- A new series of talks from Padmaloka -
In these talks, four speakers from the Ordination Team at Padmaloka explores the meaning and significance of the four acceptance vows or verses which are taken at the time of ordination into the Triratna Buddhist Order. Perhaps, through this exploration, we can get a glimpse of the true nature of ordination, the Order, and the Dharma life itself.
To listen to the talks, please follow the links below.
Both the residential and the online component of the Transcendental Principle hybrid retreat here at Padmaloka is now fully booked.
If you wish to have your name put down on the waiting list, please email the Guest Master at info@padmaloka.org.uk
The retreat takes place between the 21st and 28th of June and is open for men who’ve asked for ordination as well as Dharmacaris. To find more information about the retreat, please follow the links below.
To see Padmavajra inviting you to join us for The Buddhas Victory online retreat, please follow this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YqOEK47GPs
Please follow this link to see Padmavajra’s invitation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK3YQPMuGkA
With the prospect of full lockdown coming to an end, we are all looking forward to greater freedom of movement. At this time of liberation, perhaps it would also be good to open up to other liberations: liberation from restrictive conditioning, from superficial contacts and from deep ignorance. And liberation into genuine spontaneity, deep friendship and the vastness of Reality.
Please follow this link to see Padmavajra’s invitation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7S02fcmoow
Sangharakshita has likened the Triratna Buddhist Order to, and even identified it with, the eleven-headed and thousand-armed Avalokitesvara, the Bodhisattva of compassion. He says of that identification that it is ‘Not just a manner of speaking, it’s not just a figure of speech. We should take it very seriously, even take it literally’.
In this talk, Padmavajra tells us why the Buddha's communication of the Dharma is described as the Lion's Roar. He tells us that when the Buddha communicates, we sit up and listen very carefully because the King of Truth has spoken. He also tells us how, following the Buddha, the great Buddhist teachers have always attuned themselves to the aspirations and needs of particular individuals and cultures. Padmavajra brings this into his own times through explaining a teaching he received from his teacher, Bhante Urgyen Sangharakshita: the Six Dharmas of Protection.
The second wave of covid is causing poverty, distress and death in India. As a way of responding to these terrible circumstances, Padmavajra will give a live-streamed talk tomorrow evening from the Padmaloka shrine room. Join us for this special event to raise funds for the urgent Covid-19 care in India.
This worldwide event will take place on Tuesday the 20th of April at this time:
US PST 11:00 | US EST 14:00 | IE & UK 19:00 | Europe CET 20:00 | India 23:30 | Australia AEDT 04:00 (next day) | New Zealand 06:00 (next day)
The Abhayaratna Trust is raising money to help support Indian Order Members and Mitras in India to pay for Covid treatment privately as the public hospitals are currently overwhelmed.
Seven Order members have died recently due to Covid and it may yet get worse.
The Abhayaratna Trust are also giving grants for families to support themselves who have been unable to work due to Covid.
In this series of talks given during a Going for Refuge retreat this spring at Padmaloka, Padmasagara, Dharmadipa, and Vidyadaka explores the motto of Sangharakshita’s teacher and friend Dhardo Rimpoche: 'Cherish the Doctrine, Live United, Radiate Love'
