Padmaloka Retreat Centre

- 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.

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.

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.