In 1978 my mother was ten and my father twelve, and they were now living in the same suburb north of Stockholm.
In 1988 my parents were in a relationship and living together. They got married and were waiting for me to arrive (mid-March 1989).
In 1998 I was nine years old and had been in school for a couple of years. My parents had been divorced many years and I was living with my mother and her/my new family. My father had moved to the north of Sweden with his new family.
In 2008 I was nineteen and had been a Buddhist for six years. I was practicing with the Taiwanese/Chinese sangha I had encountered at thirteen (Fo Guang Shan/Buddha’s Light International Association). I finished ‘gymnasium’ and started studying Mandarin Chinese at university. I had been in a relationship with my fiancé, Fredrik, for almost three years and we moved to our own place.
In 2018 I have trained and worked as an undertaker for a few years, completed a Batchelors, and almost a Master’s, degree in Indology (Sanskrit and Pali). My first contact with Triratna was on a young Buddhist activity at the centre in late 2010. The first Triratna Buddhist and Order member I met was Satyaprabha, who is now one of my kalyana-mitras. I also met Bodhisakta-to-be, my other kalyana-mitra, that first time. I worked as Centre manager in Stockholm for a few years and will have soon been ordained two years. In May 2018 I will have been the Chairman of the Stockholm Buddhist Center for a year. I am still living with Fredrik and we have been married for six years. I have just come back from my first time in India, two weeks of magical pilgrimage and a lovely week on the Order convention!
Prasadacarin: On Padmapani, two-armed Avalokiteshvara, as a human form
In 1978 my mother was ten and my father twelve, and they were now living in the same suburb north of Stockholm.
In 1988 my parents were in a relationship and living together. They got married and were waiting for me to arrive (mid-March 1989).
In 1998 I was nine years old and had been in school for a couple of years. My parents had been divorced many years and I was living with my mother and her/my new family. My father had moved to the north of Sweden with his new family.
In 2008 I was nineteen and had been a Buddhist for six years. I was practicing with the Taiwanese/Chinese sangha I had encountered at thirteen (Fo Guang Shan/Buddha’s Light International Association). I finished ‘gymnasium’ and started studying Mandarin Chinese at university. I had been in a relationship with my fiancé, Fredrik, for almost three years and we moved to our own place.
In 2018 I have trained and worked as an undertaker for a few years, completed a Batchelors, and almost a Master’s, degree in Indology (Sanskrit and Pali). My first contact with Triratna was on a young Buddhist activity at the centre in late 2010. The first Triratna Buddhist and Order member I met was Satyaprabha, who is now one of my kalyana-mitras. I also met Bodhisakta-to-be, my other kalyana-mitra, that first time. I worked as Centre manager in Stockholm for a few years and will have soon been ordained two years. In May 2018 I will have been the Chairman of the Stockholm Buddhist Center for a year. I am still living with Fredrik and we have been married for six years. I have just come back from my first time in India, two weeks of magical pilgrimage and a lovely week on the Order convention!