At the end of May Adhisthana hosted a long weekend for the first national People of Colour retreat for the UK. While Triratna POC events have been running in London for over thirty years, this is the first time that there has been a national retreat offered for people of colour drawing on Sangha’s from […]
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by subhuti There is a powerful quotation in the talk given by Bhante at the LBC on Padmasambhava Day in 1979. He says somewhere that our centres, our communities, and our co-ops, are all ways of contacting different aspects of life and transforming them, because this is essentially what our movement is about. “It’s not
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At Home Days for the Adhisthana Community by liv Twice a year, the Adhisthana Community traditionally has At Home Days. This is a space to come together and spend some time building and strengthening the network of friendships that is the Adhisthana residential Sangha. At the start of June, we gathered together for four days
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BY LALITANAGA, Sweden, Dharma Life Alumnus One night when crossing the courtyard to the community in the main building I looked up and saw a star-filled sky. I was struck by the beauty of the whole place, and not just that particular scene but also the surrounding countryside. Just before turning the handle of the
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BY GUNABHADRI, ECA Development Team I have had the good fortune to stay at Adhisthana many times in the last few years. When I arrive, and of course several times during an event itself, I will circumambulate Bhante’s burial mound. And recently I got into the habit of a daily walk in a circle around the
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Members of the Adhisthana communities gathered together to wave Ratnadharini off this morning as she journeys down to London. From the start of next week, she will be walking approximately 150 miles from Tooting to Adhisthana. Sangharakshita was born in Tooting, London, in 1925 and died in 2018 after living his last five years (including the happiest
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BY KSANTIKARA, Young Buddhist Convenor For close to eight years now I’ve been gathering alongside other people in their twenties for weekend retreats here. Many of my closest friends have been made through these Young Buddhist retreats. Adhisthana is a genuine hub of international friendship, a sacred spot where the future of Triratna becomes fused
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We are delighted that Patrick, who joined the community in January 2021 has become Prakashamitra, “He who is a bright and shining friend.” He was ordained by Ratnaghosha. For those who have met Prakashamitra in the years he has lived at Adhisthana, his name will not come as a surpise as he has grown to
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by vidyamala 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
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Last year, we had the privilege of hosting a one-month international course for Order Members from around the world, aiming to provide training, support, and the opportunity to forge deep friendships and connections within the international sangha. Led by a team of Order members who live and work at Adhisthana, participants delved into the four
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