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Adhisthana - Scenes from the Dedication

By Candradasa on Sun, 4 Aug, 2013 - 16:22

Adhisthana - Scenes from the Dedication

By Candradasa on Sun, 4 Aug, 2013 - 16:22UPDATED: now includes White Tara Offerings for Sangharakshita

Some lovely wee snippets from our friend Ivan who’s reporting for us on Instagram live from the Dedication Weekend for the new Triratna Buddhist Community Retreat Centre in Herefordshire, England…
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Pictures from the Adhisthana Dedication Weekend - Part 2

By Candradasa on Sun, 4 Aug, 2013 - 14:52
  • Friends looking at an art catalogue
  • Courtyard in the sun
  • People touring
  • Surveying Adhisthana
  • Shrine room audience during the dedication
  • Buddhist flag hoisted above the library
  • Double-decker dining room
  • Dining room downstairs
  • Sally Rawlings, Shraddhalocani Jackson, Vimalavajri and Dharmavajri
  • Taranita Jobbins, Ratnadhya, Peter Lowbridge, Chittamani and Simhanada
  • The shrine after the dedication
  • Shrine close-up
  • Full lecture hall for Dhammarati's talk
  • Buddhadasa making Sangharakshita's offerings
  • Presenting Sangharakshita's offerings
  • The main sign again

Pictures from the Adhisthana Dedication Weekend - Part 2

By Candradasa on Sun, 4 Aug, 2013 - 14:52
Some more lovely images from the first couple of days: the end of the Order dedication and the beginning of the Triratna Buddhist Community dedication. 

Thank you to Vidyamala, Advayamati, Jvalamalini, and Ivan!
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Dhammarati introduces Adhisthana

By Candradasa on Sun, 4 Aug, 2013 - 13:14
Dhammarati tells the story of the search for Adhisthana, Triratna’s new retreat centre near Malvern, and takes the opportunity to thank the key people involved. A great introduction to a great project!

NB: the sound quality improves after the first minute or so.

For more, see www.adhisthana.org or www.thebuddhistcentre.com/adhisthana.
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Rainy Sunday walk in Coddington

By Munisha on Sun, 4 Aug, 2013 - 12:25
  • Cabbage Stump crossroads
  • Field near Adhisthana
  • Church Farm
  • Coddington church
  • Gravestone in Coddington churchyard
  • Baby memorial in Coddington church porch
  • Gravestone, Coddington churchyard
  • Memorial to a happy man
  • View from Coddington church
  • The Old School
  • Village post box
  • View over the hedge
  • The neighbours
  • Lane, main entrance
  • Dhammarati's signage, main entrance

Rainy Sunday walk in Coddington

By Munisha on Sun, 4 Aug, 2013 - 12:25This morning, around 11am, we saw the first arrivals at Adhisthana of about 250 Friends, mitras and Order members from all over Britain, and further afield, to add to those Order members who stayed on from yesterday. We also saw the arrival of torrential rain.

Just before the crowds arrived, I took a walk around the village, a mile (less than 2km) away. It’s a rural area and the village, with fewer than 100 residents, includes one or two...
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Adhisthana Order Dedication Ceremony led by Parami

By Candradasa on Sat, 3 Aug, 2013 - 19:48
The Triratna Buddhist Order’s Dedication Ceremony for Adhisthana, August 3rd 2013, led by Parami…
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Adhisthana's Dedication - two interviews

By Candradasa on Sat, 3 Aug, 2013 - 19:47
Adhisthana’s Dedication Ceremony - Lokabandhu interviews with Vimalasara, from Canada, seeing it for the first time, and Ajjavin the mastermind behind the building project - two very different perspectives
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Saturday's dedication shrine

By Munisha on Sat, 3 Aug, 2013 - 18:59
  • Offerings and rupas
  • Offerings
  • Bhante's rupa

Saturday's dedication shrine

By Munisha on Sat, 3 Aug, 2013 - 18:59Order members worldwide were invited to send very small Buddha rupas to be offered in today’s dedication ceremony. You can see them all here on the shrine designed by Vidyatara using very authentic local building materials! Bhante’s rupa is the tiny one in the large Buddha’s lap.
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Some things are worth waiting for

By Munisha on Sat, 3 Aug, 2013 - 18:43
  • Queuing for lunch
  • Families welcome
  • The first of two flags from Bodhgaya is hoisted to the library ceiling

Some things are worth waiting for

By Munisha on Sat, 3 Aug, 2013 - 18:43Here’s Saturday’s lunch queue - and there are some other things that take a long time here in beautiful rural Herefordshire, where the internet access is some of the slowest in the country…

The challenge facing your faithful reporting team - Lokabandhu, Ivan Trujillo and me - is best summed up in a message that appeared on my computer screen this morning: “Downloading 6 files. 14 hours remaining.”
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Dedication Ceremony at Adhisthana

By lokabandhu on Sat, 3 Aug, 2013 - 18:16
The Order’s Dedication Ceremony of Adhisthana, led by Parami, with chanting of the Refuges and Ten Precepts, plus the Avalokitesvara and Bodhicitta Mantras. The ceremony was preceded by a talk from Dhammarati in which he rejoiced and thanked the many people involved in the project - this will be posted separately…

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