Welcome
The Triratna Buddhist Community (formerly the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order) is a worldwide Buddhist community of Buddhist centres, retreat centres, residential communities, businesses and individuals. Members of Triratna practice a type of Buddhism suitable for people living in the contemporary western world.
Triratna was started in 1968 by Sangharakshita, an Englishman who had practiced as a Buddhist monk in the East for 20 years before bringing Buddhism to the West.
Triratna is run by members of the Triratna Buddhist Order who work to bring the benefits of Buddhist practice to people in New Zealand and around the world.
Members of the Triratna Buddhist Order aim to present a form of Buddhism that is grounded in the core teachings and practices that underlie all the different ethnic schools of Buddhism. We are not Tibetan Buddhists, Zen Buddhists, Theravada Buddhists, Nichiren Buddhists, or Pure Land Buddhists — we are simply Buddhists, basing ourselves on the core teachings, but open to the richness of the whole tradition.
People of all sorts can benefit from Buddhist practice and our Centres are used by many of people, young and old, from all over New Zealand.
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