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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]
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]
Dharmachari Subhuti, born Alex Kennedy, is a senior associate at the Triratna Buddhist Community (formerly the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order), [1] founded by Sangharakshita, and president of the London Buddhist Centre. He has held various positions of leadership and been instrumental in many developments in the community. [2] [3]
Norwich Buddhist Centre exterior. The Norwich Buddhist Centre was established in Norwich, Norfolk, England in 1976. [1] The centre is run by people associated with a Buddhist organisation called the Triratna Buddhist Community, previously the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order, founded by Sangharakshita in 1968.
The next few years of his life he visited many monasteries of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism, and received transmissions and lineage teachings from various teachers. Then in 1926 he went on a pilgrimage to Ü-Tsang, and at Mindrolling Monastery, the main Nyingma monastery, took ordination as a monk for a second time. Just before he ...
During the 1950s and 1960s Dhardo Rinpoche was friend and teacher to Sangharakshita, an English Buddhist who spent 14 years based in Kalimpong before returning to England to found the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (FWBO), now the Triratna Buddhist Community. Sangharakshita considered Dhardo Rinpoche to be a living bodhisattva and he is ...
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The Lotus Sūtra was also one of the most widely memorized Buddhist texts, a practice which became a requirement for Buddhist monastic ordination at various points throughout Chinese history. [242] These practices were often sponsored by Asian states as a way to protect the nation but they were also carried out by people from all social classes.