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Ordinations at Guhyaloka in Spain

By Vajrashura on Wed, 25 Jun, 2025 - 18:04

Ordinations at Guhyaloka in Spain

By Vajrashura on Wed, 25 Jun, 2025 - 18:04

We are delighted to announce that the ordinations of the following men
took place at Guhyaloka, Spain on Monday 26th May 2025.

Public preceptor: Amogharatna

Erich Krutsky becomes Vissasaka (long first a)
Registered name: Vissasaka
Meaning: One who is trustworthy
Private preceptor: Anissita

Michal Kaplon becomes Upeksajyoti (dot under the s, long first a)
Registered name: Upekshajyoti
Meaning: He who is a light of equanimity
Private...

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Ordinations at Akashavana

By punyamala on Wed, 25 Jun, 2025 - 17:58

Ordinations at Akashavana

By punyamala on Wed, 25 Jun, 2025 - 17:58

Dear Order members,

We are delighted to announce the public ordinations of the following people at Akashavana on 24th May 2025.

Public Preceptor: Punyamala

Kate Fitzroy becomes Śubhadhyā
Registered name: Shubhadhya
Meaning: she whose thought, meditation and contemplation is about beauty
Private Preceptor: Kalyacitta

Idoia Acha becomes Ākāśavidyā
Registered name: Akashavidya
Meaning: she whose wisdom is like space
Private Preceptor: Sudurjaya

Miriam Lynn becomes Jñānapadmā
Registered name: Jnanapadma
Meaning: she who is like a lotus of wisdom and knowledge
Private Preceptor: Sunetri

Jenny Thomson becomes Mokṣadevī
...

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Letter from the College of Public Preceptors- May

By Mahamati on Thu, 1 May, 2025 - 00:01

Letter from the College of Public Preceptors- May

By Mahamati on Thu, 1 May, 2025 - 00:01

Dear Order members and friends,

Question: Some are suggesting that the Zeitgeist is different now and people are less inclined to work in Team-based Right Livelihood Businesses or live in single-sex communities so therefore we should be changing our approach.

Sangharakshita: The question is, how would you change your approach with regard to Right Livelihood? And anyway, even if people don’t want to work in team-based businesses or live in single-sex communities, that is irrelevant. After all, most people don’t want to practise the Dharma. One...

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Ordinations at Chintamani

By virasiddhi on Tue, 4 Feb, 2025 - 13:17

Ordinations at Chintamani

By virasiddhi on Tue, 4 Feb, 2025 - 13:17

Dear Friends,

We are delighted to announce that the ordinations of the following people took place at Chintamani, Mexico, on 5th January 2025.

With metta, Virasiddhi

Public Preceptor Virasiddhi:

Abelardo Mancinas becomes Gambhīradāsa
Registered spelling: Gambhiradasa

A Sanskrit name meaning ‘He who serves the profound; Él que sirve a lo profundo’

Private preceptor: Nagapriya

Adolfo Echeverría becomes Dharmaratna
Registered spelling: Dharmaratna

A Sanskrit name meaning ‘Jewel of the Dharma; La joya del Dharma’

Private preceptor: Nagapriya

Raul Chimil becomes Ākāśamati
Registered spelling: Akashamati

A Sanskrit name meaning ’The mind that is open like space; La...

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Letter from the Chair of the College – February 2025

By Mahamati on Sat, 1 Feb, 2025 - 00:00

Letter from the Chair of the College – February 2025

By Mahamati on Sat, 1 Feb, 2025 - 00:00

Dear Order members and friends,

In 1949, when visiting Bodhgaya for the first time, Sangharakshita wrote a poem called ‘The Birthplace of Compassion’. Now, seventy-five years later, on the centenary of his birth, I send this letter from this very place, where around 800 members of the Order that Sangharakshita went on to found, are gathered for an International Order Convention.

Here, where the Goatherd’s banyan-tree
O’ershadowed, was, to world forlorn,
The first child of Enlightenment,
...

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Accepting the Responsibility of Chair of the Preceptors’ College

By akasajoti on Tue, 3 Dec, 2024 - 09:39

Accepting the Responsibility of Chair of the Preceptors’ College

By akasajoti on Tue, 3 Dec, 2024 - 09:39

𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔…
𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔…
𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕…
𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔…

As a part of the Chair’s handover ceremony, Mahamati recited a variation on the ‘four lines of acceptance’, which form a part of our Public Ordination, and then reflected on accepting the responsibility of College Chair in this spirit. You can hear his full talk here, which is excerpted in the video of the Chair’s Handover.

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The College Chair's Handover

By akasajoti on Mon, 2 Dec, 2024 - 11:18

The College Chair's Handover

By akasajoti on Mon, 2 Dec, 2024 - 11:18

During the annual international meeting of the College of Public Preceptors at Adhisthana, Ratnadharini ritually concluded her term as College Chair and Mahamati took up the responsibility. Many people participated in the evening: current and retired members of the College (including all the previous Chairs), the Adhisthana communities, the seven Mitras from the current young men’s Dharma Life Course and local Order members.

In the context of a Threefold Puja, the previous Chair places the ‘initiation vase’ that Bhante himself used for...

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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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