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Forthcoming Events
Wolf at The Door workshops and retreats are run by a group of friends within the Triratna Buddhist Order: Dharmavadana, Dhivan, Padmacandra, Satyadaka, Satyagita, Varasahaya, Vidyacitta and Vishvantara co-lead weekends and retreats in various combinations in the UK and further afield, while Satyalila concentrates largely on Order and other special events. Profiles of the team are here. We are running a full programme of in-person weekends and retreats. However, we want to continue providing online events in addition when possible as they enable people to take part in Wolf who otherwise could not. Please see below for details concerning individual events. Please also check the websites of host Centres for updates. A note on booking requirements: Most of our weekend events are open to complete beginners in terms of meditation, Buddhism, or the Triratna Community. However, this may vary from Centre to Centre, so please check this when you book. For our longer retreats, we do ask for experience of meditation and ritual, and often for specifically Triratna Community experience. Such events are not aimed at beginners and include more meditation and ritual than our weekends. We need to be able to rely on retreatants having familiarity with our approach to practice, as well as with Triratna ethics and ethos, in order for the retreat to unfold harmoniously in the deepening ways we hope for. Immersion in the potent combination of personal writing and meditation in a retreat context can be challenging, and we do not wish to expose anyone to such a situation unprepared. Both our Danakosha and Rivendell retreats, for example, are specifically for Triratna regulars, as you will see whenever these are advertised. Of course no prior writing experience is ever required. Our 2023 programme so far 16th September, 6.45 - 9.00 pm at the Sheffield Buddhist Centre: a Wolf at the Door Poetry Night. Ananda reading from his new collection, with Vishvantara, Rachel Ingrams, Satyalila and more. Free, but please book so that we know numbers. Tickets and info here. 30th September - 1st October: Outrageous Courage: an online writing weekend with the West London Buddhist Centre. Your facilitators: Vishvantara and Dharmavadana. Booking now open here. 21st-22nd October: a writing weekend at the Nottingham Buddhist Centre. In person with Dharmavadana and Dayajava. Booking is now open on the NBC site here. 9th - 10th December: an online writing weekend with the West London Buddhist Centre. Your facilitators again Vishvantara and Dharmavadana. Booking not open yet but we'll let you know when it is. Contact details for WLBC here. Please do email us at Wolf at the Door with any queries or for more information. Go to our Contact page under the More menu. ***** If you'd like us to run a workshop at your Buddhist centre or retreat centre, or anywhere near you, please get in touch with us. Meanwhile, do remember Manjusvara’s two excellent books Writing Your Way and The Poet’s Way, both available from Windhorse Publications |