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#PilgrimageUnlimited Begins!

By akasajoti on Mon, 12 Jun, 2023 - 15:28

#PilgrimageUnlimited Begins!

By akasajoti on Mon, 12 Jun, 2023 - 15:28

Ratnadharini’s epic journey to fundraise for Tiratanaloka Unlimited has begun!

After being waved off by the Adhisthana Community on Friday; this morning Ratnadharini set off from Tooting Broadway, showered in petals by Dhammagita, Vajratara, Dhammarati and Akasajoti.

Today she will walk 16.71 miles, along the Thames Path out of London to Shepperton, in 27°C heat and possible storms!

We’ll be following her all the way (in spirit!), sharing her progress and daily video diaries.

Sadhu!

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The Mystery of Truth and Love and Community by Vidyamala

By Oliviahinde on Mon, 29 May, 2023 - 10:30

The Mystery of Truth and Love and Community by Vidyamala

By Oliviahinde on Mon, 29 May, 2023 - 10:30

In 2009 Bhante said: “there is something about the movement, the Order and even about me that is not easily definable. There is a touch of something that cannot be buttoned down, something that cannot in the end be defined. Even the desire to button it down or define it is a mistake … Everyone will need to take care of that rather mysterious, indefinable spirit that gives the movement life and energy.”

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Young Women+ Dharma Life Course

By Maitriyogini on Fri, 26 May, 2023 - 12:14

Young Women+ Dharma Life Course

By Maitriyogini on Fri, 26 May, 2023 - 12:14

The next Dharma Life course at Adhisthana will run 11 March – 28 June 2024.

A four-month residential course providing you with an opportunity to live an intensive dharma life: living, practising, studying, and working together within the context of Adhisthana.

Over 16 weeks you’ll receive a grounding in the principles and practice of Triratna Buddhism through retreats, study with experienced teachers and communal living. You’ll also participate in the life of the wider Adhisthana sangha: meditating together, performing ritual, developing kalyana mitrata and joining...

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Adhisthana in WWF Wildflower Meadows Feature

By Khemabandhu on Sat, 20 May, 2023 - 17:43

Adhisthana in WWF Wildflower Meadows Feature

By Khemabandhu on Sat, 20 May, 2023 - 17:43

I just wanted to share with you this video produced by the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) on Wildflower Meadows. A lot of the footage from this video was shot at Adhisthana. The sections about bees, sheep and others. There’s also an interview with our very own Buddhist ‘monk’, Sanghadeva.

Kath is the lady who has grazed her sheep on our land since 2020 (they’ve just arrived again this week). Rory has helped us recently establish a wildflower meadow...

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National 'Big' Weekend Retreat

By dayaketu on Tue, 16 May, 2023 - 16:32

National 'Big' Weekend Retreat

By dayaketu on Tue, 16 May, 2023 - 16:32

National ‘Big’ Weekend Retreat
26-29 May
Adhisthana Retreat Centre

Here’s exciting news of the first national retreat for people of colour coming together from across the UK.

Join the people of colour team for a residential ‘Big Weekend’ retreat with experienced meditation teachers who will guide you through a range of grounding...

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Dharmabytes: An Error of Perception

By Zac on Thu, 11 May, 2023 - 06:00

Vidyamala simplifies the whole of Buddhism with this succinct teaching on impermanence.

From the talk Overview of the Five Stages of the System of Practice, part of the series The Bridge, the Path and the Goal given at Adhisthana, 2019.

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Pilgrims Week & 108-Hour Circumambulation

By Centre Team on Sat, 6 May, 2023 - 18:22

Pilgrims Week & 108-Hour Circumambulation

By Centre Team on Sat, 6 May, 2023 - 18:22

18 – 23 June | LED BY Khemabandhu, Saddhanandi + Caroline

Friends, Mitras and Order Members from across the world are welcome to visit and spend time at Adhisthana with a light programme.

Spend time studying; delving into the hidden treasures of the largest private Buddhist library in the UK.

Visit Urgyen House; dwell in the atmosphere of the final home of Urgyen Sangharakshita. See his rooms, kept as they were during his lifetime and view the ‘Precious...

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Writing about Sangharakshita, by Vishvapani

By Oliviahinde on Mon, 1 May, 2023 - 10:30

Writing about Sangharakshita, by Vishvapani

By Oliviahinde on Mon, 1 May, 2023 - 10:30

Over the last few years I’ve been rereading and writing about Sangharakshita. I started thinking I had something to say about him that would integrate criticisms with appreciation and might be helpful to others in Triratna. But the more I tried to identify what I wanted to say, the deeper I found myself travelling into his writing and his life. I realised that, even though I have been absorbing Sangharakshita’s teachings for four decades and lived with him for six...

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Dharmabytes: A Degree of Commonality

By Zac on Thu, 27 Apr, 2023 - 06:00

Here, Subhuti speaks to the amount of effort to maintain unity across a growing spiritual community. Excerpted from the talk Adhisthana, Sanghakaya and Unity, the second talk in a series called Triratna Three Strands, Adhisthana, 2013. The three strands of Triratna are the Triratna Buddhist Order, the Triratna Buddhist Community and the Preceptors’ College.

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