Dharmachari Mahacitta likely to die soon

Dear Order Members,

This is to inform you that Dharmachari Mahacitta who recently contracted the Covid 19 virus, is likely to die within a day or two.

Mahacitta had recently been in hospital with mental health issues (bi-polar disorder), but had been discharged and returned to his supported housing accommodation in Enfield, North London.

After a couple of days he complained of pains in his chest and was taken to another hospital about a...

Order Bodhicitta Practice Reminder

“What the whole section, indeed the whole Bodhicaryavatara boils down to is this: with the help of urgent expostulations and rather subtle arguments, Shantideva is trying to talk us into being at least a little more unselfish, into considering the sorrows and sufferings of others as our own and being sensitive to them as we are to our own. In other words he’s trying to talk us into devoting ourselves in the Bodhisattva spirit to help relieve the whole mass of human...

Coffee with Sthiramanas

Hosted by Prajnamanas | Sun 12 Apr at 11am

Sthiramanas’ public ordination was streamed live onto YouTube on Sunday 5th April. Now, one week on, he sits down with his friend Prajnamanas to talk informally about the experience of that day and how the new name is settling in.

So make yourself a coffee (or tea!) and join them live on the London Buddhist Centre’s YouTube channel this Sunday. It will be a...

Update on support for Order members during the pandemic

Since March 19th, Abhayaratna Trust, the Order’s care network, has been in touch with Order members around the world who have been experiencing financial hardship as a result of the spread of Covid-19. So far, the charity has given modest grants to 23 Order members living in Mexico, the United States, Spain, India and the UK, and expects to give further grants in the coming months.

The majority of grants have been to those who are self-employed and badly affected by...