"I decided to go forth from the world as a homeless wanderer as the Buddha and his disciples had done. With me was my friend Satyapriya, whom I had met in Singapore. On the morning of 18 August 1947, therefore, we changed our civilian clothes for the traditional saffron of the ascetic and set out on foot for the plains. In the words of The Rainbow Road: ‘As we left Kausali it was raining, but as in the course of our descent we emerged from the clouds into the bright sunshine below, we saw arching the road, at intervals of a few dozen yards, not only a single but double and triple rainbows."
In the quote above, Urgyen Sangharakshita ("Bhante") describes his going forth in one of his final Adhisthana writings, ‘Rainbows in the Sky’, and on this convention we marked the 75th anniversary of this day and it’s significance for the Order.
Saraha addresses the 2022 UK & IE Triratna Buddhist Order convention, exploring the collective practice of taking part in Order chapters.
The Buddha went forth to seek an end to suffering, to go beyond what binds us to the samsaric world. The theme of this event will also encompass ‘going beyond’ and the ways in which we are approaching that as an Order, with a keynote talk and shorter personal talks.
