Near Corwen, North Wales
Wales
3 pilgrimage sites
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Tyddyn Rhydderch — Writing Retreat Cottage
Near Corwen, North Wales, Wales · 1977–1993
Tyddyn Rhydderch ('little house of Rhydderch') is a stone cottage midway between Vajraloka and Vajrakuta in North Wales, owned by Order member Hridaya and rented by Sangharakshita for extended periods of writing, study, and rest. He came here in the mid-1970s, again in 1982 with Prasannasiddhi after the Winchester Mystics and Scientists conference, and in late 1993 with Paramartha for reflection on the future of the movement.
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Vajrakuta — Buddhist Study Centre
Near Corwen, North Wales, Wales · 1984–2020
Vajrakuta ('Diamond Peak') was established in 1984 when Order member Prakasha purchased Blaenddol, a deserted stone farmhouse about 1 km from Vajraloka. It became the FWBO's first dedicated study centre. Sangharakshita visited during his Welsh stays and was 'greatly impressed by their evident emotional positivity and by the spirit of dedication' he found there.
Vajraloka Buddhist Meditation Centre
Near Corwen, North Wales, Wales · 1979–present
Vajraloka — 'Diamond Realm' — began as Tyn-y-ddol ('cottage in the valley'), an old Welsh farmhouse near Corwen renovated by FWBO Order members from 1979. Sangharakshita visited to inspect progress and found the newly transformed shrine room 'Zen-like in its beauty and simplicity.' It became the FWBO's primary meditation retreat centre, specialising in solitary and group meditation retreats.