Yesterday during the first work morning of the Transcendental Principle retreat, we started packing the 2020 programmes.
Here is a photo of some of the seven men who were working hard to get the programmes sent out.
The programmes will be arriving at people's houses at the beginning of September. When your programme arrives, the website will be ready for you to book onto your retreats for 2020.
Last Friday we received the very special delivery of our 2020 programmes.
During the next couple of weeks, we will be packing them up ready to send out to you. Keep an eye out for further updates on our progress.
In the meantime, there are still spaces on our retreats this year. Find out more about what's by following the 'Retreats' button at the top of this page.
Thank you to Dharmachari Alokavira for editing the programme and Dharmachari Shantavira for proof-reading.
Last week our order arrived of eight new offering bowls to go around the stupa of Dhardo Rimpoche which sits at the heart of Padmaloka.
They arrived just in time for our next retreat, the Transcendental Principle. Now that there are eight rather than four, there will be more room for offerings to be made.
Here are some images from our most recent project-replacing the windows behind the Buddha in the Shrine Room.
The double glazing on the old windows had failed, meaning that heat from inside the shrine room was escaping. It also meant that the glass didn't look very attractive and sound from the lane outside could more easily enter.
The College of Public Preceptors is made up of senior and experienced Order members who are actively involved in Ordination Training.
A new website for the College has recently been launched.
On there you can find out about the College, including:
-Who its members are
-What it does
-Dharma talks and articles by College members
-Latest News
You can find the website at: https://preceptorscollege.online/
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Image from the Public Preceptors website
Thank you to Peter Milton from the Stockholm Buddhist Centre for staying with us as a working guest for a couple of weeks. It was great to be able to make use of his carpentry skills, here he is putting up some new shelving in the laundry room, providing much needed storage space.
Peter's stay also coincided with the European Chairs Assembly taking place at Padmaloka. During such a busy event Peter was an invaluable source of help, working hard in the background to make sure that everything remained clean and tidy so that the Chairs could focus on their important work.
Thank you to Taravandana, Lizzie and Gleysa from the Dharma Life Course at Adhisthana for sending in a photo of themselves with their Buddha Tiles.
If you'd like to be involved with this project, follow this link: http://bit.ly/PadmalokaBuddhaTileProject.
Here are the remaining Buddha Tiles in the current batch. Once they are gone we will produce and print a new batch of 108 but there will be a delay between the end of this batch and the release of the next.
If you want to make sure you get a tile soon, you can order one for a donation at http://bit.ly/PadmalokaBuddhaTileProject.
Thank you to Daniel Canning from the Dublin Buddhist Centre for all of the work he put in during his working guest stay. It was a real delight to have him as part of the community for just over a month.
Here is Daniel and Sanghadasa at his birthday meal in Norwich, the day before he travelled back to Dublin.
He will soon be taking part in the Dharma Life course at Adhisthana. We wish him all the best for that and look forward to his return to Padmaloka.
Thank you to Oliver Kraus from the Buddhistisches Zentrum Essen (Essen Buddhist Centre) for sending in his Buddha Tile photo. The text you can see in the tile is the Karaniya Metta Sutta.
If you'd like to be involved with this project, follow this link: http://bit.ly/PadmalokaBuddhaTileProject.
