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Resignation of Dhammapattiya

From Order Connection on Thu, 14 Aug, 2025 - 09:31

Resignation of Dhammapattiya

From Order Connection on Thu, 14 Aug, 2025 - 09:31

Dear Order members,

I regret to announce the resignation from the Order of Dharmacharini Dhammapattiya. Dhammapattiya, from Bury St Edmunds, England, was ordained in Tuscany in 2000, with Sanghadevi as her public preceptor and Samata as her private preceptor.

Sanghadevi accepted Dhammapattiya’s resignation on 21 June. However it has taken some time to finalise a resignation letter which Sanghadevi and I could agree to publish. Dhammapattiya has requested that it is myself who makes...
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An Open Hand

From Sheffield Buddhist Centre on Thu, 14 Aug, 2025 - 00:00
How should we behave? What is ‘Right’ and ‘Wrong’? And does that even matter anyway? In the 1960s, Sangharakshita and other early Western Buddhists asked questions like these. They critiqued society’s views about ‘good’ and ‘bad’ behaviour in the light of The Buddha’s teachings on ethics and karma from 2,500 years earlier in ancient India. However, the world we live in now is very different again from when Sangharakshita gave his lectures on ethics. So what are the current ethical issues that we need to think about as practicing Buddhists in our time, in our society?
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Order Weekend - Aug 25

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Mon, 11 Aug, 2025 - 14:21
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Order Weekend - Aug 25

From Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Center on Mon, 11 Aug, 2025 - 14:21

*पश्चिम विभागीय ऑर्डर विकेंड ८ ऑगस्ट ते १० ऑगस्ट २०२५*. भाजा येथे अतिशय उत्साहात पार पडला. 

ऑर्डर विकेंड मधे मुंबई,पुणे,कोकण विभागतून संघ सदस्य सहभागी झाले होते.

पुज्य भंते संघरक्षित यांच्या जन्म शताब्दी निमित त्यांना समर्पित या ऑर्डर विकेंड नियोजन होते 

ऑर्डर विकेंड चा विषय *संघाची वृद्धी आणि विकास* असा होता. भंते संघरक्षित यांनी संघाला ४०
वर्ष पूर्ण होत असताना वरील विषयावर...
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Taking Darshan (Dharmabytes Podcasts)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 11 Aug, 2025 - 12:20

Urgyen Sangharakshita - Bhante - who died last year, is not only the founder of the Triratna Buddhist Order and Community, but also teacher and spiritual friend to Padmavajra. Padmavajra first met him when he was 17 and in this talk he shares some of his own most cherished memories of Bhante, including his experiences of being with him in India when he returned there in the 1970’s to found the Order there. Excerpted from the talk...
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Bodhisattvas and Buddhas (Dharmabytes Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 11 Aug, 2025 - 10:48

Aryajaya explores Sangharakshita’s relationship to his teachers, who form the lineage for the Triratna Buddhist Order. A lovely exploration of the experience of relationship to the Bodhisattvas of Buddhist tradition via meditations passed from teacher to disciple, evoking a wide open sense of connection to the great beauty they represent. Excerpted from the talk Sangharakshita’s First Connection with His Teachers and Receiving Practices given as part of the series Themes from...
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Sahananda

Death of the Former Ratnavira

From Order Connection on Sat, 9 Aug, 2025 - 18:31

Death of the Former Ratnavira

From Order Connection on Sat, 9 Aug, 2025 - 18:31

Ian Tolley - formerly Ratnavira - passed away this morning, 9th August at his home in Inverness.

In May this year he was diagnosed with terminal cancer associated with a tumour in his spine. He had recently been receiving palliative care at home and received visits from Friends and order members. In the past few days there had been a loss of communication. Today he passed away with his sister and wife Martha present. 

He was ordained by Sangharakshita in August 1977 and took...
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Bhante and the Bodhisattva Spirit (FBA Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 9 Aug, 2025 - 11:00

Dayanandi shares how she was encouraged and inspired by Bhante’s teachings on the Bodhicitta spirit. “Bhante encouraging shared collective community the creative conditions challenged us to go beyond us. As we were young and had a lot of energy, we took on Bhante’s task of creating the conditions for the Bodhicitta to arise. It was spiritually nurturing to attend Bhante’s lectures. They were very strong. It was through Bhante’s dedicated, clear mind and friendliness, by him sharing...
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Final Journey to Ordination (Dharmabytes Podcast)

From Free Buddhist Audio on Fri, 8 Aug, 2025 - 13:15

Saddhaloka explores the key aspects of any practitioner’s commitment, Going Forth and Going for Refuge to the Three Jewels, evoking how Sangharakshita engaged with these formative acts as foundations of his own practice in India at the end of the Second World War. With an introduction by Dhammarati.Excerpted from the talk Going Forth And Going For Refuge as part of the series Themes from the Dharma Life of Urgyen Sangharakshita (Triratna International Council 2019).
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My Life and the FWBO

From Sangharakshita 100: A Celebration on Thu, 7 Aug, 2025 - 22:09

My Life and the FWBO

From Sangharakshita 100: A Celebration on Thu, 7 Aug, 2025 - 22:09

The Triratna Video Library is back celebrating Sangharakshita’s 100th birth anniversary with another freshly edited never-before-seen talk by Bhante from the archive. The release for August is a talk entitled ‘My Life and the FWBO’.

In 2002 Sangharakshita offered his support to the new FWBO (Triratna) sangha by giving three public talks in Kraków, Poland. In this second talk he recounted his life story from early bed-bound days, discovering Buddhism, army life, travels across India, life in...
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Shabda Special: Sangharakshita Centenary Issue

From Order Connection on Thu, 7 Aug, 2025 - 15:05

Shabda Special: Sangharakshita Centenary Issue

From Order Connection on Thu, 7 Aug, 2025 - 15:05


August 26th is the 100th anniversary of Sangharakshita’s birth - the highlight of the Centenary that is being marked throughout the year. The International Order Office team and International Order Convenor, Vajrapriya, would like to invite you to contribute to the October issue of Shabda. This will be a special Centenary issue, similar to the successful 50th anniversary issue of Shabda last October. It is an opportunity to reflect on our relationship to Bhante and, in particular, to...

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