Future Dharma News
FutureDharma & India Dhamma Trust launch Thrive Online Appeal
FutureDharma Fund and India Dhamma Trust are launching Triratna’s Thrive Online Appeal, and we need you to join us. Our world is in lockdown. COVID-19 is changing everything: nobody knows what our world will look like in a year’s time. For some, the challenge of...
April 2020 – Newsletter
Dear All, In a health crisis that is leaving no part of our world untouched, our worldwide sangha is coming together online to meditate and share their practice with each other. Thank you. If you give to FutureDharma you are making this possible. £60,000 goes to the...
February 2020 – Newsletter
Dear All, Paranirvana day marks the Buddha's physical death, and his freedom from the rounds of existence. How can we prepare for our own death, including the practicalities for those we leave behind? The Tibetan Book of the Dead urges us to look at...
December 2019 – Newsletter
Dear All, As the year draws to a close we bring you news of how you've helped Triratna's pioneers and intrepid Mitras stay connected with our worldwide sangha. First up is Amoghasiddhi, a Public Preceptor in India who believes friendship across the globe can teach us...
October 2019 – Newsletter
Dear All, This month we celebrate some of the women pioneers in Triratna both past and present. We start by simply honouring the passing of Dharmacharini Anagarika Ratnasuri, the first woman to ordain women into our Order in the West. We then take you to Nagpur...
September 2019 – Newsletter
Karate Kids and Dharma Warriors - We're all human Dear All, We hope you've had a good summer wherever you are in the world. Here in the UK we enjoyed some of the last hot days of summer at the International Gathering at Adhisthana. There were many inspiring...
June 2019 – Newsletter
Dear All, This month we bring you news from Usquert in the Netherlands, where the local sangha are creating a beautiful retreat centre. We then celebrate the ordination of Acalamati - the first new Order member from Venezuela. Huge thanks to those of you who give to...
April 2019 – Newsletter
Building Sangha Dear All, Sangha is at the heart of all FutureDharma projects, whether seeding new sanghas throughout the world or strengthening existing sanghas, all the projects you support have one thing in common: sharing the Dharma with each other. With...
Thank you to Jai
Jai Teather will be leaving the FutureDharma team, and the Adhisthana community, at the beginning of March and as Director I want to thank him, on behalf of the team and trustees, for all that he has contributed to the project. All of us involved in FutureDharma are...
Adhisthana’s International Course, Bhante’s death, and you…
It’s the end of October, nearly half past ten in the morning UK time, and Bhante is very ill in hospital. The Adhisthana community, guests and volunteers gather in the shrine room. With us are members of The International Course: 14 Order Members from around the...