscript he had written, an account of how his insight had unfolded during twenty years of Dharma practice. 

Sangharakshita recognised in him ‘a kindred spirit’, and felt that his account of his Dharma experiences was ‘a treasure’. Sangharakshita felt...

Women and Buddhism: The Moon and Flowers republished

First published by Windhorse Publications in 1997, The Moon and Flowers is a collection of essays by 19 women Order members. Long out of print, it’s now available once more as an eBook from Windhorse, with all proceeds going to Taraloka Buddhist Retreat Centre for Women.  

To mark this republication, its editor, Kalyanavaca, has issued
•    an article telling the story of how The Moon and Flowers came to...