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The Death and Funeral of Urgyen Sangharakshita

By sanghadhara on Tue, 18 Dec, 2018 - 23:41

The Death and Funeral of Urgyen Sangharakshita

By sanghadhara on Tue, 18 Dec, 2018 - 23:41

Immediately after Bhante’s death we at Clear Vision began to document the preparations for his vigil and funeral, and working with our colleagues at The Buddhist Centre Online  to do all we could to help ensure that thousands of people in our worldwide community were able to witness the event through a live-stream. We have produced this short film of highlights from the funeral and time surrounding the event for you all, and for future generations, to revisit...
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Sangharakshita Memorial Space

Funeral of Urgyen Sangharakshita by Guilhem Monin

By Centre Team on Thu, 13 Dec, 2018 - 17:40

Funeral of Urgyen Sangharakshita by Guilhem Monin

By Centre Team on Thu, 13 Dec, 2018 - 17:40

Urgyen Sangharakshita. 26 Aug 1925 - 30 Oct 2018.

Funeral and burial at his home, Adhisthana, on November 10th 2018. 

A short tribute put together by Guilhem Monin.
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Sangharakshita's Funeral - Eulogies

By Free Buddhist Audio on Tue, 4 Dec, 2018 - 23:47

Urgyen Sangharakshita, 1925-2018, was laid to rest at his home in Adhisthana on November 10th 2018.

Here are the main welcoming speeches and eulogies from Sangharakshita’s close friends and colleagues as they say their own goodbyes to our teacher.

Recorded at Adhisthana, November 2018.
Sangharakshita Memorial Space
Sangharakshita Memorial Space

Extracts from a Puja for Urgyen Sangharakshita on the Evening of His Funeral and Burial

By Candradasa on Sun, 25 Nov, 2018 - 21:28

On the evening of Urgyen Sangharakshita’s funeral and burial, after the departure of most of the 1,200 guests, those who remained gathered together to perform a special, final sevenfold puja and close an extraordinary day. 

Padmavajra led the devotional ritual, specifically dedicated to Padmasambhava. In this extract we hear Surata reading verses to Vajrasattva known as ‘The Confounder of Hell’, followed by a rousing version of the Great Guru of Tibet’s mantra. 

Voices were uplifted and many offerings made: to say a last farewell...
Buddhist Centre Features
Buddhist Centre Features

Podcast - Extracts from a Puja for Urgyen Sangharakshita on the Evening of His Funeral and Burial

By Candradasa on Sun, 25 Nov, 2018 - 21:25

On the evening of Urgyen Sangharakshita’s funeral and burial, after the departure of most of the 1,200 guests, those who remained gathered together to perform a special, final sevenfold puja and close an extraordinary day. 

Padmavajra led the devotional ritual, specifically dedicated to Padmasambhava. In this extract we hear Surata reading verses to Vajrasattva known as ‘The Confounder of Hell’, followed by a rousing version of the Great Guru of Tibet’s mantra. 

Voices were uplifted and many offerings made: to say a last farewell...
Lights In The Sky - living dharma
Lights In The Sky - living dharma

Subhuti brings joy

By Suryaprabha on Thu, 22 Nov, 2018 - 19:25
  • Subhuti brings joy

Subhuti brings joy

By Suryaprabha on Thu, 22 Nov, 2018 - 19:25

For Bhante’s funeral I was filming from very far back, almost in the weather, but I liked the compositions. 
Sangharakshita Memorial Space
Sangharakshita Memorial Space

From Sthanashraddha

By dh sthanashraddha on Mon, 19 Nov, 2018 - 22:07

From Sthanashraddha

By dh sthanashraddha on Mon, 19 Nov, 2018 - 22:07

I feel honoured and so very grateful to have been able to serve Bhante as secretary in the last few years of his life. Clear and bright was his mind right up until his death, full of warmth and kindness for those that came into his sphere. 

Though we were generations apart he always took interest in what interested me and our work together was so very smooth and straightforward, which is impressive given Bhante’s poor eyesight and my general lack of secretarial...
Triratna News
Triratna News

Large worldwide audience for live funeral video

By Munisha on Fri, 16 Nov, 2018 - 16:55
  • Mahavihar, Pune
  • Aurangabad
  • Auckland Buddhist Centre
  • Mahavihar, Pune
  • At home
  • Ulhasnagar, Mumbai
  • Chattisgargh
  • Chattisgargh
  • Gujrarat
  • Gujarat

Large worldwide audience for live funeral video

By Munisha on Fri, 16 Nov, 2018 - 16:55

It’s become clear that the apparently large gathering of 1,200-1,400 people in the barn at Adhisthana on Saturday for Bhante’s funeral was, in fact, a small fraction of the international audience taking part by following the day live on Facebook and YouTube, and by participating in simultaneous events at Buddhist Centres around the world.

