In December of last year I made two visits, my first, to Adhisthana. What follows is an account of my experience and its context. The delightful, intelligent, and smart Saddhanandi, whom I met on the first visit, and who also, I’ve subsequently learned, has a wonderfully mischievous sense of humour, suggested this could be of […]
Anandajyoti’s first impressions of Adhisthana Read More »
Since Adhisthana opened in 2013 an ever-increasing sangha of Order Members has moved to the area to be close to Adhisthana (and a few were already here). Malvern is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, so it’s also not a bad part of the country to live in. It’s a wonderful development to have this
Local Order Members BBQ Read More »
Sangharakshita would often quote Dr. Johnson in his talks and writings. His portrait was displayed in Sangharakshita’s bedroom at Urgyen House. In this video blog Paramartha explores the connection between Sangharakshita and his eighteenth-century literary hero. You can also see the video on the Urgyen House website. Urgyen House, at Adhisthana, has proved a popular
Earlier this week, eighteen local primary school children came to Adhisthana for a visit. They had been studying Buddhism last term and the school had enquired about coming to see first hand what we were about. Over the course of a few hours, Saddhaloka, Saddhanandi, Caroline and I did our best to give a sense
School visits at Adhisthana – reflections from Patrick Read More »
We are very pleased to let you know that some of the journals in the Sangharakshita Library can now be accessed digitally. Our aim is to develop the Sangharakshita Library as an ever more valuable resource for the Movement. One step in that direction has been digitising some of the journals so that they can
Read journals from the early days of Triratna online Read More »
The Tibetan Book of the Dead appeared in an English translation by W Y Evans-Wentz nearly 100 years ago, a time when few Buddhist scriptures and books about Buddhism were available, and since then it has played a significant part in introducing many Westerners to Buddhism. In September 1979, at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, Urgyen Sangharakshita
Saddhaloka’s reflections on the Tibetan Book of the Dead Retreat Read More »
Three months after the course finished, Jan reflects on his time at Adhisthana and very honestly shares his expereince about what it was like to do. Hello everyone, Caroline asked me to write a bit about my experience during the DharmaLife course. I am back home now for about three months and a lot of
Jan’s reflections on the DharmaLife Course Read More »
The DharmaLife course has been one of the highlights of my life. I’m reaching the end of my 3-month stay at Adhisthana and am writing this blog as a reflection on my time here. In some respects, it was a difficult decision to decide to come on the course. I had been working in the
Jeremy’s reflections on the DharmaLife course Read More »
In November, members of the Adhisthana Teaching Community gathered together over several days to connect and to study together. This Teaching Community is drawn mainly from those Order members who’ve been involved in teaching at Adhisthana over the last few years. Thinking of this group of order members as a ‘community’, we hope, will encourage
The Adhisthana Teaching Community Gathering Read More »
Adhisthana has been delighted to be hosting small self-led retreats over the course of the last year. There have been a few camping weekends, but as the temperatures have now dropped, it’s also lovely having friends come together here and use indoor spaces, alongside our programme of other events and retreats. The three ‘jits’ came
A Retreat of Conquerers Read More »
