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Celebrating Bhante's Birthday

From Triratna News on Mon, 26 Sep, 2011 - 06:14

Celebrating Bhante's Birthday

From Triratna News on Mon, 26 Sep, 2011 - 06:14Urgyen Sangharakshita’s 86th birthday was on August 26th this year, and it was marked in the middle of the Triratna Order Convention. We’ve recently received these photographs of the rather lovely card that was created for the occasion, plus a report from Viriyalila, who tells us all about it. She says:

“Bhante (‘Teacher’) Sangharakshita’s Birthday was celebrated on the Triratna International Order Convention a few days before his birthday on Sunday 21 August. Amitajyoti, a practicing artist...
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From the Archives - ‘On Glastonbury Tor’

From Triratna News on Sun, 25 Sep, 2011 - 06:22

From the Archives - ‘On Glastonbury Tor’

From Triratna News on Sun, 25 Sep, 2011 - 06:22

Recently discovered in the archives of Triratna’s Order Library, at Madhyamaloka in Birmingham, are a number of copies of Sangharakshita’s long poem, ‘On Glastonbury Tor’. This is a long and vivid poem by the founder of the Triratna Buddhist Order, describing a visit he made to the Tor one night, with friends, in 1969, soon after his founding of the FWBO (Friends of the Western Buddhist Order) – and the unusual events that then transpired.

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