Young Women’s Retreat at Taraloka – January 2010
Posted On : January 9th, 2010 by RCheesley
Tags: Buddhism, retreat, taraloka, women, young womenI’m starting to get quite excited at the prospect of attending my first retreat this month with the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order, at the Taraloka retreat centre in Whitchurch, Shropshire.
I found out about this retreat through Facebook – I have been interested in Buddhism for a very long time and always felt it was the path I was to walk, but have not really done much more about it than that. I noticed that there was a FWBO facebook group and also a group specifically for young people, and as a member of the latter I received an event invitation to the Young Women’s Retreat. There is also a Young Buddhist’s Weekend being run in October 2010.
The FWBO is really making great strides to involve younger people in the organisation and these events look set to be a great way for likeminded young people to get together, meet, network, and learn.
The Young Women’s Retreat is being run by Lindsay Hannah, Vajratara and their team and will be considering how the blueprint for a new world described by Sangarakshita in 1976 relates to us today –and how we as young women are transforming of ourselves and the world into a spiritual community. Through this event I have already made some really good friends by chatting on Facebook and am really looking forward to meeting everyone “in the flesh”!
See you all there!