Tag: Death

Krpakara: Order Member 1999-2013

By lokabandhu 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...

Dharmachari Baladitya: 1984-2013

By lokabandhu on Mon, 25 Mar, 2013 - 15:31We’re sad to report that long-standing Order Member Baladitya died unexpectedly of a heart attack on 8 March. He died in northern Thailand where he lived for five months of the year, 2 hours inland from Chang Mai. His wife, Orasa, arranged his funeral celebrations in Thailand according to local customs and his body was cremated in a local wat. As news spread around the world, two of his close friends, Dharmabandhu and Sumana, were at Vulture’s Peak in India,...

Kshantidipa, Triratna Buddhist Order 2009-2012

By lokabandhu on Tue, 27 Nov, 2012 - 06:44Suriyavamsa writes from Triratna’s Glasgow Buddhist Centre with news of a death in the Order. He says - “Kshantidipa died on Friday 23rd November at 2.40 pm at the Beatson Centre in Glasgow. His good friend Pasada was with him at the time, and his wife Janice, his sons Steve and Simon, Bodhidaka and myself arrived soon after. The date of his cremation will be arranged in the next few days - we’ll send a notice when we know. There...