Shingon Temple in UK

Shingon Temple in UK

Postby Seishin » Tue May 17, 2011 12:10 pm

Hello,

I was wondering whether anyone has heard about this Shingon Temple in England? http://www.shingonbuddhisttemple.com/index.htm

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Re: Shingon Temple in UK

Postby adept » Mon Jun 06, 2011 6:58 pm

I actually contacted them a few months ago but never heard anything back. The website looks as if it's been a couple of years since it was updated.
It does look a good setup but with the non-contact, I'm not sure if it's still active.
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Re: Shingon Temple in UK

Postby Seishin » Tue Jun 07, 2011 9:33 am

Thanks adept. Let us know if you get a reply.

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Re: Shingon Temple in UK

Postby Mark.Yorkshire » Sun Jun 26, 2011 2:21 pm

I contacted these guys on numerous occasions over the last few months about what courses they run, as the link on there site does not work. Eventualy they sent me a weblink this morning and it directed me to a mail order Viagra site! They seem a bit suspect to me.
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Re: Shingon Temple in UK

Postby tktru » Tue Jun 28, 2011 7:51 am

Mark.Yorkshire wrote:Eventualy they sent me a weblink this morning and it directed me to a mail order Viagra site!


A group of musical vikings once told me about that. I believe it was called spam (which might have possibly gone past its expiration date, if you catch my drift).
“Although people know the word’s characteristic, they have never ascertained the truth of the word. Thus they are beings in samsara. The tathagata knows the true meaning and is thus named as enlightened."
- Kūkai, "The Meaning of the Word Hūṃ"
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Re: Shingon Temple in UK

Postby vairocanafollower » Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:50 pm

If anyone is interested in finding a Shingon temple in UK, my dharma brother Tenjo Hopwood runs a temple that is temporarily hosted at the Sulla Lightship, located in Gloucester. For more info visit this link:

http://www.lightshiptherapies.net/BC/index.html

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Re: Shingon Temple in UK

Postby adept » Tue Jun 11, 2013 5:11 pm

vairocanafollower wrote:If anyone is interested in finding a Shingon temple in UK, my dharma brother Tenjo Hopwood runs a temple that is temporarily hosted at the Sulla Lightship, located in Gloucester. For more info visit this link:

http://www.lightshiptherapies.net/BC/index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Anyone know what happened to this temple ? Seems to have disappeared off the face of the planet. :shrug:
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Re: Shingon Temple in UK

Postby Seishin » Tue Jun 11, 2013 5:26 pm

The group is still up and running on the light ship according to Facebook. :smile:
https://www.facebook.com/GloucesterBudd ... re?fref=ts
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Re: Shingon Temple in UK

Postby adept » Tue Jun 11, 2013 6:18 pm

Seishin wrote:The group is still up and running on the light ship according to Facebook. :smile:
https://www.facebook.com/GloucesterBudd ... re?fref=ts


Thanks Seishin.
Yes, I believe a Buddhist group is still running, but it's now a secular group and not Shingon.
Tenjo Hopwood has nothing to do with it. Not sure what happened. I'm just reading bits and pieces off the Facebook page.
A shame really. Shingon, and Tendai could do with some more representation here in the UK.
I was planning a visit to the temple at some point. It's a long way for me to travel, but to learn Shingon from a teacher may have been worth it.
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Re: Shingon Temple in UK

Postby Seishin » Tue Jun 11, 2013 8:20 pm

Why not contact them on their facebook page and see whether you could get in contact with Tenjo. He may still be teaching but just not have a web presence :shrug:

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