“There is something about the movement, the Order, and even about me that is not easily definable. There is a touch of something that cannot be buttoned down, something that cannot in the end be defined. Everyone will need to take care of that rather mysterious, indefinable spirit that gives the movement life and energy.”  

Sangharakshita, What is the Western Buddhist Order?

Join us for a week-long Order retreat, rejoicing in the depths and beauty of the Welsh valley that has supported Tiratanaloka for so long.

During this historic Order retreat, we'll immerse ourselves in the land and the lineage of Tiratanaloka with outdoor rituals, pujas, meditation and periods of silence together focussing on gratitude and reflecting on what we can be grateful for in our lives.

There'll be time to relax, connect more deeply to the land, to our precious teachers and the lineage of women that have gone before us and the women who will follow us on the path.

“There is something about the movement, the Order, and even about me that is not easily definable. There is a touch of something that cannot be buttoned down, something that cannot in the end be defined. Everyone will need to take care of that rather mysterious, indefinable spirit that gives the movement life and energy.”  

Sangharakshita, What is the Western Buddhist Order?

‘Words are used not conceptually but symbolically, and their truth is not the scientific truth of the intellect but the poetic truth of the imagination. We are in the realm of the spiritually positive, a world glowing with colour and flashing with light.’ - Sangharakshita, A Survey of Buddhism

‘To lead a Buddhist life we need, above all, four things:
A vision of the kind of person we could become;
Practical methods to help us transform ourselves in the light of that vision;
Friendship to support and encourage us on the path;
And a society or culture that supports us in our aspiration.’

Sangharakshita, Buddhism for Today and Tomorrow

“A common misapprehension is to think of Insight and egolessness in abstract, even metaphysical terms rather than as comprising concretely-lived attitudes and behaviour.  But realising the truth of egolessness simply means being truly and deeply unselfish.  To contemplate the principle of egolessness as some special principle that is somehow separate from our actual behaviour will leave it as far away as ever.  If we find it difficult to realise the ultimate emptiness of the self, the solution is to try to be a little less selfish.  The understanding comes afte

“There is something about the movement, the Order and even about me that is not easily definable. There is a touch of something that cannot be buttoned down, something that cannot in the end be defined. Everyone will need to take care of that rather mysterious, indefinable spirit that gives the movement life and energy.” - Sangharakshita, What is the Western Buddhist Order?

‘​​What one can be sure of is that there was a tremendous sort of inner absorption for a very long period of time. Because, after all, the Buddha had gained Enlightenment which he had been looking for, for so many years, and at last he was there, so all his energy sort of poured into that, just like a waterfall falling from a tremendous height.’ - Sangharakshita, Seminar on the Udana