Triratna Resource packs

Two new one-stop-shop packs containing a wealth of resources for anyone new to the Triratna Buddhist Community.

  • The first gives a compendium of links to Triratna websites where you can find out more about the Triratna Buddhist Community and how it works. It includes everything from retreats to on-line Dharma to the Mitra System. Triratna Newcomers Resource Pack 1 - pdf file

  • The second contains basic introductions to meditation and the text of our most common ceremonies. Triratna Newcomers Resource Pack 2 - pdf file, newcomers' introduction to Triratna meditation and ceremonies

  •  

    Triratna Texts

    The new Triratna Puja Book is available from Windhorse Publications          Seven fold puja- pdf file

              Three fold puja - pdf file

    Study material

    • The Triratna Buddhist Community's Foundation Course and three-year Mitra Course are available as downloadable PDFs here

    • Four Reading lists have been compiled for those wanting to explore the Triratna Buddhist Community's Dharma teaching in more depth.  They cover -

    •   * Meditation

    •   * Introductory

    •   * Going deeper

    •   * Mitra Study

    • Thanks to Windhorse Publications for preparing these. 

    Books, texts and articles

    • For books on Buddhism, meditation, and related subjects published by Triratna, see the Windhorse Publications website Triratna Articles

    • For an extensive list of articles on Buddhism and related subjects, by members of the Triratna Buddhist Order, see the directory website Triratna Articles

    • Talks by Sangharakshita contains the full text of most of Sangharakshita's lectures.

    • Seminars by Sangharakshita contains the unedited text of most of his seminars (over 12,000,000 words!)

    • Books by Sangharakshita offers free on-line editions of many of Sangharakshita's books, hosted on his own website.

    • FWBO Discussion. The Friends of the Western Buddhist Order is a diverse and thoughtful community, whose members frequently debate matters of teaching and issues affecting the FWBO, its history and its future. This debate has often been invisible to non-members, and this site aims to open that debate and reflection to a wider audience. This site links to articles that are already online, written by members of the Triratna Buddhist Order and others..

    Audio

    • Free Buddhist Audio offers over 1,000 online talks for free download by Sangharakshita and other senior members of the Triratna Buddhist Order.
    • Free Buddhist Audio's community pages host talks from many local Triratna centres, including non-UK centres.

    Video

    • Videosangha
      • is a new site, it contains over 100 short videos on everything from the history of the Triratna Buddhist Community to Buddhist Arts. Especially interesting are the accounts of people's first meetings with Sangharakshita, founder of the FWBO and the Triratna Buddhist Order.

    Photos

    • Triratna Photos
      • is a library of over 3,000 photos of Triratna Centres, shrines, and more.
    • The Clear Vision photo archive contains many historic images of Sangharakshita, the early days of the FWBO and TBMSG in India.  Recently much expanded and rearranged. 
    • The Order Mosaic captures almost the whole of the Triratna Buddhist Order in an single clickable image of the thousand-armed Avalokitesvara.

    Buddhist teaching materials for schools

    Translations

    • Triratna Translations shows most translations of Triratna literature into the world's languages, including texts published on the web. 

    Triratna International Urban Retreat resources