Development Group

Meet the current members of the Sakyadhita UK Development Group. Individuals are listed in alphabetical order, with monastics listed first.

Jacquetta (Bodhicarini Upasika Jayasili)

Jacquetta Gomes (Bodhicarini Upasika Jayasili) — I assisted Sakyadhita UK development group member Wendy Barzetovic to develop Sakyadhita UK in the 1980s. I gave an Introduction to Sakyadhita talk at the Sakyadhita UK meeting at Conway Hall, London, on 9 September 1989. I also gave a talk, and led Metta [Loving Kindness] meditation at the Sakyadhita UK meeting at Fellside Centre Kendal on 18 July 2009. [Read more]

Weny Barzetovich
Wendy

Wendy Barzetovic — I took refuge with Kalu Rinpoche, in Darjeeling, India in 1979. I then went on to study at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala, India, until the end on 1982. [Read more]

Sue

Sue Bloy — I have been Treasurer of Sakyadhita UK since it was set up in 2007 and I have been involved with Buddhism since the mid 1970s when I was at university in Birmingham. I was born and brought up in the backwater of rural East Anglia and early in my teenage years I became disillusioned with the narrow outlook presented by my Anglican protestant upbringing. [Read more]

Claralynn

Claralynn Nunamaker — A lifetime member of Sakyadhita International since 2003, I was enthusiastic about helping re-form the UK group in 2020. I now serve as chair and webmaster for Sakyadhita UK. In my personal practice, it took 15 years to settle on Early Buddhism and make the decision to learn canonical languages.
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