Candradasa was ordained in 2001. He is from Scotland and has lived in New Hampshire since 2006. He is a founding member at the Portsmouth Buddhist Center and is also the Director of Dharmachakra, which produces Free Buddhist Audio and Triratna’s main web platform, The Buddhist Centre Online.
Candradasa’s name means “Servant of the Moon,” referencing the Bodhicitta in Shantideva’s Bodhicaryavatara: ‘It is the heart’s waxing moon, cooling the heat of passion.’ He tries – sometimes successfully – to live up to this.
A published poet, Candradasa is also the author of Buddhism for Teens: 50 Mindfulness Activities, Meditations, and Stories to Cultivate Calm and Awareness.
Events with Candradasa
The Human BuddhaNovember 15 - 18, 2024
RETREAT BY INVITED PRESENTER “The Buddha was born as we are born. What the Buddha overcame, we too can overcome. What the Buddha attained, we too can attain.” These verses (from Triratna’s ‘Threefold Puja’) perfectly capture something of the essential American ideal. They spring from the same great spirit as the words of the Constitution, Gettysburg Address and Proclamation of Emancipation that have framed what we mean, at our best, when we speak of freedom and liberty. As a human aspiration they set us on a path that can turn such lofty ambitions into actual change and transcendence. On…
