This morning we watched ex-Itir from the Women’s 2017 DharmaLife course become Varadhi. She was publicly ordained at around 8am UK time in a community in Melbourne watched by hundreds online having been privately ordained a few weeks early in advance of the now-cancelled 2020 Akashavana ordination retreat. It’s such a delight for the community […]
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The current emerging conditions of the world have brought to the fore both fragility of life and our lifestyles along with the wide impact of our individual choices. It has been obvious that the only appropriate action was to play our small part in the nation’s strategy to minimise the potential suffering that could be
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Here is a statement against Buddhist violence against the mostly Muslim Rohingya people in Burma/Myanmar, signed individually and personally by senior members of the Triratna Buddhist Order including Sangharakshita, Dhammarati, Parami + Saddhaloka who are resident at Adhisthana. For more context and a link to a BBC radio broadcast with Vishvapani, a member of the Triratna Buddhist Order see Triratna News on
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The recent Order weekend in celebration of Sangharakshita’s 90th birthday was a great success – thank you all who came and participated and helped to create such a wonderful gathering. It has had a deeply positive effect on Adhisthana and on all of us here, and is an example of the magic of gathering together
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Last week the resident community at Adhisthana spent a few days ‘at home’ together. There was some study led by Parami on the Dasadhamma Sutta – the ten points to be reflected on by one who has ‘gone forth’; we had couple of inspiring and energising sessions facilitated by Saddhanandi, evoking the vision of Adhisthana
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Right at the heart of Adhisthana is the Sangharakshita Library – a collection of books and artefacts collected by Bhante over his lifetime, plus a wealth of letters, papers, photos and images connected with him and his life. One of the most important roles of Adhisthana will be caring for this precious legacy. It will
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We have a lot of different kinds of events at Adhisthana. There are our own retreats and training events, various meetings, order weekends, local sanghas holding their weekend retreats here, and many different groupings who are able to come and practice together – such as re-union retreats, retreats of preceptees with their preceptor, and lots
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One year on from its opening, Adhisthana – the spiritual home of the Triratna Community – is about to enter an exciting new phase in its development. Since the doors opened at the beginning of August 2013, we have hosted more than 50 retreats, meetings and courses for over 1000 members of the Order and
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Happy Birthday to Bhante, who is 88 today. Left – Bhante and his birthday cake (photo by Vimalabandhu).
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MAY 2013 – HURRAH FOR VOLUNTEERS In the past two weeks all the hard work that has been going on here since September has really begun to show. It started with getting services – water, electricity and sewage- sorted out and that proved a much bigger job than had been expected. That long, and rather
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