Arya Maitreya Mandala
Dalai Lama XIV:
"The order of Arya Maitreya Mandala, founded by Anagarika Govinda, has done much to create and further interest in the culture and religion of Tibet among the people of the west. Moreover, Anagarika Govinda's works have won many appreciative readers." (1973)
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Arya Maitreya Mandala was founded 1933 by Lama Anagarika Govinda in Darjeeling, India. Lama Govinda was a scholar, writer, mystic, painter and poet. He became widely known for his books "The Way of the White Clouds" and "Foundations of Tibetan Mysticism".
Lama Govinda received the inspiration for the creation of this order from his Tibetan teacher Lama Ngawang Kalsang, called Tomo Geshe Rimpoche. Ngawang Kalzang saw Maitreya as a model for a spiritual life today, which is focused on the needs of the future. Maitreya, the future Buddha, was prophesised to come by Buddha Shakyamuni (Gautama).
Based on the oral teachings and writings of Lama Anagarika Govinda the order is working towards a spiritual practice that suits the requirements of the present and future.
In accordance with this the Order tries to work out the core of Buddhist philosophy, ethics and meditation for the people today. The teaching of meditation is individual and has to suit the personal situation and the particular progress of the practitioner.
In 1952 the order started its work in the West and created communities in Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, Hungary, The Netherlands and Austria, the United States and Singapore. To find out more about the Arya Maitreya Mandala, Lama Anagarika Govinda, the order's publications and events in various countries:
Arya Maitreya Mandala - International Network
Secretary’s office, Order Arya Maitreya Mandala
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 Lama Anagarika Govinda (1898-1985), a renowned scholar, writer, mystic and painter, founded the order of the Arya Maitreya Mandala in 1933.
In 1982 Lama Govinda handed the spiritual leadership of the order over to Dr. Karl-Heinz Gottmann (1919-2007), in the order known as Acarya Advayavajra.
In 1999 Advayavajra passed the leadership of the order on to Dr. Armin Gottmann (Acarya Asanga), who is presently the spiritual head of all communities in the international network of the Arya Maitreya Mandala.
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