It was pleasure to meet and see some of guest travelling for Buddhagaya convention keep up their connection with retreat center for example Jayadhi, Karunamaya, Saraka, Sthirjyoti, Mahashraddha and others.
The Triratna Buddhist Community was founded by Urgyen Sangharakshita and 2025 marks the one hundredth anniversary of his birth. For this special anniversary year our online celebration of Triratna Day will be a rejoicing in his life and qualities.
In each of the three sessions we will hear from three Order members - from different generations and parts of the world - about life changing encounters they had with Sangharakshita and the qualities that were communicated through those encounters.
In a famous passage in the Itivutakka The Buddha compares Metta to the radiance of the sun and moon. He says that metta ‘shines and burns and blazes forth in surpassing all other acts of good’ and that ‘Whoever sets their mind to make goodwill grow Boundless’ …will become Enlightened! Excerpted from the talk All Beings Without Exception given at Sheffield Buddhist Centre, 2024.
This week Janet, Anna and Dayaloka will share how they practise the three different aspects of mindfulness: sati, appamada and sampajanna. Come along to hear how awareness has transformed the lives of these Sangha members.
I am writing to let you know that having consulted a number of Kalyanavati’s good friends in the Order and reflected on my communications with Kalyanavati by e-mail and zoom last year, and now very recently by email, that I have formally accepted her resignation from the Order in my capacity as her Public Preceptor.
Kalyanavati contributed in various ways to the Brighton Sangha for some...
The Berlin sangha is building a retreat centre in the forest north of Berlin at the site of the “Rote Burg” (the Red Castle). Our vision is to create a meeting place where we can dedicate ourselves to deepening our Buddhist practice in nature – for the Berlin sangha as well as for the wider Triratna community from all across the European continent.
The site features two red brick buildings with 960 square metres of floor space...
Aryadasa discusses his experience of moving through fear in order to live a life more dedicated to love and friendship. He talks about the difficulties involved in this transition and the fruits that come from working through such difficulties. Excerpted from the talk Fearless Love - A Personal Talk by Aryadasa given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2019, as part of the Sub35 Men’s Fearless Love retreat.
We've remastered this short series of talks given at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre in early 2016, where Vessantara explores Sangharakshita's idea that fundamentally there is one spiritual experience, which has different aspects that we can unfold. All the talks are linked together not only through ideas but also through a thread of stories and imagery related to the Pacific Ocean. This first talk looks at going for refuge to the Three Jewels, which is the central aspect.
In this short series given at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre in early 2016, Vessantara explores Sangharakshitas idea that fundamentally there is one spiritual experience, which has different aspects that we can unfold. All the talks are linked together not only through ideas but also through a thread of stories and imagery related to the Pacific Ocean. This second talk covers deepening insight into the nature of things, from reflection to direct experience, stream entry and beyond.
