Buddha Festival 2013 celebrated in Nagpur

From Triratna News on Tue, 26 Mar, 2013 - 05:39Ritayush writes from Nagpur, heartland of the Buddhist revival in India, where Triratna’s Nagpur Buddhist Centre recently celebrated their very successful 2013 Buddha Festival. Due to the success of their past Festivals in 2011 and 2012 they were able to hold the Festival at the historic Deeksha Bhoomi, site of Ambedkar’s historic mass conversion to Buddhism in 1956. He writes -

“It is very important that these three Buddha Festivals were organized at the Deeksha Bhoomi, where the historic...

Dharmachari Baladitya: 1984-2013

From Triratna News on Mon, 25 Mar, 2013 - 15:31We’re sad to report that long-standing Order Member Baladitya died unexpectedly of a heart attack on 8 March. He died in northern Thailand where he lived for five months of the year, 2 hours inland from Chang Mai. His wife, Orasa, arranged his funeral celebrations in Thailand according to local customs and his body was cremated in a local wat. As news spread around the world, two of his close friends, Dharmabandhu and Sumana, were at Vulture’s Peak in India,...