{"id":689,"date":"2013-12-04T14:26:28","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T14:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.buddhismandmeditation.co.uk\/miltonkeynes\/whatson\/?p=689"},"modified":"2013-12-04T14:26:28","modified_gmt":"2013-12-04T14:26:28","slug":"tuesday-10th-december-mitra-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buddhismandmeditation.co.uk\/miltonkeynes\/whatson\/?p=689","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday 10th December &#8211; Mitra Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buddhismandmeditation.co.uk\/miltonkeynes\/whatson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/3-jewels.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-690\" title=\"3 jewels\" src=\"http:\/\/www.buddhismandmeditation.co.uk\/miltonkeynes\/whatson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/3-jewels.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday 10th December we will be having a very special meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Not only will it be our last formal meeting of the year, we will also be celebrating with Rob Burgess as he undergoes his Mitra Ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>A Mitra is someone who considers themselves to be a Buddhist and who wishes to explore and deepen their practice in the context of the Triratna Buddhist Community.<\/p>\n<p>Rob will take the Three Refuges (Buddha, Dharma, Sangha) and the 5 Precepts in ethical training.<\/p>\n<p>This is a very special occasion for Rob and a cause for celebration for the whole sangha.<\/p>\n<p>There will be meditation, a short puja (ritual) and the opportunity to give Rob small gifts and cards. Existing Mitras may also use this as an opportunity to re-affirm their Mitra commitments if they wish.<\/p>\n<p>All Welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday 10th December we will be having a very special meeting. Not only will it be our last formal meeting of the year, we will also be celebrating with Rob Burgess as he undergoes his Mitra Ceremony. A Mitra &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buddhismandmeditation.co.uk\/miltonkeynes\/whatson\/?p=689\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[66,40,12,58,32],"class_list":["post-689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-buddhism-milton-keynes","tag-buddhist-ethics","tag-milton-keynes-meditation","tag-mitra-ceremony","tag-triratna-buddhism-mk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buddhismandmeditation.co.uk\/miltonkeynes\/whatson\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buddhismandmeditation.co.uk\/miltonkeynes\/whatson\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buddhismandmeditation.co.uk\/miltonkeynes\/whatson\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buddhismandmeditation.co.uk\/miltonkeynes\/whatson\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buddhismandmeditation.co.uk\/miltonkeynes\/whatson\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=689"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.buddhismandmeditation.co.uk\/miltonkeynes\/whatson\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":692,"href":"https:\/\/www.buddhismandmeditation.co.uk\/miltonkeynes\/whatson\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689\/revisions\/692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buddhismandmeditation.co.uk\/miltonkeynes\/whatson\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buddhismandmeditation.co.uk\/miltonkeynes\/whatson\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buddhismandmeditation.co.uk\/miltonkeynes\/whatson\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}