We’re delighted to announce that 16 sixteen new Dharmacharis were publicly ordained on 1st May at Guhyaloka Retreat Centre.
Public preceptor: Maitreyabandhu Kevin Croke becomes Amalayodhin A Sanskrit name meaning “He who is a warrior whose aim is purity” (Westernised spelling Amalayodhin) Private Preceptor: Paramabandhu
Public preceptor: Amogharatna Ralf Scholle becomes Ṛjubandhu A Sanskrit name meaning “Upright friend” (Westernised spelling Rijubandhu) Private preceptor: Nirmala
Sven Lohrey becomes Satyadhara A Sanskrit name meaning “He who...
We are delighted to announce that on Tuesday March 28th at 2.30pm Jyotipala was publicly ordained at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, UK.
Jyotipala means ‘He who protects the light’.
His public ordination was performed by Padmavajra.
With metta, Manjusiha
This ordination marks Jyotipala’s re-entry into the Order. Jyotipala was the first person to be ordained at Padmaloka in 1976 - with Sangharakshita as private preceptor. Sometime in the mid to late nineties, Jyotipala resigned from the Order. Unusually, he was not privately ordained...
On Saturday 18th March, 2017, in a public ordination ceremony at Guhyaloka Retreat Centre in Spain
Ruben Sánchez became Yaśomani: “He who is an excellent jewel” (Westernised spelling Yashomani). Private preceptor Moksananda Public preceptor Moksananda
Ruben Sánchez se convirtió en Yaśomaṇi: “El que es una joya excelente” (Ortografía occidentalizada Yashomani ). Preceptor privado: Moksananda Preceptor público: Moksananda
In a public ordination ceremony at Guhyaloka Retreat Centre in Spain, on Saturday 18th March, 2017
Ruben Sánchez became Yaśomani: “He who is an Excellent Jewel” (Westernised spelling Yashomani). Private preceptor Moksananda Public preceptor Moksananda
Ruben Sánchez se convirtió en Yaśomaṇi: “El que es una Joya Excelente” (Ortografía occidentalizada Yashomani ). Preceptor privado: Moksananda Preceptor público: Moksananda
Recently someone asked me whether it is true that Triratna is unique in the Buddhist world in ordaining women and men equally, as we often say. Here is my reply, which does not claim to be definitive.
“In bhikkhuni (female) ordination (Theravada and Mahayana) women have to be ordained by women and then also by men, whereas bhikkhus (men) are ordained only by men. ie there is a double ordination for women but not for men.
Its lineage having died out, the ‘double’ Theravada bhikkhuni ordination has...
Paramabandhu introduces a new ordination retreat at Guhyaloka which will run for one month in September next year. It will be a bilingual retreat in Spanish and English.
