The response from Order members, Mitras and Friends to our recent appeal to help individual Order members and their families through the current pandemic in India has been tremendous. All the targets we set were exceeded and we have now raised £185,000 in donations.
This expression of solidarity with those members of the Order in India who are struggling with financial and health difficulties has given confidence as well as practical aid.
Read MoreIn addition to our regular work (explore our website www.abhayaratnatrust.org for details), during the first half of 2021, the Abhayaratna Trust is focusing on an important area of wellbeing in the Order – mental health. We’ll be posting a series of interviews intended to open a deeper conversation amongst Order Members, and posting resources on a dedicated webpage.
This month, Sīlajāla, currently volunteering with the Trust, responds to questions from Taradakini, the Trust’s grants and care co-ordinator.
Read MoreUpeksaraja has been volunteering with the Abhayaratna Trust to run a pilot scheme for the Local Care Network in Sheffield. Here is a short report on how things have been going with the scheme there.
Read More"I’m very happy to have joined the team to offer the skills I have and participate in the life of the Order in this way. I didn’t realise how much the Abhayaratna Trust did before I joined.
Read MoreFrom The Abhayaratna Trust, FutureDharma Fund / India Dhamma Trust and The Karuna Trust.
In response to the coronavirus pandemic that is putting many people and communities in desperate circumstances in India, a number of appeals have been initiated by Triratna Trusts and individuals both in the East and the West.
Read More“Shantiprabha is a very kind man who cares about the welfare of individual Order members. He’s been able to express this repeatedly and admirably in the past 12 years
Read MoreAs practitioners we are bound to encounter terrain that is difficult to navigate. In one of the talks that Prakasha gave at the Order Convention in August last year he quoted Carl Jung; “to become enlightened we need to make the darkness conscious.” The light is in the darkness, he said. If we are able to turn towards the underlying fear that is causing our anxiety, if we are able to be with it and see it for what it is, then we will have transformed it.
Read MoreAs you may be aware, The Abhayaratna Trust is embarking on a new project called The Local Care Network (LCN) project to help develop and embed a more explicit and organised culture of care and support in the Order for Order members who need it,
Read MoreAs many people will know, Ratnachuda has been a dedicated servant to the Three Jewels spanning many years; his willingness to help others has touched many people's lives.
Read MoreMahasraddha at the European Chairs Assembly, talking about the pilot scheme for a Local Care Network which is being initiated by The Abhayaratna Trust.
Read MoreWe are very grateful to Vidusi for her work as an Abhayaratna Trustee over the last 6 years. During this time she has attended regular Trustee meetings in Birmingham and helped make decisions on giving grants to those who have applied, as well as on Trust policy.
Read MoreIt seems to me that without a culture you don’t have a community. I understand a culture to be to do with how we relate to each other. It is the flowering of our practice. I suppose you could say that our community is the flowering of our practice and it will wither and not open unless we care for each other.
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