BY pATRICK Adhisthana is a rich and rewarding place to live out Sangharashita’s vision of the Dharma life and its myriad blessings. There is a uniquely joyful – and mysteriously subtle – intensity to working, living and practising within a large mixed sangha of two single-sex communities which provides plenty of frontiers for spiritual growth. […]
by Ratnaghosha After many years of focussing mainly on the Pali Canon I have recently begun to study some Mahayana sutras. In particular, I’m looking into The White Lotus Sutra and the Vimalakirti Nirdesa. The world of a Mahayana sutra is a very different world to the Pali Canon (or at least most of the
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The 2,500th anniversary of the Buddha’s attainment of perfect Enlightenment was a year of great significance for Sangharakshita. Paramartha introduces some remarkable treasures from Urgyen House that help illuminate a year that connects Sangharakshita with the Dalai Lama, Dhardo Rinpoche, Dr Ambedkar and Je Tsongkhapa.
A newly rediscovered Sanskrit version of the Vimalakirti Nirdesa has been translated into English. The new translation reveals subtle differences to the meaning of parts of the teaching, including Vimalakirti’s ‘thunderous silence’! There are several retreats on Vimalakirti happening at Adhisthana this year, one with Dhivan, and one with Vessantrara.
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We are thrilled to announce that Adhisthana will soon be offering two beautiful new solitary retreat cabins. The cabins are currently being constructed to our specifications and are set to arrive at the end of April. If all goes well, they should be ready for visitors by the end of June, assuming all the setting
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During Adhisthana’s celebratory tenth anniversary year, we are delighted to announce that Akasalila, a local artist, has an installation on the Adhisthana grounds. After her recent displays at two Royal Academy shows, she has kindly offered to create and display one of her ‘posts’ here. Standing near the library building and the pond behind the
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At the very last Order gathering at Adhisthana that Bhante attended, Prakasha and Srisambhava’s huge Padmasambhava rupa formed the central shrine. Before he left us, Bhante whispered something to Paramartha and the next minute we saw him being wheeled around in circumambulation, bowing again and again. On February 24, ten years to the day from Bhante’s
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Dharmacharini Dhammadinna explores Sangharakshita’s long connection with the Bodhisattva Green Tara and his teacher Chattrul Sangye Dorje. With photographs, video and objects from the Urgyen House archives, that take us from Kalimpong, India to Taraloka, Tiratanaloka, London and Adhisthana, UK, we learn of the great significance of Green Tara in Sangharakshita’s life and work. For
The importance of Dr Ambedkar Born the 14th child of an army officer, Bhimrao Ambedkar was the only one of his siblings to finish primary school. As a member of the Untouchable caste, he was forced to sit outside the classroom for lessons, and not allowed to drink water unless someone else poured it for him.
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by bodhikamala Looking at the majestic trees of Adhisthana’s garden, one hot day in July, I realise that this is the same space that welcomed me 7 years ago in an experience alike, which at the same time feels completely different. In this very room, on a similar morning but 7 summers ago, I was
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