Triratna Order Mitra retreat

The place of beauty in the spiritual life

This Queen's birthday holiday weekend retreat is open to all Mitras and Order members of the Triratna Buddhist Community. The 'extra' day makes the experience of retreat so much more fulfilling.

On this weekend, we will explore, through Sangharakshita's teachings and our own collective practice and reflections, beauty as a characteristic of life. We will make good use of a precious opportunity to pause, stand still and look deeply at things for their own sake, untainted by subjectivity, preferences or desires.

We will delve into the greater mandala of aesthetic appreciation and investigate what it really means to live a simple life. A life that glows with significance for the sake of Enlightenment.

Life is fleeting, life is transient, but life is also beautiful.

'As stars, a fault of vision, as a lamp,
A mock show, dewdrops, or a bubble,
A dream, a lightening flash, or cloud,
So should one view what is conditioned.'

from the Diamond Sutra

We encourage all Triratna mitras to attend as many of these Order Mitra retreats as possible during the year.