Name Change
In the spring of 2010, the movement's name was changed from Friends of the Western Buddhist Order to Triratna Buddhist Community (which approximates in English to the name used in India - Triratna Bauddha Mahasangha). This followed the movements development in India and other countries, where it was claimed that the word "western" was no longer appropriate. An official history acknowledges this to have been controversial among some Order members. ("Triratna", Sanskrit term meaning Three Jewels)
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The hunter’s trail and trap-path is forgot,
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