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Ordinations at Guhyaloka

Dear Order Members,

We are delighted to announce the ordinations of the following nineteen men at Guhyaloka on Monday 29th May 2023.

with metta,

Mahamati, Jnanavaca and Maitreyabandhu


Public preceptor Mahamati

Jurgen Poehl becomes Kshantirava - ’He whose patience is like a roar’
Emphasis on the first syllable
Private preceptor Amogharatna

Markus Zechel becomes Upeksharava - ’He whose equanimity is...

Public Ordinations at Hsuan Tsang Retreat Centre

Dear Friends,

We are happy to announce that the Public Ordination of the following people was held on 18th March 2023 at Hsuan Tsang Retreat Centre, Bordharan, in Wardha, Maharashtra, India. 

Public Preceptor Dhammachari Amoghasiddhi:

Motilal Raut becomes Bodhimaṇi (registered spelling Bodhimani) meaning ‘Jewel of Awakening’  
Private Preceptor Dhammachari Ratnasiddhi

Sudhakar Patil becomes Vinayasāgara (registered spelling Vinaysagara) meaning ‘Ocean of Discipline’ 
Private Preceptor Dhammachari Maitreyasagar

Pramod Khandare becomes Ānandadīpa (registered spelling Anandadipa) meaning ‘Lamp of Joy’ 
Private Preceptor Dhammachari Maitreyasagar

Durwas Humne becomes Vivekasāgara (registered spelling Viveksagara) meaning ‘Ocean of Solitude’ 
Private Preceptor Dhammachari Maiteyasagar

Mulchand...

Public Ordinations at Sudarshanaloka

We are delighted to announce that the ordinations of the following three men took place at Sudarshanaloka Retreat Centre in New Zealand on 23rd March 2023:

Roberto Gonzalez-Casanovas becomes Buddhanusarin (both ‘a’s are long), a Sanskrit name meaning “He who is a follower of the Buddha”

Registered spelling Buddhanusarin
Private preceptor Ratnavyuha

Malcolm Dow becomes Sthiraratna (long ‘i’), a Sanskrit name meaning “He whose jewel-like quality is firm and steadfast”

Registered spelling Sthiraratna
Private preceptor Silaratna

Fraser...

Public Ordination at Cambridge Buddhist Centre

Dear Friends,

On the evening of Friday 9th December 2022 at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre we had the joyous Public Ordination of Vinay Khirade who was given the Dharma name Akshayadipa: He who is the inexhaustible light.

His Private Preceptor is Arthasiddhi and his Public Preceptor is Arthapriya

With metta

Arthapriya