Who are the Triratna Buddhist Community?

Manchester Buddhist Centre is part of the Triratna Buddhist Community, an inter­na­tional net­work com­mu­nic­at­ing Buddhist truths in ways appro­pri­ate to the mod­ern world

As the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order, or FWBO, Triratna was foun­ded in London in 1967 by Sangharakshita after twenty years prac­tising Buddhism in India.

FWBO in 1960s

Sangharakshita aimed to apply the prin­ciples under­ly­ing all forms of Buddhism to a new cul­ture. So, Triratna is an ecu­men­ical move­ment, aligned to no one tra­di­tional school, but draw­ing on the whole stream of Buddhist inspiration.

It has evolved new struc­tures for liv­ing an authen­tic Buddhist way of life in the 21st century.

Triratna on the web

The Triratna Community has an extens­ive web­site. Other Triratna sites include:

Compassion in action

Karuna was formed in 1980 as Aid for India, Triratna’s response to the suf­fer­ing of India’s Dalit com­munity and con­tin­ues to work with some of South Asia’s most dis­ad­vant­aged people

Buddhism for the Modern World

Stupa at FWBO Convention
Triratna is explor­ing how the Buddha’s teach­ing of human poten­tial is cru­cially import­ant thou­sands of years after the Buddha’s time — how Buddhists can con­trib­ute to a bet­ter world.

Growing and changing

Triratna now has dozens of centres all over the world, not only in the West. Triratna’s sub­stan­tial pres­ence in India and other devel­op­ing coun­tries is reflec­ted in its change of name from the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order.
Women on India pilgrimage 2013

Sangharakshita has now handed on respons­ib­il­ity for Triratna’s spir­itual vital­ity to his fol­low­ers. Triratna con­tin­ues to develop into a broad-based, mature and exper­i­enced spir­itual com­munity, play­ing a sig­ni­fic­ant role in bring­ing Buddhism to the West.

Triratna is an act­ive part­ner in the UK’s main inter-Buddhist forum, the Network of Buddhist Organisations

The Triratna Story

Vajragupta’s Triratna Story is an hon­est account of our movement’s growth, includ­ing an exam­in­a­tion of mis­takes made and les­sons learnt.

Manchester sangha's pilgrimage to India

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