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Becoming a Mitra is a deepening of your friendship with the Triratna Buddhist Order, which can occur when your commitment to its ideals, values and practices has reached a certain level. Mitras are people who have made what we call a ‘provisional’ commitment to practising the Dharma within our spiritual community.
Sep 19, 2013 · Most people encounter Triratna through a meditation or Buddhism class at a Triratna centre. Everyone who has contact with Triratna is considered a friend. However someone who wants to make a particular connection with our community and see their Buddhist practice in that context can ask to become a 'Mitra' (which simply means ‘friend’ in ...
‘Mitra’ is the Sanskrit word for ‘friend’. A Mitra is someone who has been practising at their local Triratna Buddhist Centre for a while and over that time has felt a connection deepening to the point at which they have decided they wish to make a commitment to the Buddha, his teachings (the Dharma) and the community of others who follow his teachings (the Sangha).
Jun 9, 2024 · Sunday 9 June 2024 10am – 1pm. This morning, led by Shakyapada, is an opportunity to consider taking your practice deeper by becoming a mitra. We'll be looking at what is involved and what it means to become a mitra: how you ask to be a mitra, the three undertakings, the ceremony itself, where you need to be in your practice, and how becoming ...
Jul 19, 2016 · To find out if you want to be a mitra, ask yourself if you are happy making the following three “declarations” (They are described more in the next section) 1. I feel that I am a Buddhist. 2 ...
Vedic Mitra is a prominent deity of the Rigveda distinguished by a relationship to Varuna, the protector of rta as described in hymn 2, Mandala 1 of Rigveda. Together with Varuna, he counted among the Adityas, a group of solar deities, also in later Vedic texts. Vedic Mitra is the patron divinity of honesty, friendship, contracts and meetings.
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Sep 11, 2024 · 1) Mitra (मित्र):—Another name for Piṅgeśa (the name for Śiva), who is the central deity of the Mātṛcakra (third of the five cakras) according to the Kubjikāmatatantra. From his body are born the eight Mahāmātṛs. Mitra resides in the pericarp of the central lotus.
