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Ordination at the Sheffield Buddhist Centre, UK

By Jayagupta on Sun, 24 Nov, 2024 - 11:20

Ordination at the Sheffield Buddhist Centre, UK

By Jayagupta on Sun, 24 Nov, 2024 - 11:20

Dear Friends in the Order,

We are happy to announce the public ordination of Andy McEleny at the Sheffield Buddhist Centre in the UK on Monday 18th November.

Andy McEleny becomes Amalaghosha - He whose speech is stainless.

Public Preceptor Padmavajra

Private Preceptor Jayagupta

With metta,

Jayagupta

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Ordinations at Sudarshanbhumi Retreat Centre

By nagaketu on Sun, 24 Nov, 2024 - 11:15

Ordinations at Sudarshanbhumi Retreat Centre

By nagaketu on Sun, 24 Nov, 2024 - 11:15

Dear Friends in the Order,

We are very happy to announce the public ordinations of the following men at Sudarshanbhumi Retreat Centre, Jakhegaon, Nagpur on 11th October 2024.

Public preceptor: Amoghasiddhi

Dhammapal Maitrikar becomes Ksantinaga
Meaning: Naga of patient acceptance
Private Preceptor: Nagaketu

Nitesh Meshram becomes Amrutkumar
Meaning: Prince of the Deathless (Nirvana)
Private preceptor: Nagaketu

Kailas Humane becomes Nitibhushan
Meaning: He who is adorned with ethical conduct
Private...

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Ordinations at Tiratanaloka

By sucimani on Sun, 24 Nov, 2024 - 11:08

Ordinations at Tiratanaloka

By sucimani on Sun, 24 Nov, 2024 - 11:08

Dear Friends,

The following public ordinations which took place at Tiratanaloka on Tuesday 1st October:

Public Preceptor: Sucimani

Liz Kiff becomes Viryadaya (long first “i” and last “a”)
Registered spelling: Viryadaya
Meaning: She who has energy and kindness
Private Preceptor: Saddhanandi

Claire Easingwood becomes Hrdayadhi (dot under the “r”, long “i”)
Registered spelling: Hridayadhi
Meaning: She whose wisdom comes from the heart
Private Preceptor: Sridakini

Sheila Puri becomes Padmaprajna (tilda over...

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Chair's Letter – October

By ratnadharini on Fri, 1 Nov, 2024 - 01:00

Chair's Letter – October

By ratnadharini on Fri, 1 Nov, 2024 - 01:00

Dear Order Members and Friends,

This is the last update that I’ll be writing as Chair of the College of Public Preceptors so I’ll begin by writing about this current month and then go on say something about the last five years more generally.

Last month I wrote about my three weeks in New Zealand which was the first half of my trip to the other side of the world; my three weeks in Australia began...

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Ordination at the Newcastle Buddhist Centre, UK

By padmavajra on Tue, 1 Oct, 2024 - 13:24

Ordination at the Newcastle Buddhist Centre, UK

By padmavajra on Tue, 1 Oct, 2024 - 13:24

Dear friends,

I am delighted to announce the public ordination of Norman Powell at the Newcastle Buddhist Centre in the UK on Saturday 28th September 2024.

He becomes Jayapala
‘Victorious Protector’
Public preceptor Padmavajra
Private preceptor Akuppa

Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!

With metta,

Padmavajra

College of Public Preceptors

Ordinations at Guhyaloka

By Mahamati on Tue, 1 Oct, 2024 - 13:21

Ordinations at Guhyaloka

By Mahamati on Tue, 1 Oct, 2024 - 13:21

Dear Friends,

I am delighted to announce the ordinations of the following ten men at Guhyaloka on Thursday 26th September 2024.

With metta,

Mahamati
(Public preceptor for all ten men)

Ron Chartier becomes Buddhagosha
‘He who has the voice of the Buddha’
Private preceptor Shantinayaka

Hans Wijtman becomes Jayabandhu
‘He who is a friend of victory’
Private preceptor Arthamitra

Shaun Moran becomes Kusaladhi
‘He who has a wisdom...

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Ordinations at Akashavana

By vajratara on Tue, 1 Oct, 2024 - 13:16

Ordinations at Akashavana

By vajratara on Tue, 1 Oct, 2024 - 13:16

Dear Friends,

We are delighted to announce the following public ordinations which took place at Akashavana on Friday 13th September.

Public Preceptor: Vajratara

Hannah Phillips becomes Moksadharini (‘s’ as in ‘sh’, long second a, retroflex n)
Registered spelling: Mokshadharini
Meaning: (She who touches) the earth of liberation
Private Preceptor: Amaragita

Pretti Desai becomes Nagavajri (long first a, long i)
Registered spelling: Nagavajri
Meaning: She who is a vajra of the nagas or dragons
...

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Ordinations at Aryaloka

By ashokashri on Sun, 8 Sep, 2024 - 15:20

Ordinations at Aryaloka

By ashokashri on Sun, 8 Sep, 2024 - 15:20

Dear friends,

We are delighted to announce that three Dharmacarini Ordinations took place at Aryaloka Buddhist Center on Saturday 7th September.

Nancy Artz becomes Drdhajyoti (dot under r)
‘She who is a firm, strong and steady light’
registered spelling Dridhajyoti
Private Preceptor Dharmasuri
Public Preceptor Amala

Rohini Shah becomes Sukhamaya (long final a)
‘She who is full of happiness and joy’
Registered spelling Sukhamaya
Private Preceptor Dharmasuri
Public Preceptor Ashokashri

...

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Ordination at the Manchester Buddhist Centre

By Dayanandi on Sun, 8 Sep, 2024 - 15:12

Ordination at the Manchester Buddhist Centre

By Dayanandi on Sun, 8 Sep, 2024 - 15:12

Dear Order Members,

I am delighted to announce that the Public Ordination of ex-Cia Vinten of the Manchester Buddhist Centre, UK, took place on Sunday 4th August 2024 following a special short Ordination Retreat at Adhisthana.

She first came along to the original Manchester Buddhist Centre in 1981, where she met Suvajra and Ratnaguna, and they were both present at the ceremony. Among other guests there were 41 Order Members there, and it was quite an afternoon.

She was given the...

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