Buddhism for today and tomorrow
Creating effective conditions for freedom
Jnanadhara visits us from Dublin and will lead our February non-residential practice weekend on the theme of how we live an effective Buddhist life in the modern world.
In founding our Triratna Buddhist Community, Sangharakshita was making a completely fresh start at Buddhism. This new Buddhist movement sought to identify the absolute essentials of the Buddha’s teaching, and to make those essential principles known and relevant to people’s lives in the modern world.
In 1976 Sangharakshita gave four talks that crystallized those essentials into four gifts that Triratna offers: A Method of Personal Development; A Vision of Human Existence; The Nucleus of a New Society; and A Blueprint for a New World. The vision that he communicated animated the movement and gave it direction and purpose.
50 years on we’ll take a fresh look at this seminal material and ask how it can clarify and animate our individual and collective lives today.
Listen to these four talks before you come - they can be found here.
We'll eat lunch together on Saturday and Sunday - please bring something to share for a vegetarian lunch.
When
Cost
$85 (low) / $130
Caring for each other's health
Before attending, please read our current Covid Guidelines. This is part of how we practice together.
Led by
Jnanadhara
Jnanadhara is originally from New Zealand and first encountered Buddhism through books while in his mid-teens. After finishing a diploma in music he…
Ratnavyuha
I've been actively involved with the Triratna Buddhist community since 1992 when I was still at University. As with many other people, my personal…