From the Order information service:
With great sadness we inform you of the passing away of Urgyen Sangharakshita today 30 October 2018 at approximately 10.00 a.m. in Hereford Hospital. As informed earlier today Bhante had been diagnosed with pneumonia and this morning the Consultant said that Bhante had sepsis from which recovery is not possible.
I'm Tom and I'm the Guest Master here at Padmaloka.
I'm looking happy because we recently upgraded our audio recording software and hardware. This means that the top quality Dharma talks given at Padmaloka will now sound great when you listen to them online. It feels right that these important talks will now be audibly of a standard that does justice to their content.
Lokamdhara died on the 10th of September, he had a long-standing and strong connection with Padmaloka both before and after his Ordination, for a time he lived here whilst helping convert an old ramshackle barn into the Padmaloka shrineroom.
Sona will be conducting a memorial ceremony for Lokamdhara here on Thursday 25th October 2018.
All Order members, mitras and friends and family are warmly welcomed to celebrate Lokamdhara's life.
Programme:
Our next Men's Great Gathering Weekend is now full, but you can email info@padmaloka.org.uk to go on the waiting list.
To ensure that you don't miss out on our events in the future, we advise booking early.
The next Men's Great Gathering Weekend is:
The Buddha's Liberating Vision: Essential Teaching of the Buddha
February 2019
All of the retreats from our 2019 programme are now available on the website so you can now go ahead and book your retreats for next year!
The 2019 programme should arrive at your home today if you are on our mailing list. Otherwise, keep an eye out at your local centre, they will arrive there in the next couple of weeks.
If you are on our mailing list then you will have received an email containing dates for Padmaloka retreats in 2019. If you haven't received this email then do check your spam folders and promotions folders, as well as making the appropriate adjustments to your email service provider's settings to ensure our emails to you go straight into your primary inbox.
The theme for the Autumn Ordination Training Weekend will be:
A Vigorous Training and the Meaning of Ordination.
The weekend will take place from the 28th-30th September and will include:
From the 17th-22nd June, we held our annual 'Open Retreat', one of the few opportunities for men who have not asked for Ordination to get a taste of Padmaloka. The retreat was entitled 'For Heroic Spirits Intended...'
Ratnaguna gave a series of powerful talks on this retreat in which he explored themes from the Ratnaguna Samcayagatha-a Mahayana Sutra from the Perfection of Wisdom school.
Śraddhāpa also gave a talk about translating the text from Sanskrit into English, a new translation of the text by Śraddhāpa was used on the retreat.
The talks by Vajrashura and Padmavajra from the recent Great Gathering weekend are now available online.
The talks were given to a packed shrine room of more than 80 men during the weekend of the 22nd-24th June. The theme of the weekend and the talks was 'The Tiratana Vandana: In Praise of the Three Jewels'.
