Ordination training handbook 2012
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
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
You can download our programme for 2012 here.
One year ordination training course
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
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
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
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
