Announcing our new books for 2020

We’re thrilled to announce the first six of the new books we’ll be publishing in 2020. Three of them are now available for sponsorship.
Why sponsor a book?
Publishing in the 21st century is all about adapting to challenging conditions, with lower profits from online sales and increased competition from digital formats. At Windhorse Publications we are meeting this challenge, but we increasingly need start-up funding for a book’s production and marketing. You can help us by choosing to...

Public Preceptor Consultation: December 2019 OM

The following Order member is being considered by the Preceptors’ College to become a Public Preceptor. He will be writing directly to a number of Order members and others who know him well, asking for comment. In addition, this notice is put in Shabda to give any Order member, who wishes to, a chance to comment.

If you would like to comment in this way, may we ask you to write to the proposed Public Preceptor directly, sending a copy to their...

Bristol Women's Community - Vacancy March 2020

A place is becoming available in the Bristol Women’s Community, Kalyanaloka, from 1st March 2020.

We are looking for a Mitra or Order member who would like to join us, to live with three others.

We’re in a spacious house 5 minutes from the Bristol Buddhist Centre, near the vibrant Gloucester Road.  Easy access to public transport.  Our own shrine room where we meditate together.  We’re a warm, welcoming vegetarian/vegan household.  £443 pcm for rent and bills. £4 per day for food.

If you’re interested please get in touch. ...

Update on Next Steps, November 2019

Adhisthana kula update, November 2019

We’d like to update you about the next steps of the Adhisthana kula work. These next steps formed part of a “Further Response from the Adhisthana Kula to the Observer Article”, published 28th July, and are listed at the end of this update. 

On 23rd August we issued a “Message of Apology and Regret” (point 1) as well as a contextualising note “Addressing our Collective History”. Although it became clear that such an Apology...