Cursus Transforming self and world start 24 februari 2025
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…
[…] being truly mindful is like playing a musical instrument, with oneself as both instrument and player. A violinist doesn’t give a bit of attention to the score, then a bit of attention to her fingers on the strings, then a bit of attention to the conductor. To play well, she has to bring about a fusion between herself and what she is doing, a fusion almost between her awareness and its object. Everything must come together in a single, rich experience of energy and expressive skill. She is fully absorbed yet at the same time keenly aware of every movement she makes. This heightened state of awareness is what we need to aim for, body and mind fully engaged in a state of clarity and positivity that saturates and colours the whole of our experience. And it is surely a state much to be desired – not a duty, but a great pleasure.
from Sangharakshita Complete Works – volume 15: ‘Pāli Canon Teachings and Translations’ p. 83
Going for Refuge, or commitment to the Three Jewels, is one’s lifeblood as a Buddhist. Observance of the precepts represents the circulation of that blood through every fibre of one’s being.
from Sangharakshita Complete Works – volume 2: ‘The Three Jewels – I’ p. 325
Sangharakshita quote for week commencing Monday 24th February
You can only lead a simple life if you remember what life is really for. The purpose of simplicity is not to let the business of living get in the way of the things that are of importance.
from Sangharakshita Complete Works – volume 26: ‘Aphorisms, the Arts, and Late Writings’ p. 34