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Den Beundransvaerda Vaennen

From Stockholms buddhistcenter on Sun, 18 Nov, 2018 - 00:00
Ett föredrag om andlig vänskap som gavs på sanghadagen 2018.
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Den Beundransvaerda Vaennen

From Stockholms buddhistcenter on Sun, 18 Nov, 2018 - 00:00
Ett föredrag om andlig vänskap som gavs på sanghadagen 2018.
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Ryan Dawes

Thank-you

Sat, 17 Nov, 2018 - 20:35[edit]

Thank-you for introducing me to the Buddhist path.

Warm wishes,

Ryan
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FBA Podcast: Bright Blue Sky, Deep Blue Sea

From Free Buddhist Audio on Sat, 17 Nov, 2018 - 12:00

Our FBA Podcast this week is called Bright Blue Sky, Deep Blue Sea by Suryadarshini. Amitabha is one of the most well-known archetypal Buddhas, whose qualities of love and compassion attract myriad practitioners and devotees.

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A Paris, pour les funérailles de Sangharakshita

From Sangharakshita Memorial Space on Sat, 17 Nov, 2018 - 11:31
  • Et à Adhisthana, Sthanashraddha sonne la conque pour la quatrième fois...
  • L'autel célébrant Bhante

A Paris, pour les funérailles de Sangharakshita

From Sangharakshita Memorial Space on Sat, 17 Nov, 2018 - 11:31

Au centre bouddhiste Triratna de Paris nous nous sommes rassemblés, venus de Chambéry, de Clermont-Ferrand, de Paris et même de Cheltenham, pour l’après-midi des funérailles de Bhante. Nous y avons suivi à peu près le même programme qu’au même moment à Adhisthana, en suivant par moments...
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Remembering Bhante at Abhayaloka retreat centre, Finland

From Sangharakshita Memorial Space on Fri, 16 Nov, 2018 - 19:34
  • Gathering at Abhayaloka retreat centre Finland with shrine to remember Bhante

Remembering Bhante at Abhayaloka retreat centre, Finland

From Sangharakshita Memorial Space on Fri, 16 Nov, 2018 - 19:34

People from Triratna Finland and friends gathered for the weekend retreat ’Mantra: Heart of Devotion’, which included chanting the five mantras requested by Bhante for the period around his death, and a special puja with reminiscences of our teacher, as well watching the live streaming of Sangharakshita’s funeral ceremony. Further gatherings of the Finnish sangha with remembrances and  pujas also took place...
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Thanks to Everyone Involved in the Funeral of Bhante Urgyen Sangharakshita

From Sangharakshita Memorial Space on Fri, 16 Nov, 2018 - 11:24

Thanks to Everyone Involved in the Funeral of Bhante Urgyen Sangharakshita

From Sangharakshita Memorial Space on Fri, 16 Nov, 2018 - 11:24

Dear friends,

It is almost a week since the funeral and Adhisthana is returning to normal, although of course it is a new normal. “Life is King” as Bhante Urgyen Sangharakshita told us and Life goes on. The trees drop their leaves and work needs to be done. Sunday and Monday here saw community and volunteers taking down chairs, dismantling the shrine in the barn - will it ever be the same space? - and cleaning. Lots of...
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Appreciating Bhante

From Sangharakshita Memorial Space on Fri, 16 Nov, 2018 - 11:08

Appreciating Bhante

From Sangharakshita Memorial Space on Fri, 16 Nov, 2018 - 11:08

I first came along in early 1978 to the LBC, and met Bhante that Christmas while on a womens’ retreat at Street Farm in Norfolk.  It was my first retreat and I felt a bit overwhelmed by the intensity and mid-winter darkness of it all - I was used to sunny Australian Christmas beach barbecues, beer, surf and sandflies.  I was also a bit trepedacious about the arrival of a group of radical feminist LESBIANS who were about...
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A Selection of Photos from Sangharakshita's Funeral

From Triratna News on Fri, 16 Nov, 2018 - 10:26
  • A mourner pays their respects at Sangharakshita's coffin
  • People arriving in Adhisthana for the funeral of Urgyen Sangharakshita
  • The Amitabha Shrine room - where there had been a vigil for visitors to come and sit with Sangharakshita's body - just before the beginning of the funeral
  • The Amitabha Shrine room
  • Sanghadarshini (in foreground, wearing a maroon sash) was just one of the many volunteers who came to help out on the day.
  • 1,000 chairs were set up in the barn in Adhisthana. All were full during the ceremony and many were standing outside the barn. A number of Buddhists from other traditions also attended to pay their respects to Urgyen Sangharakshita.
  • Before the funeral ceremony began attendees took the opportunity to circumambulate Sangharakshita's coffin
  • The shrine
  • At the centre of the shrine were photos of Dr Ambedkar and Sangharakshita
  • Saddhanandi, chair of Adhisthana, welcomes all the guests and introduces (from left to right) Mahamati, Parami and Paramartha who were the key people overviewing the funeral arrangements
  • Saddhaloka, chair of the College of Public Preceptors, lights the shrine
  • Saluting the three jewels
  • The traditional offering were made by representatives from the 6 areas of the Triratna community and Sangharakshita's family.
  • The traditional offerings
  • Paramartha, one of Bhante's long-standing carers, introduces and reads Milarepa's 'Song of Transience with Eight Similes'.
  • Subhuti makes the first of the three funeral addresses
  • Subhuti
  • Dhammadinna, ordained by Sangharakshita in 1973, reflects on her connection with her teacher.
  • Amoghasiddhi, an Indian Public Preceptor, makes an address
  • Candradasa, director of Dharmachakra, working hard to make the live stream happen
  • The sound desk
  • Munisha live streaming from her phone, while the team at Clear Vision look after the filming.
  • The funeral ceremony ends and the pall bearers - Paramartha, Sthanashraddha, Sanghadasa, Nityabandhu, Sanghadeva and Yashodeva - bring Sangharakshita's coffin to its final resting place.
  • Processing through a very autumnal Adhisthana
  • The burial site had only been recently completed
  • Laying the body to rest
  • Sthanashraddha sounds a conch in the four directions
  • Padmavajra reads Sangharakshita's poem 'The Six Elements Speak'
  • Beautiful sunset at Adhisthana as the ritual comes to a close
  • The crowds at Adhisthana
  • Flowers strewn at the graveside
  • Some of the visitors from other Buddhist traditions who were hosted by Adhisthana

A Selection of Photos from Sangharakshita's Funeral

From Triratna News on Fri, 16 Nov, 2018 - 10:26

On Saturday 10th November the funeral of Urgyen Sangharakshita took place with an estimated 1,200 to 1,400 people attending the ceremony and burial in Adhisthana.  Here are some of the photographs taken by Dhammarati during this significant day in the life of our community.

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Dear Bhante...

From Sangharakshita Memorial Space on Thu, 15 Nov, 2018 - 19:52

Dear Bhante...

From Sangharakshita Memorial Space on Thu, 15 Nov, 2018 - 19:52

Dearest Bhante thank you for all you have done for me…and so many others Boundless Metta Sajjana xxxx

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