The Buddhist Centre

Is it possible to engage in politics as a Buddhist? What might it look like - and not look like - if we do? Our guests this week come together for a thoughtful, provocative conversation occasioned by Vishvapani‘s recent article for Tricycle Buddhist review looking at the arresting, perhaps astonishing, fact that one of the most powerful people in the UK – Home Secretary Suella Braverman - is also...

Alfoxton House in Somerset, England has a long and rich history stretching back over 1000 years. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, and is where the young William Wordsworth, his sister Dorothy and their great friend Samuel Taylor Coleridge helped birth the radical new Romantic movement during a magical year there in 1797. In June 2020, a new Triratna Buddhist community received the ke...

What do Buddhists make of AI? And what does it all mean for our ideas of human consciousness? Check out our round table conversation about all things ChatGPT and beyond! We’re coursing this week in the heady, fascinating realm of generative and assistive AI, already seemingly omnipresent in our lives via undeniably productive next gen software tools like ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion. How do our no...

A conversation about race and the possibilities of connecting beyond fear towards hope. The construct of race is an integral part of Western society’s DNA and if we are to address the social injustice of racism, we need to have the race conversation. Yet all too often, attempts at such a dialogue are met with silence, denial, anger or hate. Is it possible to navigate diverse conversations about ra...

We're delighted to share a special Triratna Day 2023 podcast episode with you, recorded earlier this week and hosted by our friend Jnanadhara. He's joined by Saddhanandi and Nagabodhi to discuss the upcoming online gathering of the Triratna Buddhist community, which celebrates its founding in April 1967. Saddhanandi and Nagabodhi reminisce about past Triratna Day celebrations, recalling the excite...

A wonderful conversation highlighting the themes of a brand new Home Retreat – the latest addition to our growing archive of in-depth, beautifully resourced online spaces to help take your practice of meditation and Buddhism deeper. Balajit, Singhashri and Viveka join us to discuss the opportunities and challenges of engaging with the gnarlier bits of our emotional lives, amid so much pressure of...

Dharmachakra has been a going concern since Dharmachari Ananda first strapped a reel-to-reel tape recorder on his back in London in 1967 to record the first public lectures by Urgyen Sangharakshita under the auspices of the then Friends of the Western Buddhist Order. It has evolved over the decades to become an amazing Triratna Right Livelihood team – most importantly, a team of friends, working o...

A real beauty of a ‘lost’ episode from our archives! Recorded in a very lovely garden in Mexico in 2019, with nature sounds all around, Bodhikamala and Sanghadhara, who’ve been soul mates of a sort since before the age of 10, explore with us their long history of friendship as young people. A shared love of the arts, of musicals, and Harry Potter brought them together in summer camp and, eventuall...

What do you get when you invite a set of experienced American Dharma teachers and friends from different Buddhist traditions to gather together post-Covid and share their practice and experience of American Buddhism? Well, something like this! The bright joy and sense of common tradition is palpable. Hear four Gen-X Triratna Order members with deep connections to our community, both in the UK and...

The Triratna International Council has been a going concern for 11+ years–but in many ways it's just getting started. Meeting again in person for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic, it's undergoing something of a renaissance; renewing itself through the work of Buddhists from around the world, all united in their heart wish to work together to help exemplify a path of everyday practice for...

Season Two of our online project to document 50+ years of people’s commitment and practice within the Triratna Buddhist Order around the world. "You think you know your mind, but you’ve probably never had an original thought in your life." To read more about this conversation and the project itself visit: www.thebuddhistcentre.com/50Voices

Season Two of our online project to document 50+ years of people’s commitment and practice within the Triratna Buddhist Order around the world. "You think you know your mind, but you’ve probably never had an original thought in your life." To read more about this conversation and the project itself visit: www.thebuddhistcentre.com/50Voices

Season Two of our online project to document 50+ years of people’s commitment and practice within the Triratna Buddhist Order around the world. "You think you know your mind, but you’ve probably never had an original thought in your life." To read more about this conversation and the project itself visit: www.thebuddhistcentre.com/50Voices

Season Two of our online project to document 50+ years of people’s commitment and practice within the Triratna Buddhist Order around the world. "You think you know your mind, but you’ve probably never had an original thought in your life." To read more about this conversation and the project itself visit: www.thebuddhistcentre.com/50Voices

Season Two of our online project to document 50+ years of people’s commitment and practice within the Triratna Buddhist Order around the world. "You think you know your mind, but you’ve probably never had an original thought in your life." To read more about this conversation and the project itself visit: www.thebuddhistcentre.com/50Voices

Season Two of our online project to document 50+ years of people’s commitment and practice within the Triratna Buddhist Order around the world. "You think you know your mind, but you’ve probably never had an original thought in your life." To read more about this conversation and the project itself visit: www.thebuddhistcentre.com/50Voices

Season Two of our online project to document 50+ years of people’s commitment and practice within the Triratna Buddhist Order around the world. "You think you know your mind, but you’ve probably never had an original thought in your life." To read more about this conversation and the project itself visit: www.thebuddhistcentre.com/50Voices

Season Two of our online project to document 50+ years of people’s commitment and practice within the Triratna Buddhist Order around the world. "You think you know your mind, but you’ve probably never had an original thought in your life." To read more about this conversation and the project itself visit: www.thebuddhistcentre.com/50Voices

Welcome to a new season of the podcast! ❤️ Since the 1970s Kamalashila has been exploring meditation and, as an author and teacher in the Triratna Buddhist Order, shaping our understanding of meditation in all its practical magic and mystery. These days he spends much of his time at home in rural England, leading in-depth meditation retreats online for members of the Order. Join us in his garden a...

Season Two of our online project to document 50+ years of people’s commitment and practice within the Triratna Buddhist Order around the world. "The Heart Sutra was my moment of conversion, when I was 17 years old." To read more about this conversation and the project itself visit: www.thebuddhistcentre.com/50Voices

Season Two of our online project to document 50+ years of people’s commitment and practice within the Triratna Buddhist Order around the world. "The Heart Sutra was my moment of conversion, when I was 17 years old." To read more about this conversation and the project itself visit: www.thebuddhistcentre.com/50Voices

Season Two of our online project to document 50+ years of people’s commitment and practice within the Triratna Buddhist Order around the world. "The Heart Sutra was my moment of conversion, when I was 17 years old." To read more about this conversation and the project itself visit: www.thebuddhistcentre.com/50Voices

Season Two of our online project to document 50+ years of people’s commitment and practice within the Triratna Buddhist Order around the world. "The Heart Sutra was my moment of conversion, when I was 17 years old." To read more about this conversation and the project itself visit: www.thebuddhistcentre.com/50Voices

Season Two of our online project to document 50+ years of people’s commitment and practice within the Triratna Buddhist Order around the world. "The Heart Sutra was my moment of conversion, when I was 17 years old." To read more about this conversation and the project itself visit: www.thebuddhistcentre.com/50Voices

Season Two of our online project to document 50+ years of people’s commitment and practice within the Triratna Buddhist Order around the world. "The Heart Sutra was my moment of conversion, when I was 17 years old." To read more about this conversation and the project itself visit: www.thebuddhistcentre.com/50Voices