The complete set of sounds from the first evening, including Mahamati’s talk and the traditional chanting of the White Tara mantra for Sangharakshita, the founder of the Order…
Mahamati’s short talk introducing the Convention, touching on the theme of the ‘supra-national’ (complete with translation tangles!) and bringing news of Sangharakshita’s new home…
By lokabandhu on Fri, 16 Nov, 2012 - 09:25Saddhajoti writes from Mexico with news of Triratna’s first Pan-American Order Convention, saying - “During the last week of October, Mexico witnessed the first-ever encounter of Order Members from different countries of the Americas. The Order Members attending were from across the U.S. (San Francisco, Seattle, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Maine, Montana, Spokane), from Canada (Vancouver), from Mexico (Mexico City and Queretaro), plus a few visitors from Spain, New Zealand, Scotland, and England, including our two Order Convenors,...
By lokabandhu on Sun, 21 Oct, 2012 - 14:21Amrutdeep writes again from India with news of the recent death of Dhairyashil, an Indian Order Member living in Ahmedabad, in the north Indian state of Gujrat. He says - “This is to inform you all that Dhammachari Dhairyashil (age about 65) from died due illness on October 18th at 12.30 p.m. He was Ordained in 2008. His private Preceptor is Jutindhar & Public Preceptor is Chandrashil; he was practicing the Shakyamuni Sadhana. His funeral took place the same...
By lokabandhu on Sun, 21 Oct, 2012 - 11:00Amrutdeep writes from India with news of the recent death of Gaganchitta, an Indian Order Member living in Mumbai. He says - “This is to inform you all that Dhammachari Gaganchitta passed away on the morning of October 5th 7.30am. He was about 80 and got ordained on 25th Dec. 1987. His Preceptor is Kamalashila and he was practising the Shakyamuni Sadhana. His funeral took place on the same day at 3.00 P.M. Please think of him and send...
By lokabandhu on Tue, 11 Sep, 2012 - 10:21Just got this from Samacitta; she says -
“We are looking for an Order Member to join the Centre Team to promote and lead a new phase of the Centre’s outreach work.
This is a supported position for an initial one-year period, ideally from January 2013. Future years will be subject to a review and continued funding.
The job is about building a team of Order Members and Mitras to set up and run a variety of...
The first post from this weekend’s great gathering of members of the Triratna Buddhist Order in Europe! An evocative little glimpse into the world of a brand new Order member as he’s greeted by several hundred of his fellow Dharma explorers…