“With loyalty to my teachers, I accept this ordination

in harmony with friends and companions, I accept this ordination

for the attainment of Enlightenment, I accept this ordination

“Things that are allowed to remain unspoken eventually build up an insurmountable barrier to communication.  Either one communicates or one is blocked.  There is no middle way.” Sangharakshita, ‘Stream of Stars’

“There is something about the movement, the Order and even about me that is not easily definable. There is a touch of something that cannot be buttoned down, something that cannot in the end be defined. Everyone will need to take care of that rather mysterious, indefinable spirit that gives the movement life and energy.”  Sangharakshita, ‘What is the Western Buddhist Order?’

“There is something about the movement, the Order and even about me that is not easily definable. There is a touch of something that cannot be buttoned down, something that cannot in the end be defined. Everyone will need to take care of that rather mysterious, indefinable spirit that gives the movement life and energy.”  Sangharakshita, ‘What is the Western Buddhist Order?’

“There is something about the movement, the Order and even about me that is not easily definable. There is a touch of something that cannot be buttoned down, something that cannot in the end be defined. Everyone will need to take care of that rather mysterious, indefinable spirit that gives the movement life and energy.”  Sangharakshita, ‘What is the Western Buddhist Order?’

“Regardless of differences, all Order Members are united by a common commitment to the Three Jewels.  Thus it is no longer possible to call [the Triratna Buddhist Order] a lay order, any more than it can be called a monastic order.  Perhaps it represents a new kind of development, one more in line with the original spirit of the Dharma.”   Sangharakshita, ‘The Nucleus of a New Society’

“Ethics is really to do with feeling solidarity with all life, a direct recognition of the same life in the beings around one that one knows in oneself. This is essentially an imaginative act.” Subhuti, ‘Imagining the Buddha’