Padmaloka Retreat Centre

We are all looking for some kind of liberation. This can be liberation from immediate psychological or emotional suffering, through to relief from deeper existential suffering. The Buddhadharma offers a clear path and method to relieve suffering. Through the simple act of paying attention to our breathing, bodily sensations, emotions, and thoughts we are able to see into the constantly changing nature of reality and free ourselves from clinging. This makes it possible to purify and liberate ourselves.

We’re delighted to announce that a new series of talks from Padmaloka is now available on Freebuddhistaudio.com.

In these talks given during the Winter Retreat at Padmaloka last year on the theme of Just Sitting and the Diamond Sutra, Satyaraja introduces us to the Just Sitting practice.

Please follow this link to access the talk: https://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=LOC4961

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In this talk given to the Mid-Essex Buddhist centre as part of a series on Faith, Padmavajra explores Sangharakshita's saying that faith is the ultimate in us responding to the ultimate in the universe. As well as exploring the essential importance of faith in our Dharma lives, he also refers to the traditional hierarchical structure of the universe and to the saying of a German mystic, following Plotinus, that says that we can only see the sun because there is something of the sun within our eye.

Going for Refuge to the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha needs a specific spiritual community for it to be fully expressed: it needs, in other words, an Order.

The Triratna Buddhist Order transcends the distinction between monk and lay and places the spiritual and existential act of Going for Refuge at its very heart.
During this retreat we’ll be exploring the essence of the Triratna Buddhist Order.

This retreat takes place between 1st and 6th of April and is open for men who’ve asked for ordination and order members in the UK and Europe.