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Aleister Crowley Diary Entry Saturday, 8 February 1902
Pagoda.
Wrote poem and rondel and did some Mitri Bhavana,[1] taking my refuge in the Triratna.[2]
Train 8.0.P.M. to Rangoon. Many strange dreams.
1—Maitri bhavana is the cultivation of a mind of unconditional love and benevolence for all sentient beings. 2—Triratna, or Three Jewels, are three things that Buddhists take refuge in: the Buddha, his teachings, and the community of realized practitioners, and in return look toward for guidance.
The next day we spent in visiting the Pagoda, Thornton [Edward Thornton] doing some sketching and I writing a couple of Buddhist poems. We went off in the evening for Rangoon.
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