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Triratna Ontario Would like to support my work in Ontario, Canada? To date it has received a small amount of financial support for which I am very grateful. A few dear friends and Order Members did give generously to assist to move out to Canada in 2004. Some of this money helped me establish a small group of friends around me in the City of Guelph. This was through advertising and renting a basement room in a therapy clinic run by women in the city.

Many friends from Guelph, Wasaga Beach (on Georgian Bay), Goderich and Toronto remain loyal and interested in the Triratna. I would like to support them in raising funds every year and administering the funds collected. In this way developing their spiritual growth and broadcasting what the Triratna has to offer. I last visited in June 2008 and led a weekend of five two and a half hour Newcomers style events on the theme of Buddhism for Today, previously to this in November 2008 I led the first residential weekend Triratna Buddhist Community retreat in Ontario. One of the friends present on the retreat was Chris Petts, a Mitra from Colchester, England who has asked for Ordination.

Further to my visit in June my friend Cameron Clark from Guelph paid a two week visit to the UK. He visited the Colchester and Ipswich Buddhist Centres and went on the Padmaloka Summer Retreat for men. He experienced the benefits of retreat along with meeting two lively Sanghas. Inspiration indeed to return and dream about possibilities for the future of the Triratna Buddhist Community in Ontario. The retreat and some travel was funded from donations to justgiving.

To find out more please visit my web page which is at

http://www.justgiving.com/harshaprabha

I hope by clicking the above link and reading what is said it will encourage you to contribute to developing the Triratna in Canada.

With heartfelt thanks and appreciation from Harshaprabha