“Although the words “Thus have I heard” have a literal historic meaning, they also suggest something more esoteric… just as the historical Ananda listened to the Buddha, so the Ananda inside us hears the voice of truth within…”
Sangharakshita, The Drama of Cosmic Enlightenment
This long weekend will follow the very successful format of last year’s Combined Area Order Weekend which was a great collaboration; hosted by the International Order Convenors and led by the Adhisthana Teaching Community. ...
I work as the European Chairs Assembly’s Development Consultant, and now have a large portfolio of Centre Development projects I would like to build some teams for.
Firstly, we have a need for someone with experience as a Fundraiser or Fundraising Lead to help with developing a fundraising plan for a UK Buddhist Centre which is considering raising a significant sum of money for a major capital project.
Your Order dana helps us to work for and encourage the flourishing of the Order internationally. This report for 2023 tells you what that has looked like over the last year. Below is a short introduction to who we are, and where your dana contributions go. Click through to the full report to read more.
Our work is funded by the Triratna Trust (a charity), whose function is to ‘deepen the Order by connecting the Order’. The Trust achieves this...
This year is going to be significant for Windhorse Publications. After 50 years in operation, we have a lot to celebrate!
Back in the 1970s, what is now Windhorse Publications started out as a scattering of right livelihood businesses including typesetters, printers, distributors and publishers. At first, its newsletters and journals were published under the name Friends of the Western Buddhist Order. It then became Windhorse Press in the early 1970s when it began publishing full length books, starting with The Essence...
I’m writing to let you know about the health of our dear friend in the Glasgow sangha, Saranajaya.
Saranajaya became seriously ill at the end of August last year. This was followed by a diagnosis of a brain tumour on 9th September, and she was offered a palliative care package at home, where she lives with her husband of 53 years, Suvarnamanas.
More recently, she was readmitted to hospital at the end of December. She was in hospital for two weeks and...
We are sad to inform you that on 21 January 2024, at approximately 9.30am, Dhammachari Anagarika Akashabhadra passed away. His funeral took place on the afternoon of the same day.
Akashabhadra was ordained on 25 March 1993, with Suvajra as his private preceptor and Subhuti as his public preceptor. He worked in Aurangabad as the superintendent of the Bahujan Hitaya Hostel, Hyderabad (Jetawan Buddha Vihar), and Agra (Maitriya Buddha Vihar), where he...
