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Navigating this Troubled, Beautiful World

Mon, 31 Oct, 2022 - 16:01

Navigating this Troubled, Beautiful World

Mon, 31 Oct, 2022 - 16:01

Weekend for Young Women thinking for asking for ordination, or who have asked (residential)

Friday 27 - Sunday 29 January 2023

Only the Bodhisattva Ideal can carry us beyond ourselves and the world - and back again into them on a totally different basis

Here we are in this life, in this world, with all its troubles and moments of beauty coming into being. What are we to do with our life, who are we to be? These questions can feel at times a burden, at...

vajratara

Sub35 Online Day Retreat: Why Join An Order?

Wed, 14 Jul, 2021 - 11:35

Sub35 Online Day Retreat: Why Join An Order?

Wed, 14 Jul, 2021 - 11:35

Saturday 4 September

Why join an Order? Isn’t enough to simply practice Buddhism without joining anything? Vajratara and Karunadhi from the women’s ordination team along with Dharmacharinis from the young people’s steering group, will communicate a glimpse of the vision of the Order and the potential of spiritual friendship. The Order is more than it appears to be, and to realise that, we must also realise that we are more than we appear to be…

Join us for an online day for young people training...

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Order Seminars May 2021

Tue, 9 Feb, 2021 - 15:21

Order Seminars May 2021

Tue, 9 Feb, 2021 - 15:21

Following on from our popular 2020 online events for dharmacharinis, three Order seminars offered by the Tiratanaloka team in 2021 will explore the following areas:

1 May: How to assess effective Going for Refuge to the Three Jewels, including looking at the 8 Guidelines recently published by the College of Public Preceptors

2 May: How we can form effective ordination kulas

3 May: How we can support the local ordination process, looking at the specific situation of your Centre.

There will be a short presentation, time to share our experiences, workshops, and...

vajratara

Bookings open for January - March 2021

Sun, 4 Oct, 2020 - 15:13

Bookings open for January - March 2021

Sun, 4 Oct, 2020 - 15:13

Due to the constantly changing circumstances, we are opening 2021 bookings 3 months in advance. This allows us some flexibility as the Covid19 regulations change. Until March we expect our retreats to be online, but keep checking the website. If 2020 has taught us anything, it is that you never know what will happen next!

Book through our website.

vajratara

Last days of open led Going for Refuge and Prostration Practice

Wed, 23 Sep, 2020 - 13:47

Last days of open led Going for Refuge and Prostration Practice

Wed, 23 Sep, 2020 - 13:47

Since March we have been offering led online Going for Refuge and Prostration practice to all Order Members and those who are training for ordination. We are now moving into a different phase at Tiratanaloka with some longer online retreats and we won’t be able to offer the Prostration Practice to those outside of our retreat. Our last open led sessions will be Tuesday 29 September - Thursday 1 October. We are not offering it on Monday 28 September as...

Sadayasihi

Ordinations in a Time of Covid-19: Watch Upcoming Public Ordinations Online

From Triratna News on Tue, 22 Sep, 2020 - 15:42

Ordinations in a Time of Covid-19: Watch Upcoming Public Ordinations Online

From Triratna News on Tue, 22 Sep, 2020 - 15:42

The impact of the coronavirus has been felt on all aspects of our daily lives as well as the life of our sangha - severely curtailing the ability to hold in-person retreats, including ordination retreats. Ordination is a significant point in the lives of Dharma farers in our community: many of whom have been training for ordination for a number of years, in preparation for joining the Triratna Buddhist Order. The public ordination ceremony marks the deepening of their commitment...

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Thinking of asking for ordination?

Thu, 7 May, 2020 - 15:41

Thinking of asking for ordination?

Thu, 7 May, 2020 - 15:41

The response of many people during the Coronavirus pandemic has been to want to help very practically by supporting the NHS, our friends and neighbours, and to want to deepen our Dharma practice, enabling us to better emotionally respond to the difficulties that arise. Some of us are thinking about the future, to how the pandemic will effect long term societal change. What part does the Tiratana Buddhist Order play in this? Why have an Order at all? How...

vajratara

Life in the Lockdown: study weeks and Prostration Practice on zoom

Tue, 14 Apr, 2020 - 17:48

Life in the Lockdown: study weeks and Prostration Practice on zoom

Tue, 14 Apr, 2020 - 17:48

You may be wondering what we are doing at Tiratanaloka during the lockdown. Given the current situation with Covid-19, we’re unable to run our normal retreat program here. However, we have been exploring the idea of running online study weeks and have recently completed our first one, which went very well. We’re now pleased to be offering a series of 3 further study weeks running on alternate weeks and starting from the 20th April. More may be added, we’ll see how...

vajratara

Weekend for women thinking of asking for Ordination

Wed, 12 Feb, 2020 - 12:37

Weekend for women thinking of asking for Ordination

Wed, 12 Feb, 2020 - 12:37

A weekend for women (+) who are thinking of asking for Ordination into the Triratna Buddhist Order. Why ask for ordination? Why join the Order? Why have an Order at all? What do we have to do to join the Order? We will look at all these questions, as well as any others you bring up, so that you can make an informed decision about your next steps. This is also an opportunity to visit Tiratanaloka and enjoy the beauty of...

vajratara

New Retreat at Tiratanaloka: The Nature of Existence

Fri, 20 Dec, 2019 - 19:06

New Retreat at Tiratanaloka: The Nature of Existence

Fri, 20 Dec, 2019 - 19:06

Due to popular demand, we have added an extra retreat to our programme in 2020. Our theme will be ‘The Nature of Existence’: the marks of conditioned existence, the doors of liberation and the topsy turvy views. We will explore beauty, change, emptiness and ultimate happiness. The material is taken from Chapter 11 of Sangharakshita’s book ‘The Three Jewels’, which we will study in groups as well as having significant portions of the retreat laid aside for meditation and reflection...