Triratna Training Course ends; another one planned for 2012

Vidyaruci writes from Birmingham UK with news of the end of the first Triratna Training Course - and plans for another one! He says - “24th June saw end of the Triratna Training Course, a six-month, full-time, intensive Dharma training course for men, based at Madhyamaloka, Birmingham.

"The occasion was marked with a certificate ceremony for the students, as depicted in the photograph. There was also time, in the last few days of the course, for plenty of reporting-out, during which it became very apparent how much the students felt they had benefitted from the course. Here is what some of them said about it:

“One of the happiest and most rewarding experiences of my life” (Richard Millington)
“Studying the Dhamma in depth within such a supportive context has positively changed how I view myself and the world” (David Basak)

"The course offered a unique opportunity for students to saturate themselves in the Dharma. The contents were too rich and varied to summarize, but they included an in-depth look at Sangharakshita’s elucidation of the Dharma, and quite a bit on the Pali Canon - as well as three retreats with Subhuti, and a meditation intensive with Kamalashila. All this in the context of living together very closely in a way that fostered strong connections among the students.

"Since the course was so successful there are plans to run another one.

"So, if you are:
- male (the hope is that similar initiatives will be developed for women in the future)
- young(ish) (preferably)
- able to scrape together around £2000

"but most of all
- seriously interested in a Dharma training within the Triratna Community
- free from January to June 2012

"then contact me (Vidyaruchi) on matt.notmatt@yahoo.co.uk, or +44 7982 219505. Please note that the venue of the course will again be Madhyamaloka, Birmingham, although there is an outside chance that the course will be disrupted by the Sangharakshita Land Project’s plans to sell up and relocate to the countryside".

There's a video interview with the students available on Videosangha here or click the embedded player below -

Student interviews from the Triratna Dharma training course at Madhyamaloka from Triratna Buddhist Community on Vimeo.