Triratna Southampton opens new centre!

After many hours and lots of generous help from a team of volunteers, we have transformed the old ‘Plume of Feathers’ pub into our new Southampton Buddhist Centre. 

On the eve of their grand opening on 8th September - the last day of the ‘old’ before they formally became the ‘new’ - Amritadasa led an evening of meditation and quiet reflection to begin the weekend of celebrations. Next they held an Open Day beginning with a ribbon cutting opening ceremony, with an opportunity to...

Great Faith, Great Wisdom Retreat, 2017 - day 2

My day started with double meditation by our very golden shrine. I appreciated the time to just sit with some of the phrases which resonated with me from yesterday’s readings of the shorter Sukhavativuyha sutra. Sitting with “heartfelt desire”, exploring the associated sensations, and ‘objects’ of desire; and with a sense of “embraced by all the Buddhas”; and the connection between the two. It felt rich and fruitful.

Ratnaguna gave a fascinating talk, showing us resonances between the Sukhavativuyha sutras and two late Pali suttas...

Upcoming ordinations at Akashavana

Dear Friends,

We are delighted to let you know that the private ordinations of the following women will take place over Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th September here at Akashavana in Spain. The public ordinations will follow on Saturday 16th September at 10am local time.

The public preceptors will be Maitreyi, Paramachitta and Parami

Jaimie Redwood from Norwich.
Private preceptor Srivati

Gill Davies from Shrewsbury.  
Private preceptor Kalyachitta

Penny Strange from Llangollen.  
Private preceptor Saddhanandi

Meera Vig from Auckland.  
Private preceptor Malini

Caroline Rogers from North London.  
Private preceptor Amritamati

Danièle Adam from Paris.  
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new classes starting

Our new classes (drop in) have started again after the summer break. We are meeting every Wednesday from 19:30 till 21:30 for a Buddhism & Meditation class at Adhisthana, Coddington Court, Coddington HR8 1JL 

Programme

19:15 Arrival (You will be met at the car park)

19:30 Introduction to meditation

20:15 Tea break

20:45 Exploration of a Buddhist theme till about 21:30

All are welcome

If you need any further information you can contact us at: admin [at] adhisthana.org or 01531 - 641 726. There is no charge for...