At the start of the month we waved off Shubhavyuha, who is off on sabbatical for six months in Australia. There was actually a second secret farewell 12 hours after she set off – her initial journey was delayed by 10 hours, having spent the entire day sat stationary on the motorway behind an accident! […]
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The first few months of every year are usually a bit quieter. With fewer people on site this means the cooks have a chance to get more creative; Jayadhi made a great Pad Thai, Bodhiketu created a spicy Lasagne, and Harry has been mastering a variety of recipes that you’ll get a chance to taste
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It has been a lovely start to the year already. The European Chairs Assembly came for their winter meeting, and it was a great way to kick off 2024; their clear up left the place spotless and you can usually find Maitridevi and a few others playing Bananagrams after dinner (and learn some new words;
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It’s been a significant year at Adhisthana, and as it draws to a close we are taking the opportunity to cast a backward glance over what has happened. As a picture tells a thousand words, perhaps the best way to get a flavour is by watching our ten year anniversary film that Max has been
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Would you like to join us? We are looking for new members of our communities to work full-time in the kitchen as Kitchen Manager and Second Cook. You will need to be either an Order Member or Mitra training for Ordination, with a serious interest in an intensive experience of community living and team-based right
BY ARTHAVADIN, Convenor, International Council Adhisthana feels so integral to the life of our community that it’s hard to believe it’s only been in existence for ten years. How did we ever manage without it? From the outset, Adhisthana has always been so much more than just a retreat centre. It was Bhante’s home and has
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BY SATYALILA, Order Member, Bristol ‘If Adhisthana is anything, it is a nexus. It is a place where the light of the transcendental makes landfall. When two Dharmafarers meet on the basis of their Dharma practice, an alchemy happens. Between them, in their openness to each other, there is created the space in which the
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BY KARUNIKA, Former Director FWBO Central The project that eventually became Adhisthana has its roots in what was originally referred to as the ‘Library Project’. The library remained a central part of the project and important to Bhante. Throughout his life Bhante was a phenomenal reader, able to read and digest several books in a
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BY DHIVAN, Visiting Scholar, Adhisthana Adhisthana has hosted five Philosophy Symposiums which encourage philosophical engagement with aspects of the Dharma, such as the meaning of the Transcendental, and of Higher Evolution. Adhisthana is big enough to hold this kind of deep questioning at the same time as being at the very centre of the Triratna
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BY SADDHAJALA, Women’s Mitra Convenor, Krakow, Poland Two phrases come to my mind when I think of Adhisthana: a sacred mandala and home for the international Sangha. It is a place where the transcendental and the mythical create the foundation for a place that is outside of space and time. A heart for the movement
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