Tag: ordination

New Order Member for Croydon

By Dhammavijaya on Tue, 24 Jul, 2012 - 12:49On Friday 20th July 2012 , Carole-Jane Ganpot was publicly ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order in a ceremony conducted by Parami at the Croydon Buddhist Centre. Her private preceptor Dayapakshini gave her the name Pasadanandi, meaning “she who delights in a clear mind”. This was the first Public Ordination to have been celebrated at Croydon’s High Street premises, and was witnessed with delight in a shrine room full of order members, mitras, friends and family members.

Photos by Dhammavijaya

Ordinations in India

By lokabandhu on Tue, 19 Jun, 2012 - 10:08Amrutdeep writes from India with the excellent news of 26 ordinations into the Triratna Buddhist Order, saying - “The Public Preceptors are pleased to announce that the following men were publicly ordained on Sunday 10th June 2012 at the Saddhamma Pradeep Retreat Centre, Bhaja, India.

1) Public Preceptor Chandrashil
C.B.Tambe becomes Achalketu meaning “Flag of Steadfastness/determination “
Westernized spelling Achalaketu. Private Preceptor Adityabodhi

Raju Mangaldarshi becomes Prasannamitra meaning “Faithful friend”
Private Preceptor Amoghasiddhi

Sukhadev Jadhav becomes...

Forthcoming ordinations into the Triratna Buddhist Order

By lokabandhu on Tue, 5 Jun, 2012 - 08:26Three major public ordination ceremonies will be held in the next few days, welcoming men and women from around the world into the Triratna Buddhist Order.

From Guhyaloka in Spain, Maniraja writes to say - “The private Ordinations of the men attending the 4 month Guhyaloka retreat will take place between June 2nd and 4th and the public Ordination ceremony - by invitation only - will take place at 12pm local Spanish time on Monday 11th June 2012”. From...

An Ordination in America

By lokabandhu on Wed, 7 Mar, 2012 - 06:22Karunadevi writes from Aryaloka, Triratna’s retreat centre in New Hampshire, USA, with the news of a recent ordinations. She says - “I’m very happy to announce that a public ordination took place on Sunday afternoon, March 4, at Aryaloka Retreat Centre. Joan Rochette, from Aryaloka, becomes Kavyadrishti, ‘Vision of a sage.’
The name is Sanskrit”.

Karunadevi was both her private and public preceptor.

SADHU!