Always a busy month, this year we welcomed a bumper lot of Order members to the Combined Area Order weekend. The programme of study, meditation, talks and just hanging out was a wonderful way to be together in the Order. Thanks to all of you who came and especially to all of you whose heroic […]
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After waving goodbye to this years young women’s DharmaLife course (applications for 2025 women’s are already open) we entered into our community At Home days, on which we studied parts of Mind in Harmony and half way though welcomed home Maitriyogini from her ordination retreat! We’ve had another wonderful collection of volunteers – Annika from
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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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Recently a fascinating new exhibition called ‘Foundations’ opened at Urgyen House in Adhisthana exploring Sangharakshita’s years 1965 – 1970. Now in this latest video blog Paramartha introduces some of the key themes of the exhibition. In 1964 Sangharakshita responded to a request to visit the UK and help resolve difficulties in the small British Buddhist
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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In 2022 and 2023 we did a lot of work to improve the reliability and availability of the internet at Adhisthana so we now have a unified Wi-Fi system spanning most of the site that allows you to stay connected as you move from one building to another. This work was vital for improving the
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by Ratnaprabha How do you find out what is the case? Consider the criteria of the Kalama Sutta in which the Buddha provides a list of what he regards as unreliable sources of knowledge or advice: None of these are reliable sources of knowledge. Instead, he says, ‘when you know of yourselves that these teachings are skilful, blameless, recommended by sensible
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By Prajnaketu Image credit How are you reading this? Forgive me for being so forward. Of course, you haven’t really got going yet. It’s probably too open a question anyway: the how of reading could mean lots of different things. First, there’s the medium – are you on your phone, a tablet, a laptop or
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BY RATNAPRABHA Scientists themselves have increasingly seen the importance of ‘the observer’. Science is for human beings, so it needs to understand what it is to be human, what self-awareness is, and what the range of human needs are (scientists tend to stop at the survival (medicine), and material (technology) needs.) But above all because immediate experience
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