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Sangharakshita was born Dennis Philip Edward Lingwood on 26 August 1925 in Tooting, London. [1] After being diagnosed with a heart condition he spent much of his childhood confined to bed, and used the opportunity to read widely. [6]
The Triratna Buddhist Community, formerly the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (FWBO), is an international fellowship [1] of Buddhists.It was founded in the UK in 1967 by Sangharakshita (born Dennis Philip Edward Lingwood) [1] and describes itself as "an international network dedicated to communicating Buddhist truths in ways appropriate to the modern world". [2]
A renowned collection of Buddhist caryagiti, or mystical songs, is the Charyapada, a palm-leaf manuscript of the 8th-12th century text having been found in the early 20th century in Nepal. Another copy of the Charyapada was preserved in the Tibetan Buddhist canon .
Ajahn Chah (Thai: อาจารย์ชา) was also commonly known as Luang Por Chah (Thai: หลวงพ่อชา).His birth name was Chah Chuangchot (Thai: ชา ช่วงโชติ), [4]: 21 his Dhamma name was Subhaddo (Thai: สุภทฺโท), [4]: 38 and his monastic title was Phra Bodhiñāṇathera (Thai: พระโพธิญาณเถร).
Sitagu Buddhist Academy. Sitagu Sayadaw is known for his charismatic leadership and practices of socially-engaged Buddhism. [2] His organization has funded many social projects in Burma, including water pumps, construction of hospitals such as the Sitagu Ayudana Hospital in Sagaing [4] in 1985, and the Sitagu Buddhist Academy in 1998.
This discourse is recorded in Theravada Buddhism's Pali Canon's Khuddaka Nikaya in two places: in the Khuddakapāṭha (Khp 5), and in the Sutta Nipāta (Sn 2.4). [2] In the latter source, the discourse is called the Mahāmangala Sutta .
Groundbreaking research on early Buddhist meditation has been conducted by Bronkhorst, [37] Vetter, [38] Gethin, [39] [40] Gombrich, [note 5] and Wynne [42] arguing that jhana may have been the core practice of early Buddhism, and noting that this practice was not a form of concentration-meditation, but a cumulative practice resulting in ...
The Foundations of Buddhism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-289223-1. Gunaratana, Henepola (2007). "2007 Brahmavihara Retreat: The Karaniyametta Sutta, Introduction and Stanza One" (lecture). Retrieved from "Bhavana Society" at (mp3). Harvey, Peter (2007). An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices. Cambridge ...