Coronavirus Grants for Triratna Order Members

The Abhayaratna Trust is responding to the financial hardship resulting from the spread of Covid-19 by offering short term relief through cash grants of up to £500 per Order member as support at this time.

Many Order members are self-employed and the sudden loss of income has left some of them without the resources to pay food and utility bills and with rent shortfalls. Access to state benefits can be too slow or not available in many...

Cancellation of the International Convention

Dear Order members,

Given the measures in place to protect health service provision and contain the spread of the Coronavirus worldwide, we have taken the decision to cancel the International Convention this year. 

It is hard to predict how long the necessary restrictions will last, but many of us would be planning our time now: booking travel and making arrangements, and this is simply not possible at the moment.  We are, of course, really...

Le confinement : guru tantrique

Dans le groupe d’étude mitra dans lequel j’étudie, nous terminons un cycle sur les symboles tantriques. Le guru tantrique est celui qui te fait accéder à cette expérience directe, dure et efficace du Dharma, celui qui te fait voir la Réalité telle qu’elle est.

Ce contexte de confinement se révèle pour moi être un guru tantrique : voici la vie que j’ai choisie, ce lieu, cette ville, cette chambre, ce paysage. Voici les gens avec lesquels je vis. Voici mes états d’esprit lorsque...