Cittavasin, who recently has run into some serious health issues, asked to share a message with the Order updating everyone - here are his words…
“Thank you so much for your many kind thoughts and wishes, it’s all really helpful and uplifting at a time like this.
I’ve had a really tough couple of weeks, pretty much bed bound, staring at 4 walls, up and down constantly with lots of blood loss. Finally they found a tumour in...
Cittavasin is currently recovering from an emergency operation carried out yesterday to remove a tumour from his upper intestine following acute and persistent internal bleeding with a previously undetermined cause. The tumour is currently being tested.
To significantly complicate matters, he and his partner, Beccy, were on a motorcycle touring holiday in Southern France which was swiftly curtailed by events. Cittavasin was admitted to intensive care in a provincial French hospital...
Sangharakshita turned 91 on 26 August this year. This greatly respected teacher has left a legacy of wise and clearly written (and spoken) work introducing and going deeper into the Dharma. His books include such classics as The Bodhisattva Ideal, A Guide to the Buddhist Path and The Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path. His writings go far to clarify the practices for the Buddhist order he founded, the Triratna Order, which is worldwide, and adaptable to very different countries, as seen...
Twice a year the European Chairs of Triratna Centres, plus those members of the Order who are directors or chairs of major projects as Windhorse Publications or the buddhistcentre online, gather for a chairs assembly - to strengthen ties of friendship and create new ones, too share information and do business and to inspire and support those with the important responsibility of being chair at the Buddhist Centre.
Here is a summary report of the topics and sessions that took place over that week.
Padmasuri and Paramachitta are delighted to announce the forthcoming ordinations of seven women at the two-week international retreat being held at Akashavana:
Anneke Dekker from the Netherlands Mieke de Laure from Belgium Geraldine Griffin from Ireland Perrianne Aquiler from the UK Claire Brown from the UK Katelijn Saey from Belgium Sophia March from the UK
Satyadasa, in association with the Abhayaratna Trust, presents an introductory workshop on wills, will writing, and the issues that arise for anyone considering passing on their own legacy. If you’ve ever wondered how to navigate the sea of legal complexity that surrounds the process of what happens to our money and possessions after we die, this is a great starting point!
Much of the information given in this workshop is related primarily to the legal situation in the UK,...
Satyadasa, in association with the Abhayaratna Trust, presents an introductory workshop on wills, will writing, and the issues that arise for anyone considering passing on their own legacy. If you’ve ever wondered how to navigate the sea of legal complexity that surrounds the process of what happens to our money and possessions after we die, this is a great starting point!
Much of the information given in this workshop is related primarily to the legal situation in the UK, though the...
