Cath

Oct 9, 2024

Hello – my name is Cath and I am just two months into my new life at Taraloka as I write this in October ’24. The path I have taken up to this point began in my early twenties when my Yoga teacher introduced me to the Metta Bhavana; a practice that has been a...

Suryahridaya

Jun 12, 2024

It is November 2022 and I am 63.  My new name, Suryahridaya, means “she whose heart is like the sun” and looking back now over the decades I can see how I have travelled “the kingdoms” looking for somewhere to place my heart. I’ve studied zoology (animal...

Ren (they / them)

Jun 12, 2024

As a late bloomer I came to the Dharma during lockdown. I found my way to Glasgow Buddhist centre (online) via my sister who is an Order Member in Triratna Buddhist Order. Class after class left me in wonder as to how I could have missed this truth for so many years....

Mahamani

Jun 12, 2024

Hello my name is Mahamani and I first came across the Dharma (teachings of the Buddha) and Triratna Buddhist Community some 14 years ago on a winter retreat with the London Buddhist Centre (LBC). I booked on the retreat following a relationship breakup and because I...

Maitrisiddhi

Jun 12, 2024

Hello!  I first got involved with the Triratna Buddhist Community when I was living in Sheffield, working as a physiotherapist and doing a lot of rock climbing and mountaineering.  It was when I was on a trip to the Andes when I was 25, that quite by chance I picked...