The theme for the May UK & Ireland Area Order Weekend will be The Lineage of Urgyen Sangharakshita
The weekend will be led by the Padmaloka chapter, as part of the celebrations for our 40th anniversary year.
After the success of the 2015 Winter Retreat, which was fully booked a month before it started even without the usual publicity, we can confirm this year's theme and leader. Satyaraja has agreed to lead it again as a meditation retreat, so as to follow up some of the threads that emerged in last year's retreat and to build upon them. So the 2016 will again be themed on Bramhaviharas and the Awakening of the Bodhicitta.
The retreat will be open only to Dharmacharis and men actively training for Ordination, it is not suitable as a first Ordination training retreat.
2015 was a record breaking year for the amount of men outside of India requesting Ordination into the Triratna Buddhist Order.
We first saw a significant jump in the amount of Ordination requests a few years ago with the publication of Sangharakshita's paper 'What is the Western Buddhist Order?'. This has continued since and last year saw a total 99 men request Ordination, this is the highest number we have seen in the history of the movement. This marks a great start to 2016, Padmaloka's 40th anniversary year.
Welcoming all men aged 18 to 35 to come and take part in a weekend of meditation, friendship, ritual and discussion, exploring the mysterious archetypal figures of the Four Great Kings
All levels of experience welcome.
Led By:
Saddhamani and a team of young Order members
Please book via the Padmaloka Website:
http://www.padmaloka.org.uk/retreats/2015/young-mens-weekend-retreat-fou...
We have managed to create a few more spaces on the 'Bodhisattva Ideal' and 'What is the Order?' retreats in November and December this year.
These 5 day retreats have proven very popular and are likely to book up again soon, so if you would like to reserve a place, please book via the website retreats pages:
http://www.padmaloka.org.uk/retreats
Padmaloka will be hosting another young Buddhists day retreat this year on Saturday 28th November. This day will be open to both men and women.
Click here for details: http://www.padmaloka.org.uk/retreats/2015/young-buddhists-day-retreat-li...
On Thursday the 1st of October Jeff Clay from Leeds, Jim Wilde from London and Brian Sender from Birmingham will all be publicly ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order here at Padmaloka. A Public Ordination is a powerful and joyous occasion and all are welcome. If you would like to attend, please email the Guest Master on info@padmaloka.org.uk . The ceremony begins promptly at 2pm and lasts about 1 hour. Please plan to arrive between 1.30pm and 1.50pm
http://www.padmaloka.org.uk/contact
This year's Padmaloka Winter Retreat 'Brahmaviharas and the Awakening of the Bodhi Mind' is filling up fast, faster even than previous Winter Retreats. This is an intensive meditation retreat led by Satyaraja, with talks by Padmavajra, this retreat is only open to Dharmacharis and men who are training for Ordination. At this rate this retreat will become fully booked with a waiting list, to avoid finding yourself on the waiting list you can secure your place with a non-refundable £50 deposit.
All our 2016 retreats are now available to book on the website: http://www.padmaloka.org.uk/retreats.
We hope you can join us, 2016 is a particularity special year here as it marks our 40th anniversary and there are several significant additions to our retreat programme to mark the occasion.
It's always worth looking a head a little way, not least when our Winter Retreat usually ends up fully booked with a waiting list...
Brahmaviharas and the Awakening of the Bodhi Mind
