Kamalashila describes the types of Shraddha (confidence, faith or esteem), and their place in Buddhist practice. Talk for Sangha Night at the West London Buddhist Centre, 2016.
Our dear friend and Dharma sister Dharmacharini Vihanasari (Sandra Bonin) died on August 18, 2023 at the age of 79 following a long struggle with Alzheimers.
She had been deeply involved with Aryaloka Buddhist Centre in Newmarket, New Hampshire, USA. Her ordination took place in California in July, 2008, with Dayalocana as her Private Preceptor and Dayanandi her Public Preceptor. She had a strong connection to 1000 armed Avalokitesvara who symbolized...
Sangharakshita revisits his time as a wandering ‘Dharma Farer’ in the India of the 1940s. The occasion for this colourful set of stories and related insights is the 60th anniversary of his decision to ‘Go Forth’ into the homeless life, in line with the oldest Buddhist traditions. Sangharakshita is in fine, thoughtful, at times even mischievous form as he heads into his 83rd year, and, as usual, is uncompromising in his vision of the spiritual life as a...
We are delighted to let you know that the following 5 women will be ordained in the course of a Spanish-speaking pilgrimage to Adhisthana. The pilgrimage will be exploring the Life and Work of Sangharakshita and its relevance to the Spanish-speaking world.
The private ordinations will take place during the second week of the pilgrimage / retreat and the Public will take place at 2.30pm (UK time) on Wednesday 20th September. A few friends have been invited to attend the public...
With inspiring candour, Devamitra speaks from his own experience on the importance of valuing and facing our adversities (duhkha), explaining how that naturally leads into faith, and into the joy of gratitude. He also briefly introduces his new book on his experience as a cross-dressing Buddhist. Excerpted from the talk From Adversity to Gratitude and Beyond given at West London Buddhist Centre, 2016.
Alfoxton House in Somerset, England has a long and rich history stretching back over 1000 years. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, and is where the young William Wordsworth, his sister Dorothy and their great friend Samuel Taylor Coleridge helped birth the radical new Romantic movement during a magical year there in 1797.
In June 2020, a new Triratna Buddhist community received the keys to this astonishing property set within 52 acres...
Saddhanandi riffs off a talk that Sangharakshita gave to the Buddhist Society in 1975 entitled ‘Enlightenment as Experience and Non-Experience’. She reflects on the content as well as the context, just what was happening with these early lectures by Sangharakshita, just six years after the first ordinations. Given on retreat at Adhisthana, 2022.
