New premises for Triratna in Portland, Maine

Dharmasuri writes from Triratna’s Nagaloka Buddhist Center in Portland, Maine - wherer they’ve just doubled the size of their Centre! She says -

“ Nagaloka Buddhist Center in Portland, Maine, USA, moved into our new spacious location on January 15, 2011. We are now located at 54 York Street, which is much closer to the Portland waterfront (Atlantic Ocean). Our new rental space is much larger. We doubled in size from a downtown storefront location to our current space with many windows allowing more natural sunlight. In addition, we have a kitchen, separate room for our bookstore, and common bathrooms for ladies and men. This enables us to offer weekend day-long retreats including a healthy vegetarian lunch made from our kitchen.

“Nagaloka continues to grow and develop in Portland increasing the number of individuals who walk through its door. We currently have a very delightful, lively group of individuals who are very enthusiastic in supporting our little Center. Currently our mitra count is 11 with interest from others. We are very grateful that so many individuals have exemplified Sangha, especially in making our move happen. Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!

“Bodhipaksa thought since we were moving into new, sunny, freshly painted space, we should update our website too. So, thanks to him, we have a fresh new updated website at www.nagalokabuddhistcenter.org Take a look!”

Dharmacharini Dharmasuri
Chairperson

New premises for the FWBO in Maine, USA

Dharmasuri, Chair of 'Nagaloka', the FWBO's center in Portland, Maine, USA, writes -

"We've moved! After 3 1/2 years on the outskirts of town in a small space adjacent to a beauty salon with limited (if any) walk-in traffic, Nagaloka Buddhist Center has signed a lease on a store front space in downtown Portland.

"On the day of the move we started out with a seven-fold puja with words of rejoicing for how the sangha has grown and praises of gratitude for the use of the space we were leaving.

"We ritualistically dissolved the shrine at the end of the puja and then worked quietly and harmoniously to pack up our center. When we arrived at 81 Oak Street - our new address - we placed our new standing Buddha on the side walk, which the kids enjoyed playing with, and which passing-by traffic stopped to appreciate.

"The new space is light and spacious with high ceilings and original wooden rafters. We will have a small book store in the front windows and have planned a fall program to include public talks, intro to Buddhism classes and a noon-time meditation course.

"We look forward to growing into our new home!"

You can find details of Nagaloka's classes on their website www.nagalokabuddhistcenter.org.