Watch the complete edited livestream.

For a start, it’s estimated that those watching at public screenings across India numbered at least 61,000 – not including all those who watched at home or in social projects...
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Thanks to Everyone Involved in the Funeral of Bhante Urgyen Sangharakshita

By parami on Fri, 16 Nov, 2018 - 11:24

Thanks to Everyone Involved in the Funeral of Bhante Urgyen Sangharakshita

By parami on Fri, 16 Nov, 2018 - 11:24

Dear friends,

It is almost a week since the funeral and Adhisthana is returning to normal, although of course it is a new normal. “Life is King” as Bhante Urgyen Sangharakshita told us and Life goes on. The trees drop their leaves and work needs to be done. Sunday and Monday here saw community and volunteers taking down chairs, dismantling the shrine in the barn - will it ever be the same space? - and cleaning. Lots of cleaning,...
Triratna News
Triratna News

A Selection of Photos from Sangharakshita's Funeral

By Sadayasihi on Fri, 16 Nov, 2018 - 10:26
  • A mourner pays their respects at Sangharakshita's coffin
  • People arriving in Adhisthana for the funeral of Urgyen Sangharakshita
  • The Amitabha Shrine room - where there had been a vigil for visitors to come and sit with Sangharakshita's body - just before the beginning of the funeral
  • The Amitabha Shrine room
  • Sanghadarshini (in foreground, wearing a maroon sash) was just one of the many volunteers who came to help out on the day.
  • 1,000 chairs were set up in the barn in Adhisthana. All were full during the ceremony and many were standing outside the barn. A number of Buddhists from other traditions also attended to pay their respects to Urgyen Sangharakshita.
  • Before the funeral ceremony began attendees took the opportunity to circumambulate Sangharakshita's coffin
  • The shrine
  • At the centre of the shrine were photos of Dr Ambedkar and Sangharakshita
  • Saddhanandi, chair of Adhisthana, welcomes all the guests and introduces (from left to right) Mahamati, Parami and Paramartha who were the key people overviewing the funeral arrangements
  • Saddhaloka, chair of the College of Public Preceptors, lights the shrine
  • Saluting the three jewels
  • The traditional offering were made by representatives from the 6 areas of the Triratna community and Sangharakshita's family.
  • The traditional offerings
  • Paramartha, one of Bhante's long-standing carers, introduces and reads Milarepa's 'Song of Transience with Eight Similes'.
  • Subhuti makes the first of the three funeral addresses
  • Subhuti
  • Dhammadinna, ordained by Sangharakshita in 1973, reflects on her connection with her teacher.
  • Amoghasiddhi, an Indian Public Preceptor, makes an address
  • Candradasa, director of Dharmachakra, working hard to make the live stream happen
  • The sound desk
  • Munisha live streaming from her phone, while the team at Clear Vision look after the filming.
  • The funeral ceremony ends and the pall bearers - Paramartha, Sthanashraddha, Sanghadasa, Nityabandhu, Sanghadeva and Yashodeva - bring Sangharakshita's coffin to its final resting place.
  • Processing through a very autumnal Adhisthana
  • The burial site had only been recently completed
  • Laying the body to rest
  • Sthanashraddha sounds a conch in the four directions
  • Padmavajra reads Sangharakshita's poem 'The Six Elements Speak'
  • Beautiful sunset at Adhisthana as the ritual comes to a close
  • The crowds at Adhisthana
  • Flowers strewn at the graveside
  • Some of the visitors from other Buddhist traditions who were hosted by Adhisthana

A Selection of Photos from Sangharakshita's Funeral

By Sadayasihi on Fri, 16 Nov, 2018 - 10:26

On Saturday 10th November the funeral of Urgyen Sangharakshita took place with an estimated 1,200 to 1,400 people attending the ceremony and burial in Adhisthana.  Here are some of the photographs taken by Dhammarati during this significant day in the life of our community.

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