Dear Ipswich Sangha I have recently returned from the Uk and Ireland Order Convention where 600 Order members gathered in Norfolk. It’s title was, ‘Unwrapping the Four Gifts’, which is the International theme for Triratna this year. Sangharakshita presented the Four Gifts in the form of a poem, (see below),… Read More »Unwrapping the Four Gifts
Dear Ipswich Sangha, In May we celebrated the Enlightenment of the Buddha. Buddha Day is the biggest festival in the Buddhist calendar. Gotama, the Buddha to be, had the confidence to sit through the attack of Mara and gain Enlightenment. In the final attack he called the Earth Goddess to witness… Read More »The Four Confidences
Dear Ipswich Sangha, In this Chair’s letter I am going to share some reflections on the spiritual symbolism of elephants. Sangharakshita describes a symbol as not a sign. He says, ‘A symbol does not stand for something that could be known in some other way. The whole point is that… Read More »Elephant in the room
Dear Ipswich Sangha, As part of our Year of Akshobhya I invited Ruchiraketu from Cambridge to lead a day that would support deepening our individual and collective practice. It was a very rich and inspiring day called Doing Things Together – The Path of Integration. This month I am going… Read More »Team, Task and Individual
Chair’s Letter – March 2026 Thinking of you all and wishing you joy this spring, inner and outer. This is my 2nd presentation from the Vision Day in January. Using the image of this imaginary tree I am going to share how our Mythic vision for the next few years could manifest.… Read More »Myth and Manifestation
Chair’s Letter – February 2026 Dear Ipswich Sangha, Over the next two months I will share my presentations from the Myth and Manifestation Day in January where I set out a vision for the Ipswich Buddhist Centre. This month I will talk about the Mythic Context which is a five… Read More »The Year of Akshobya
