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On Wednesday 26th August, Adhisthana will be celebrating the anniversary of Bhante Sangharakshita’s birthday, as will be happening throughout Triratna. I find it hard to believe that only two years ago Bhante was still alive and would have been enjoying the celebrations at Adhisthana – probably with a vegan coffee and walnut cake that he […]

Since Adhisthana closed, we have been cancelling retreats and refunding those booked on a rolling basis. When contacting people we have also been inviting them to donate their deposit (or more), to be distributed to those Triratna centres and organisations that will need additional help with funding during these uncertain times. There has been a […]

On Thursday afternoon the community came together in Bhante’s lounge and sat around his chair to listen to his 1965 talk on the Arising of the Bodhicitta. You can listen to that talk here : The Arising of the Bodhicitta – 1965 – Sangharakshita   View this post on Instagram   Bhante’s chair, Bhante’s words. […]

This morning Yashodeva took advantage of the weather and the freshly blooming trees around the burial made to create one of his signature iPad sketches.

A significant aspect of our work here at Adhisthana is to keep alive the spirit of our founder and teacher, Bhante Urgyen Sangharakshita, in the years after his passing on the 20th October 2018. There are many ways that we do this – by passing on his teachings; providing a context for people to visit […]

Bhante’s body lies at Adhisthana and Bhante’s spirit lies at the heart of what we do. During the lockdown the community is circumambulating every evening at 7pm in an act of worship, devotion and rememberance. Here’s a short snippet that was livestreamed last night:

We’d like to draw your attention to some online exhibitions that have been made available by the team at Dharmachakra. These are a great way to get a deeper connection with Bhante and the Order from wherever you are. Nine Decades In these very personal conversations with Saddhanandi, Bhante chooses objects from each period and […]

This morning we watched ex-Itir from the Women’s 2017 Dharma Life Course become Varadhi. She was publicly ordained at around 8am UK time in a community in Melbourne watched by hundreds online having been privately ordained a few weeks early in advance of the now-cancelled 2020 Akashavana ordination retreat. It’s such a delight for the […]