{"id":844,"date":"2022-04-15T20:05:55","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T19:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuddhistcentre.com\/stories\/50voices\/?post_type=project&#038;p=844"},"modified":"2022-04-15T20:12:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T19:12:47","slug":"dharmashalin-sangharakshitas-character-and-its-shaping-effect-on-triratna","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/thebuddhistcentre.com\/stories\/50voices\/project\/dharmashalin-sangharakshitas-character-and-its-shaping-effect-on-triratna\/","title":{"rendered":"Dharmashalin: Sangharakshita&#8217;s character and its shaping effect on Triratna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; disabled_on=&#8221;on||&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#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; 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text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">The Buddhist Centre<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/thebuddhistcentre\/02-sangharakshitas-character\" title=\"02 Sangharakshita&#39;s character and its shaping effect on Triratna\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">02 Sangharakshita&#39;s character and its shaping effect on Triratna<\/a><\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#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;3.25&#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;3.8.1&#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; 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My parents first met on the 5th of September 1969 when my Mum showed my Dad where the canteen was on his first day of\u00a0work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In 1978<\/strong> I was born on the 16th of\u00a0June.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In 1988<\/strong> I was\u00a010 years old, totally absorbed in the world of Dungeons and Dragons. This provided a welcome escape from the social complexity of interacting with people. I was very shy but also\u00a0precocious.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In 1998<\/strong> I was living the \u2018high\u2019 life at the University of East Anglia. Christmas of that year I read the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. It was the first and only time I\u2019ve cried upon reading a dharma book; it was the evocation of Karma and rebirth which made me realise that I could not continue running away from my life, because responsibility for my experience extends beyond death. I likened reading it to a child with a crayon being shown beautiful calligraphy. I could immediately see that we were both doing the same thing and found it deeply moving to be shown a\u00a0path.<\/p>\n<p>That evening a friend asked me what I\u2019d done that day. I said; \u2018I discovered I\u2019m a Buddhist.\u2019 He said, what are you going to do about that? I said; \u2018Drink this beer and go and get stoned.\u2019 2 years later Dukkha and my dear friend Sanghanistha led me to the doors of the Colchester Buddhist Centre. I went on my first retreat within 6 weeks and was working for Evolution: Ipswich within 6\u00a0months\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>In 2008<\/strong> I was\u00a0in Guhyaloka getting ordained. I was ordained a week before my 30th birthday. I\u2019d just finished a 2 year intensive Dharma training course. 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