Thank you for being a bridge between the timeless ways and truths of the Orient and the ‘enlightened’ capability of the modern day ‘west’. For elucidating the Dharma in terms of human potential for all, in languages that we hear, speak, and respond to. But not only the exposition, which may have been the easier task, but bringing to life in the hearts and souls of the Order, movement, and beyond, truth, love and freedom, the essence of the Dharma. So that people have been able to hold and debate potentially extremely divisive issues, in, as a friend described, ‘a beautiful way’.

Sangharakshita nous a quitté. Je ne l’ai pas connu personnellement. Et pourtant, deux sentiments m’animent spontanément : la tristesse et la gratitude.

La tristesse car, avec le départ de Bhante, c’est la mémoire vivante de l’Ordre bouddhiste Triratna qui disparaît et crée un vide au sein du mouvement.