Sangharakshita 100: Garland of Rejoicings – Online
Adhisthana 100: samen op retraite!
24 t/m 31 augustus 2025
Dit jaar staan we stil bij de 100-ste geboortedag van Urgyen Sangharakshita, onze leraar en grondlegger van Triratna. Op deze pagina vind je van alles wat hiermee te maken heeft.
Elke week een nieuwe quote…
Sangharakshita quote for week commencing Monday 12th May (for Buddha Day – May 12th)
Enlightenment can be described as full illumination, as transcendental awareness, as Wisdom. But it is also an overflowing of profound love and compassion for all that lives. It is described, too, as supreme bliss, or complete emancipation – the bliss of release from the subjective ills and limitations of conditioned existence. It is thus also characterized by inexhaustible energy continually bubbling forth, total spontaneity, uninterrupted creativity. At the same time none of these aspects of Enlightenment function separately. Therefore the actual experience cannot be described at all. Only by reflection on the Dharma – reflecting on the Buddha’s teaching as well as on his example – by deep communication with friends, and above all by meditation, can we get some real intimation of what the Enlightenment of a Buddha consists in.
from Sangharakshita Complete Works – volume 3: ‘The Three Jewels II’ p. 32
Sangharakshita quote for week commencing Monday 5th May
THE WIND
A wind was in my sails. It blew
Stronger and fiercer by the hour.
I do not know from whence it came,
Or why. I only knew its power.
Sometimes it dashed me on the rocks,
Sometimes it spun me round and round.
Sometimes I laughed aloud for joy,
Sometimes I felt a peace profound.
It drove me on, that manic wind,
When I was young. It drives me still
Now I am old. It lives in me,
Its breath my breath, its will my will.
from Sangharakshita Complete Works – volume 25: ‘Poems and Short Stories’ p. 450
Sangharakshita quote for week commencing Monday 28th April
Religion cannot be taught; it can only be caught. You have to catch the spirit of religion, and you do that through the influence of other people.
from Sangharakshita Complete Works – volume 26: ‘Aphorisms, the Arts, and Late Writings’ p. 56
Sangharakshita quote for week commencing Monday 21st April
To be able to do one thing at a time is the whole art of life.
from Sangharakshita Complete Works – volume 26: ‘Aphorisms, the Arts, and Late Writings’ p. 17