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Pujas at Auckland Buddhist Centre

From Sangharakshita Memorial Space on Fri, 2 Nov, 2018 - 22:03
  • Pujas at Auckland Buddhist Centre

Pujas at Auckland Buddhist Centre

From Sangharakshita Memorial Space on Fri, 2 Nov, 2018 - 22:03

Since we heard the news, we have been having pujas & meditations every evening at the Auckland centre remembering & rejoicing in Bhante. Malini led one for order members on Thursday. Last night I led an evening for order members & mitras. Before and during the 7-fold puja, we read out a passage from the Mahaparinibbana Sutta, ...
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Vigil held at Sheffield Buddhist Centre for Urgyen Sangharakshita

From Sangharakshita Memorial Space on Fri, 2 Nov, 2018 - 21:55

Vigil held at Sheffield Buddhist Centre for Urgyen Sangharakshita

From Sangharakshita Memorial Space on Fri, 2 Nov, 2018 - 21:55

Order Members, mitras and friends took part in a 24 hour vigil from 2pm on Tuesday. Each one hour session included a reading, chanting of one of the 5 mantras and metta bhavana. It has been a very loving time.

People brought white flowers to offer. All the flowers have now been put in our smaller shrine room where people can come any time over the next few days to sit and continue paying respects...
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Living Ethically editing work 2007

From Sangharakshita Memorial Space on Fri, 2 Nov, 2018 - 19:53
  • Living Ethically manuscript editing

Living Ethically editing work 2007

From Sangharakshita Memorial Space on Fri, 2 Nov, 2018 - 19:53

Working on this manuscript with Bhante from 2007 to 2009 was the highlight of my life. It was an honour and a great joy to be in the presence of his mind at work. He was so methodical and focussed, completely present with the task in hand. At the same time there was no sense of straining or forcing. Occasionally if he felt tired or a little unwell, he would take a break for a few minutes and relax with eyes...
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An Update On Sangharakshita's Vigil and Funeral Arrangements

From Community Highlights on Fri, 2 Nov, 2018 - 17:35

An Update On Sangharakshita's Vigil and Funeral Arrangements

From Community Highlights on Fri, 2 Nov, 2018 - 17:35

Dear friends,

Bhante’s body is now at Adhisthana. He arrived yesterday afternoon (Thursday) and around 60 Order members, Mitras and friends from the Adhisthana mandala (the community, people here on meetings etc and local sangha) gathered to welcome him back. It was a beautiful afternoon with stunning light shining over Adhisthana and the hills beyond. The hearse arrived as the light was fading and we lined the drive as the car drove slowly up to the courtyard. In the courtyard Bhante was...
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Marking Bhante's death at Sanghaloka Buddhist Centre in Krakow/Poland

From Sangharakshita Memorial Space on Fri, 2 Nov, 2018 - 16:14

Marking Bhante's death at Sanghaloka Buddhist Centre in Krakow/Poland

From Sangharakshita Memorial Space on Fri, 2 Nov, 2018 - 16:14

To mark this significant moment of our Friend’s and Teacher’s death Bhante Sangharakshita at Sanghaloka Buddhist Centre in Krakow from Tuesday until Sunday we have a morning and evening programme with metta bhavana meditation, puja for Bhante by Maitreyabandhu in the mornings and Seven Fold puja in the evenings, telling stories about Bhante and having conversations about the significance of his life...
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Hastings sangha remembers Sangharakshita

From Sangharakshita Memorial Space on Fri, 2 Nov, 2018 - 10:46

Hastings sangha remembers Sangharakshita

From Sangharakshita Memorial Space on Fri, 2 Nov, 2018 - 10:46

This evening Hastings sangha gathered together to remember Bhante Sangharakshita and the remarkable legacy he leaves behind for the benefit of us all. A single evening was really only an opportunity to start to reflect and process this huge event in the life of the movement – the conversation will continue as everything settles into its new form. We started with the Metta Bhavana, calling to mind both Sangharakshita and those who were closest to him. We listened to Vishvapani’s...
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For Bhante

From Sangharakshita Memorial Space on Fri, 2 Nov, 2018 - 10:09

For Bhante

From Sangharakshita Memorial Space on Fri, 2 Nov, 2018 - 10:09

The day after hearing the news of our precious teacher’s death I awoke to a strange feeling that the  world seemed more empty somehow. Reading some of my favourite poems by Bhante I came across one with which I was not familiar, however these appropriate lines almost leapt off the page…

Now you are gone; but only as a star, 

Which, though extinct, sheds radiance from afar 

To those who on this dark earth wandering are.

Go n-éirí an bóthar leat 
Go raibh an ghaoth go brách...

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