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Ten women ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order

By lokabandhu on Mon, 17 Sep, 2012 - 06:13

Ten women ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order

By lokabandhu on Mon, 17 Sep, 2012 - 06:13Parami writes with the delightful news of the ordinations of a very international group of ten women into the Triratna Buddhist Order, saying - “The following women had their public ordinations at Akashavana in Spain on 14^th September 2012:

Louisa Drewett (Norwich, UK) becomes Sraddhadhi (acute accent over ‘s’, long second ‘a’, and long ‘i’), a Sanskrit name which means ‘she who has wisdom with faith’; westernised spelling: Shraddhadhi; private preceptor: Kalyanasri.

Kristina Karlsson (Stockholm, Sweden) becomes...

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Bristol Women’s Community needs new members

By lokabandhu on Tue, 21 Aug, 2012 - 10:25

Bristol Women’s Community needs new members

By lokabandhu on Tue, 21 Aug, 2012 - 10:25Bristol Women’s Community needs new members!
From October 2012

• Are you a female Triratna mitra?
• Have you been thinking that you’d like to explore community living?
• Do you live in Bristol? Or maybe you are considering relocating?

If so, we’d love to hear from you!

Who are we? Kate and Dayajoti

If you are interested, please contact Kate:
07870 671 045 or kate.german [at] yahoo.co.uk

Bristol Buddhist Centre

Women's Order/Mitra day

By jvalamalini on Sun, 3 Jun, 2012 - 21:55

Women's Order/Mitra day

By jvalamalini on Sun, 3 Jun, 2012 - 21:55Sunday 24 June
This being, that becomes, from the arising of this, that arises.
Come and explore this core teaching of the Buddha in company with friends in the good life. A day for women mitras and dharmacharinis in the Bristol, Cardiff and West Wales sanghas - with Satyalila, Khemajoti and friends.9.30 for prompt 10 start - finish around 4.30pm

Bring veggie lunch to share

Suggested donation £15. Please book so we know numbers

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EcoDharma hosts their first women's retreat

By lokabandhu on Fri, 17 Feb, 2012 - 06:12

EcoDharma hosts their first women's retreat

By lokabandhu on Fri, 17 Feb, 2012 - 06:12Maitrisara, secretary of the UK’s Network of Engaged Buddhists, writes with news of a new event to be held at EcoDharma, a Triratna retreat centre high in the Spanish Pyrenees. To be held in May, it’ll be EcoDharma’s first women’s retreat and is titled ‘bodies of earth: beyond me and mine’.

She says - “Through an intimate mindfulness of our own body and our wider body, the earth, we can realise Buddhist...

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new community forms at Akashavana women’s retreat centre in Spain

By lokabandhu on Wed, 7 Dec, 2011 - 05:55

new community forms at Akashavana women’s retreat centre in Spain

By lokabandhu on Wed, 7 Dec, 2011 - 05:55Acalavajri writes with news from Akashavana, a Triratna women’s retreat centre in the mountains above Valderrobres in eastern Spain, where a new community is forming to caretake the Centre. She says -

“A new community is forming, to start in the Spring and we’d like to introduce ourselves …

Although our experiences in the Triratna Order are different, what unites us is a love of Akashavana and a desire to work in together to realise the...

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Talks from the Triratna Women’s Order's Convention

By lokabandhu on Tue, 27 Sep, 2011 - 15:10

Talks from the Triratna Women’s Order's Convention

By lokabandhu on Tue, 27 Sep, 2011 - 15:10Viriyalila writes from Free Buddhist Audio with news that the three central talks from the recent Triratna International Women’s Convention are now available on-line. She says:

“The theme for the Convention was the whole of the Tirantavandana, the Three Jewels – The Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.

Launching the convention, Parami, our International Order Convener, invited us to reflect on our experience of the Sangha Vandana. She offers us an inspiring window into the practice...

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Taraloka Hosts Volunteer Action for Peace

By lokabandhu on Wed, 7 Sep, 2011 - 10:48

Taraloka Hosts Volunteer Action for Peace

By lokabandhu on Wed, 7 Sep, 2011 - 10:48Jo writes from Taraloka, Triratna’s women’s retreat centre in Shropshire UK, saying : “We thought you might like to know what we’ve been doing here at Taraloka over the summer time…

From the 12th to the 26th August 2011, the Taraloka Mitras, together with Kate German (volunteering with us for 3 months) and Kate Arrowsmith (from Sheffield), ran a two week work retreat with 12 young volunteers from around the world, recruited by Volunteer Action...

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