{"id":752,"date":"2018-11-03T12:52:22","date_gmt":"2018-11-03T12:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuddhistcentre.com\/stories\/50voices\/?post_type=project&#038;p=752"},"modified":"2022-08-23T17:39:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T16:39:26","slug":"prasadacarin-it-was-quite-mindblowing-that-people-were-actually-trying-to-practice","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/thebuddhistcentre.com\/stories\/50voices\/project\/prasadacarin-it-was-quite-mindblowing-that-people-were-actually-trying-to-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Prasadacarin: &#8220;It was quite mindblowing that people were actually trying to practice\u2026&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; disabled_on=&#8221;on||&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_post_title author=&#8221;off&#8221; date=&#8221;off&#8221; comments=&#8221;off&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Quote Title (Desktop)&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; title_text_color=&#8221;#ee7600&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Order Name (Desktop)&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<a href=\"#annals\">Read speaker annals<\/a><br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Talk Description (Desktop)&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How Prasadacarin first came across the Dharma<\/li>\n<li>Discovering Stockholm Buddhist Centre and other young Buddhist practitioners<\/li>\n<li>Why Prasadacarin committed to Triratna as a sangha<\/li>\n<li>On Padmapani, two-armed Avalokiteshvara, as a human form<\/li>\n<li>A thread of faith in the Dharma<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_code admin_label=&#8221;Audio (Desktop)&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.4&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/playlists\/629878302&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true&#038;visual=true\"><\/iframe>[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#f4a732&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Divider (Desktop)&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; height=&#8221;0px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_3,1_3&#8243; module_id=&#8221;annals&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Annals Title (Desktop)&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;|||on|||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]PRASADACARIN&#8217;S ANNALS:<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;OM Annals (Desktop)&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<strong>In 1968<\/strong> my Serbian grandparents had been in Sweden a year and my mother was born. 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