From Triratna News on Fri, 26 Jul, 2013 - 05:54Karunadevi writes with news of three ordinations in San Francisco, saying - “I am very happy to inform you that on Sunday July 21 2013, in a ceremony at the San Francisco Buddhist Center, Nancy Anding, Vicki Oyadamari, and Elaine Ward were publicly ordained.
Nancy is now Shunyamala (Sanskrit) meaning “Garlanded with Shunyata”. Vicki is now Manidha (Sanskrit, first a is short, short i, and last a is long) meaning “Holder of the Jewel”. Elaine is now...
From Triratna News on Thu, 25 Jul, 2013 - 14:46Amrutdeep writes from India with the news of the death of Dhammachari Krpakara, saying - “Dear Order Members, I am sad to inform you that Dhammachari Krpakar passed away unexpectedly on the morning of July 23rd from a heart attack. He was at Taluka Varud, in Dist. Amravati., India.
He was born on 15 January 1959 and got ordained on 6 June 1999. Amoghasiddhi and Vivekratna were his K.Ms. His Private & Public Preceptor was Subhuti and he...
From Triratna News on Tue, 23 Jul, 2013 - 02:56Danasamudra is the administrator at Adhisthana, in Herefordshire. She writes:
“As we get near to the opening of Adhisthana (3 & 4th August) we are very much in need of help from volunteers to make sure it’s ready in time.
We need people to do a variety of jobs including cleaning, moving furniture and preparing rooms, tidying the garden and grounds, unpacking deliveries and putting things away. There are probably other tasks too but these...