Padmaloka Retreat Centre

Ordination training handbook 2012

Aryabandhu — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:51:31 +0000

If you are thinking of asking for Ordination here is the link to your Ordination Training Handbook which you might find useful.

2012 year planner download

Aryabandhu — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:58:19 +0000

We’ve always found the filo fax format handy to plan our years with. So here’s the 2012 version:
vertical format
horizontal format

Padmaloka Programme 2012 download

Aryabandhu — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:02:24 +0000

You can download our programme for 2012 here.

One year ordination training course

Aryabandhu — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:48:50 +0000

Join the Padmaloka community for a one year ordination training course:

starting January 2012
residential, limited number of places
take part in all the Going for Refuge retreats, Kula Gatherings, Summer, Winter, Meditation and Working Retreats
work and live with the Padmaloka community
Course fee: £ 3000. (Price for 2012. In subsequent years this will probably be £ 5000).

If you want to book a place or get more information please contact Dharmashalin, dharmashalin@googlemail.com

Sangharakshita Land Project

Aryabandhu — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 12:00:40 +0000

Mokshapriya writes from Birmingham, UK, with news of a major new initiative in the Triratna Buddhist Community – the Sangharakshita Land Project. It will see a major move of some of Triratna’s central institutions – and Sangharakshita himself – away from the Birmingham suburbs to a new, as yet unfound, piece of land and property somewhere in the British countryside.

He says -

“Many may have heard that Bhante is interested in finding a new country centre to form a focal point for our mandala. Karunika, Vajrasadhu and Mokshapriya, in dialogue with the Trustees of Triratna Central and others, have started a search for a sizeable piece of land as Bhante has proposed.

“For those who would like to keep in touch with the progress we’re making with this project or to have an easy way to share thoughts and ideas, I’ve created a blog at the following address:
www.sangharakshitalandproject.co.uk.

Making a Will

Aryapala — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:55:14 +0000

Help keep the Three Jewels shining

Ten steps to making your will here…

Life is King

Hour after hour, day

After day we try

To grasp the Ungraspable, pinpoint

The Unpredictable. Flowers

Wither when touched, ice

Suddenly cracks beneath our feet. Vainly

We try to track birdflight through the sky trace

Dumb fish through deep water, try

To anticipate the earned smile the soft

Reward, even

Try to grasp our own lives. But Life

Slips through our fingers

Like snow. Life

Cannot belong to us. We

Belong to Life. Life

Is King.

Sangharakshita, “Life is King”, from Complete Poems 1941-1994, published by Windhorse Publications.

Book Early

Aryapala — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:28:44 +0000

Due to some recent retreats filling up within a short space of time, we recommend you put a deposit down early to avoid missing out on the retreat your interested in…

Best wishes from

The Padmaloka Team