For the next week, the extraordinary, redeveloped Vajrasana Retreat Centre in Suffolk plays host to Triratna's European Chairs' Assembly. Sixty leaders of European Buddhist centres and enterprises, including retreat centres, are gathered here, with guests from further afield (and a family of ducks), for meditation, ritual, discussion and business, all in the context of spiritual friendship.
See more pictures and follow the meeting over on the ECA's own space.
The ECA is a very long established and well run body of Triratna leaders who meet for 7-10 days twice a year to discuss matters of shared interest and make sure they are in harmony and pursuing common aims. They employ a Development Team to support them with services they all need, such as Safeguarding policy and advice, fundraising and project management.