Satyaraja begins the series of talks on the four acceptance verses with an inspiring, careful, and systematic exploration of the verse ‘With Loyalty to my Teachers, I Accept this Ordination’. He investigates the centrality of the relationship with Bhante Sangharakshita, our own preceptors and the world and culture which we join at the sacred moment of ordination. This talk was given as part of the series What is the Order? Given at ...
Pasannamati gives a Sangha night talk exploring Perfect Livelihood. How can our livelihood and our networks be a doorway to leading our lives in a way in which our eyes can be wide open rather than our eyes being wide shut? Excerpted from the talk Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy…reflections of Livelihood and the Networks That Sustain Us given at Birmingham Buddhist Centre, 2021.
This week we’re delighted to welcome Padmavajra — our centre president and dear friend — who will be rounding off our current theme. Following his talk, there’ll be a Q&A session: a great opportunity to bring your questions to a very experienced Dharma practitioner.
The following people will be ordained on a retreat at Guhyaloka in Spain between 29th April and 15th July. The Public Ordination Ceremony will take place on Monday 26th May.
Paramabandhu gives an elegant and challenging talk at the spring Going for Refuge weekend 2025. Sharing personally about his own going forth and ordination, outlining 4 ways which we can go forth in our modern lives and opening up the image of Fudo, the wrathful representation of Vairocana, a figure rarely explored in talks given at Padmaloka.
Vishvapani’s usual good-natured and reflective approach is just the thing to start us off as he looks at how Sangharakshita’s initiative in founding the FWBO might be viewed in terms of the unity of Buddhism.
I am sorry to announce the resignation from the Order of Dhammachari Padmabodhi from Nagpur. He has been suspended from the Order for the last two years for a serious breach of the precepts and, in consultation with his Private Preceptor and friends, has now decided to leave the Order.
Padmabodhi was ordained at Hsuan Tsang Retreat Centre, Bordharan, on 22nd January 2000 by Dhammachari Lokamitra, as his Private...
Subhadramati gives a talk for Cambridge Sangha night as part of a series on the Six Distinctive Emphasis of the Triratna Buddhist Community. A talk full of energy, insight and inspiration on Ordination within Triratna. Given at Cambridge Buddhist Centre, 2016.
