Aryaloka News

We're so pleased to announce that two men were privately ordained at Aryaloka on Wednesday 27th October and publicly ordained on Sunday 1st October. The ordinations took place within the context of a ten-day Going for Refuge retreat that was preceded by a six-day pre-ordination retreat with the ordinands and Private Preceptors. Our new installment that houses the Dakini rupa was used as the ordination khuti. The khuti is a secret place so we can't show any photos of how it was prepared, but we can tell you that it was a transformed and magical space.

Calling all ARTISTS from the Aryaloka Community!

It is time for a new Aryaloka T-shirt, and the ‘T-shirt kula’ is looking for sangha artists to submit their best creations!
Here are the details:

Under The Trees: A Joint Exhibition by Victoria and Lawrence Elbroch
Ink Drawings, Etchings and Prints

Opening Reception Sunday October 15, 3 - 5pm
On view from October 15 to November 19 Tuesday evenings 5-6:30pm; all other hours by appointment

Our dear friend Dharmacharini Vihanasari (Sandra Bonin) died on August 18, 2023 at age 79 following a long struggle with Alzheimer’s. We remember her as a long time member of the Aryaloka sangha. First as a friend, then a mitra and in July, 2008, she was ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order and given the Buddhist name Vihanasari by Dayalocana her Private Preceptor. Vihanasari had a strong connection with 1000 armed Avalokitesvara, the Bodhisattva of compassion. He represented her desire and willingness to solve whatever problem came her way and her compassionate nature.

A Celebration of Life will be held for Bob Montgomery at Aryaloka Buddhist Center, 14 Heartwood Circle, Newmarket NH, on August 19th, 2-5pm.
The family will be providing light refreshments.

On July 14 to 16 Aryaloka hosted the Freedom Beyond Fear men's weekend retreat. On Saturday afternoon, the rupa (the form; a statue) was installed with many hands working together. Although the origin and age of the rupa is unknown, Neil Harvey rescued her and several other rupas many years ago from a liquidation warehouse; he then donated the rupas to Aryaloka where they are now back in a context of Dharma practice.

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A three person exhibition featuring Roddy Cole, Marilyn Dowling & Dharmasuri. On view from July 11 to August 31, Tuesday Evenings 5-6:30pm or by appointment.

Image by Roddy Cole: The Shifting Nature of Reflection

Thanks to over 50 of our generous supporters, including three $1000 matching donors, this year's NH Gives campaign resulted in over $9000 in donations! Aryaloka is a community supported, grass-roots non-profit that depends on donations to continue our sliding-scale workshops and retreats. Aryaloka thrives because of you!

The artist formerly known as Deb Seavey has been ordained! Her new Dharma name is Advayasri! Advayasri (acute accent over the s, long i)
A Sanskrit name meaning “She who has the radiance of non-duality” Registered spelling: Advayashri.

We'll be welcoming Advayashri back to the seacoast area later this summer.

Double your generosity with NH Gives June 6-7!

Generosity is a central practice in the Buddhist path of transformation. You have the opportunity to double your generosity by being part of NH Gives, a 24-hour giving window for NH nonprofits, starting today (June 6) at 5 pm.

Three Sangha members are each putting up each $1,000 to match your donations! An anonymous donor is putting up the first match. And order members Cittavan and Saddhavasini will be the second and third matches.