Tag: Sangharakshita

Urgyen Sangharakshita at 100

By Mahamati on Sat, 4 Jan, 2025 - 15:40

Dear friends of Triratna worldwide,

I am happy to write to you all at the start of the Birth Centenary Year of our precious teacher Urgyen Sangharakshita.

This is not only about looking back, so as to better understand and appreciate our founder and teacher, important though this is; it is also a special opportunity to look forward and put in place the best conditions for the unfolding of Bhante’s presentation of the Dharma in the century...

Free Buddhist Audio

The Parable of the Rain Cloud (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Thu, 26 Dec, 2024 - 11:00

Just as plants need soil, warmth, light, and rain to grow, so humans need health and leisure, spiritual friendship, intellectual clarity, and the ‘Rain of the Dharma’. Sangharakshita draws out the White Lotus Sutra’s ‘Parable of the Rain Cloud’, in a talk entitled The Rain of the Dharma given in the USA, 1993.

***

Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | ...

Free Buddhist Audio

The Drama of Cosmic Enlightenment (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Thu, 5 Dec, 2024 - 11:00

Pursuing the theme of the Mahayana, Sangharakshita outlines its path, its historical roots and its principal scriptures, giving introduction to the White Lotus Sutra as a drama of cosmic enlightenment. Excerpted from the talk The Universal Perspective of Mahayana Buddhism, part of the series Parables, Myths and Symbols of Mahayana Buddhism in the White Lotus Sutra given in 1971.

***

Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: On Apple Podcasts | ...

College of Public Preceptors

The College Chair's Handover

By akasajoti on Mon, 2 Dec, 2024 - 11:18

The College Chair's Handover

By akasajoti on Mon, 2 Dec, 2024 - 11:18

During the annual international meeting of the College of Public Preceptors at Adhisthana, Ratnadharini ritually concluded her term as College Chair and Mahamati took up the responsibility. Many people participated in the evening: current and retired members of the College (including all the previous Chairs), the Adhisthana communities, the seven Mitras from the current young men’s Dharma Life Course and local Order members.

In the context of a Threefold Puja, the previous Chair places the ‘initiation vase’ that Bhante himself used for...

Windhorse Publications

Celebrating the Completion of the Complete Works

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 27 Nov, 2024 - 18:00

Celebrating the Completion of the Complete Works

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 27 Nov, 2024 - 18:00

The following excerpt is taken from a blog post by Dhivan, a Pali Scholar and Chair of Trustees of Windhorse Publications. You can find the whole article on our website.

The last three volumes of Sangharakshita’s Complete Works are being dispatched to subscribers worldwide – marking the culmination of a monumental publishing journey. Over 27 volumes, averaging 750 pages each, this project encompasses an extraordinary 20,000 pages and 10 million words. It stands as the most
...

Community Highlights

With Hands Folded in Reverence

By Centre Team on Tue, 26 Nov, 2024 - 13:29

With Hands Folded in Reverence

By Centre Team on Tue, 26 Nov, 2024 - 13:29

Poetry and verse were a lifelong love of Sangharakshita. His deep reverence for the Buddha was often expressed in his poetry. This programme explores Bhante’s thoughts on the importance of devotion whether expressed through writing, adorning shrines, puja or in other ways.

Paramartha considers the books of verse that Sangharakshita kept with him throughout his life including a text that proved an important source of inspiration, encouragement and guidance not only in his early years in India but throughout his life.

Find...

Free Buddhist Audio

Truly Human Individuals (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Zac on Tue, 5 Nov, 2024 - 13:07

In a paper of great clarity and insight, Sangharakshita introduces the figure of the Bodhisattva, who embodies the principle of perpetual self-transcendence. Excerpted from the talk The Bodhisattva Principle, given in 1983, as part of the series Two Lectures to a Conference on Reality, Consciousness and Order.

***

Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: On Apple Podcasts | On Spotify | On Google Podcasts

Bite-sized inspiration...

College of Public Preceptors

Chair's Letter – October

By ratnadharini on Fri, 1 Nov, 2024 - 01:00

Chair's Letter – October

By ratnadharini on Fri, 1 Nov, 2024 - 01:00

Dear Order Members and Friends,

This is the last update that I’ll be writing as Chair of the College of Public Preceptors so I’ll begin by writing about this current month and then go on say something about the last five years more generally.

Last month I wrote about my three weeks in New Zealand which was the first half of my trip to the other side of the world; my three weeks in Australia began...

Adhisthana

October at Adhisthana

By Maitriyogini on Thu, 31 Oct, 2024 - 16:53

October at Adhisthana

By Maitriyogini on Thu, 31 Oct, 2024 - 16:53

From toads in drains to the northern lights, from a soiree to the Tibetan Book of the Dead, read about what has been going on at Adhisthana https://adhisthana.org/news/2024/october-at-adhisthana/

Tag: Sangharakshita

Pages