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Connections with the USA

From Community Highlights on Fri, 27 Mar, 2026 - 16:36

Connections with the USA

From Community Highlights on Fri, 27 Mar, 2026 - 16:36

Even whilst living in Kalimpong, India, Sangharakshita developed connections with the United States of America, both literary and Buddhist. Over later decades he made several trips to the USA. In this latest Urgyen House video blog Manjuvajra explores that history and uncovers Sangharakshita’s connections to the Beat poetry movement and the leading Buddhist teachers and writers in the USA. Apart from his literary appreciation, as he travelled to support the growing Triratna movement he also enjoyed taking photographs...
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Kusaladevi

Celebrating 30 years of the Nottingham Buddhist Centre!

From Order Noticeboard on Fri, 27 Mar, 2026 - 11:20

Celebrating 30 years of the Nottingham Buddhist Centre!

From Order Noticeboard on Fri, 27 Mar, 2026 - 11:20

The Nottingham Buddhist Centre first opened our doors on 12th May 1996, so this year we celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the opening! As the current chair, I feel a lot of gratitude for all those who have been involved in our sangha over the years and who have contributed to the Nottingham Buddhist Centre being a thriving place of refuge within the city.

If you have a connection with the centre or sangha and feel drawn to celebrate with us, I’m...
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Practice Unfolding in Collective Context (Dharmabytes Podcasts)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 26 Mar, 2026 - 18:23

In this short talk, Sanghamani reflects on the magic of transformation, her mythic connection with her preceptors and with Sangharakshita as a mythic guide. The imperfections of their humanness give her faith in her own process as it unfolds in the context of collective practice. Excerpted from the talk Discipleship, Magic and Myth given at Adhisthana as part of a Women’s Area Order Weekend, 2014.

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A Steadfast Gaze In Relation to Others (Dharmabytes Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Thu, 26 Mar, 2026 - 18:18

 Vajratara explores discipleship as a living, relational practice rooted in faithfulness rather than idealism. Discipleship is presented as a steadfast gaze on what we most deeply value, and a shared understanding of Going for Refuge that orients a whole life and is handed on through friendship, practice, and devotion. Excerpted from the talk entitled The Mysteries of Discipleship: Flowers and Garlands Will Be Placed In Our Hands given at Adhisthana as part of the...
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Guhyanaga

Death of Nirmalsiddhi

From Order Messenger on Thu, 26 Mar, 2026 - 15:58

Death of Nirmalsiddhi

From Order Messenger on Thu, 26 Mar, 2026 - 15:58

Dear Order Members,

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Dhammachari Nirmalsiddhi, from Wardha, Maharashtra in India. Nirmalsiddhi died on 25th March at 4pm at Sewagram Hospital in Wardha. He was 63 years old.

For the past five months Nirmalsiddhi had been experiencing complex health problems, having had a stroke and a number of seizures which left him very unwell. Fortunately at the time of his death, his family members...
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Amaladasa

UK & Ireland Men's Area Order Weekend at Padmaloka

From Order Messenger on Wed, 25 Mar, 2026 - 17:36

UK & Ireland Men's Area Order Weekend at Padmaloka

From Order Messenger on Wed, 25 Mar, 2026 - 17:36

A Word on the Mantrayana

“It is the mantras that do the work, so to speak. Not only do they do the work, but mantras have the effect of shortening the time the bodhisattva or mantrin takes to achieve his or her goal. Indeed, with the help of mantras one may be able to achieve Supreme Perfect Enlightenment within the compass of a single human lifetime, as Milarepa is believed to have done.” 
A Word on the Mantrayana,...
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BIPOC Monthly Event (Online)

From Community Highlights on Wed, 25 Mar, 2026 - 13:51

BIPOC Monthly Event (Online)

From Community Highlights on Wed, 25 Mar, 2026 - 13:51

Last Sunday of every month, 12-1:30pm EST | 5-6:30pm IE & UK

Online via Zoom

Please join us on the last Sunday of every month for a gathering for people practicing the Dharma, at any stage of that journey and experience, and who also come from the richly diverse lived experiences of these intentionally-welcomed identities: Black, Indigenous, and people of color, inclusive of Asian/Pacific Islander, Southeast Asian, Native Hawaiian, Latinx, Arab/Middle Eastern, biracial, mixed...
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A Personal and Esoteric Welcome For Saraka

From Order Messenger on Wed, 25 Mar, 2026 - 11:38

A Personal and Esoteric Welcome For Saraka

From Order Messenger on Wed, 25 Mar, 2026 - 11:38

At the end of the International Convention in Bodhgaya on 30th January 2025, Aryajaya zoomed in through a huge screen to symbolically finish her term as International Order Convenor. As she had no successor to receive them, she handed some symbols of her office – contained in a special white box over to Avalokitesvara. (You can watch the whole event here, around 40 minutes in.) 

Fourteen months later, on 19th March 2026, Saraka marked the start of her post by...
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Volunteer with us at Buddhafield Festival! OM

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Tue, 24 Mar, 2026 - 18:17

Volunteer with us at Buddhafield Festival! OM

From Jobs, Volunteering & Communities on Tue, 24 Mar, 2026 - 18:17

There are 10 Order Members in these photos, some of our many volunteer OMs who offer support to different teams on site at our festival.

If you are curious this is an opportunity for members of the Triratna Buddhist Order to bring together their love of the Dharma, their connection with people, and team-based right livelihoods in a beautiful, natural setting. The theme of Buddhafield’s year is ‘Waves of Stillness‘.

The dates you would need to be on-site are, for most teams, 15th-21st July (some...
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Forthcoming Ordination in Shrewsbury, UK

From Order Messenger on Mon, 23 Mar, 2026 - 10:47

Forthcoming Ordination in Shrewsbury, UK

From Order Messenger on Mon, 23 Mar, 2026 - 10:47

Dear companions in the good life,

I am delighted to let you know that Lake Beckley from Shrewsbury in the UK has been invited to be ordained. The Private Ordination will take place on a small, bespoke retreat with Amritamati, Lake’s private preceptor, and some friends in the Order. 

The Public Ordination will be held at the Shrewsbury Buddhist Centre on the 2nd May. I will be the Public Preceptor and the ceremony...

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