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Public Ordinations

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
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Winter Retreat 2015 filling up fast...

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.

A new arrival from Aloka

Out of loyalty to his friend Alaya, Aloka has given Padmaloka a portrait of Alaya which Aloka has painted. In recent years Alaya's health has deteriorated considerably and Aloka is keen that we bear Alaya in mind, not least because of the substantial contribution Alaya has made to our tradition.
For those of you who may not know about Alaya's background, Aloka has detailed it below:

Theme for Ordination Training Retreats 2 and 3 Announced

After the success of our short Going For Refuge retreat, themed around the great Mahayana Sutra The Vimalakirti Nirdesa and Sangharakshita's profound exposition of it, we're pleased to announce that we are continuing the theme of Mahayana Sutras in our two upcoming short Ordination Training retreat, with the theme of 'Transforming Self and World: Inspirations from the Sutra of Golden Light'.

Ordination Training Retreat 1 now two day weekend event

The dates for the ordination training event in february have now been changed. The retreat will now run from friday the 20th to sunday the 22nd of february.

Originally this was a three day event, but to ensure as many of you could make it as possible, we've decided to hold it as a weekend event instead.

Please contact the Guest Master on info@padmaloka.org.uk if you have questions.