tariki trust
Tariki Trust is a community of people who believe that our actions matter and
our impact on others has consequences at many levels. Our spiritual and moral
values are something which we live out, and that need to permeate all we do.
They are not simply ideas or practices to be addressed in limited time slots
during a busy day. Tariki Trust offers courses, training and retreats which
centre on our shared interest in our living systems. These include training and
events linked to ecotherapy, psychology, psychotherapy, environmentalism,
spiritual care and other forms of engaged Buddhism. A UK registered Buddhist
charity, Tariki Trust was founded in 2011 and has become an umbrella for a wide
range of activities in these inter-related fields. Our non-sectarian outlook
welcomes people from many backgrounds, some of whom are Buddhist, but many of
whom are not, to share in building a vision of a more wholesome world, based on
values of compassion, mutual support and care for our position as part of a
greater system. Tariki Trust is a community of people who are interested in
learning, ideas, creativity and social responsibility. We believe in practising
through concern for others and engagement with life in all its forms. The name
Tariki means 'other-power' in Japanese. Other-power is a fundamental concept in
Pureland Buddhism and expresses our commitment to a collective, collaborative
approach. It is also the basis for Other-Centred Approach, the model of
psychotherapy which underpins many Tariki courses and events. The Other-Centred
model is flexible, suggesting an attitude of engagement and encounter rather
than of introspection and rigidity, and leading us to embrace many fields of
involvement and cultural activities as well as the narrowly therapeutic. Many of
Tariki Trust’s activities were run by an earlier organisation, established in
1996, and its course programmes have a history going back over several decades.
Tariki Trust itself was established in 2011 in order to offer a dedicated space
for these programmes and at this time the Ten Directions training programme in
ecotherapy was also established. Tariki Trust is a UK Registered Charity Number
1149658. It has a board of trustees who oversee its work and ensure good
practice. Tariki Trust does not have any salaried staff, but, rather, has
teaching staff and others working on a sessional or occasional basis. This means
that much of Tariki’s work in supporting courses and activities is done on a
voluntary, dana basis. As a charity, Tariki Trust is subject to the jurisdiction
of the UK Charity Commission and has a number of policies and guidelines in
place for good practice. These can be viewed on our old website.
