Tag: Guhyaloka

Guhyaloka For The Ages: Prakasha

By Candradasa on Fri, 24 Oct, 2025 - 16:06

The second episode in our brand new occasional series of Buddhist Voices featuring the men who made Guhyaloka - ‘The Secret Valley’!

During this in-depth interview with Jyotika, Prakasha recounts his experience of living at Guhyaloka. For approximately five years he lived in the Vihara there with several other men. This was a time of deep spiritual practice, which gave rise to many fruits. Since then he has spent months on solitary retreat in the Valley and at Uttaraloka.

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Guhyaloka For The Ages: Episode One

By Candradasa on Wed, 14 May, 2025 - 15:28

We’re back after a long hiatus with a brand new occasional series of Buddhist Voices featuring the men who made Guhyaloka!

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Guhyaloka—the ‘Secret Valley’—has been the Triratna Buddhist Community’s primary place for men’s ordination since 1987. Over 600 men have become Order members there. It has therefore been vitally important in helping to shape what the Triratna community offers the world today.

For it to thrive into the future, Guhyaloka needs to undergo major...

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Getting Lost (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Mon, 29 Apr, 2024 - 11:00

Paraga offers some reflections on his personal experience of being in the Order. Excerpted from the talk Reflections On the Benefits of Being In the Order given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2016.

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FBA Podcast: Quietly Revering the Unfathomable - Reflections On Guhyaloka

By Sadayasihi on Sat, 26 Jan, 2019 - 11:00

This week’s FBA Podcast by Dayasagara is entitled Quietly Revering the Unfathomable - Reflections On Guhyaloka. In the sparkling and wonderful talk, Dayasagara evokes the magic and mystery around his ordination, his time in ‘the secret valley’, and his new Dharma name.

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Quietly Revering the Unfathomable - Reflections on Guhyaloka

By Vajrashura on Wed, 10 Oct, 2018 - 21:25

On Monday 17th September 2018, Dayasagara had his Private Ordination into the Triratna Buddhist Order, followed by his Public Ordination on Saturday 22nd September 2018.

This took place in Guhyaloka retreat centre on a special one-month ordination retreat, and in total there were 12 men ordained, from all around the world.

In the sparkling and wonderful talk, Dayasagara evokes the magic and mystery around his ordination and his time in ‘the secret valley’, as well as his new Dharma name.

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Satyaraja and Maitreyabandhu on developments in the Guhyaloka ordination course

By Saccanama on Fri, 11 Mar, 2016 - 13:46

Satyaraja and Maitreyabandhu led the 4-month ordination course for men at Guhyaloka last year and began a 3-year process of implementing changes to the course. Here they explain some of their reasons for these developments.

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Paramabandhu on a new ordination retreat

By Saccanama on Thu, 12 Nov, 2015 - 16:14

Paramabandhu introduces a new ordination retreat at Guhyaloka which will run for one month in September next year. It will be a bilingual retreat in Spanish and English.