Tag: Mahamati

College of Public Preceptors
College of Public Preceptors

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

π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ π’π’π’šπ’‚π’π’•π’š 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔…
π’Šπ’ π’‰π’‚π’“π’Žπ’π’π’š π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ π’‡π’“π’Šπ’†π’π’…π’” 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’„π’π’Žπ’‘π’‚π’π’Šπ’π’π’”β€¦
𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’‚π’•π’•π’‚π’Šπ’π’Žπ’†π’π’• 𝒐𝒇 π’†π’π’π’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’•π’†π’π’Žπ’†π’π’•β€¦
𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’ƒπ’†π’π’†π’‡π’Šπ’• 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒍𝒍 π’ƒπ’†π’Šπ’π’ˆπ’”…

As a part of the Chair’s handover ceremony, Mahamati recited a variation on the β€˜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 talkΒ here, which is excerpted in theΒ video of the Chair’s Handover.
College of Public Preceptors
College of Public Preceptors

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 OrderΒ members.

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