Urgyen Sangharakshita Trust & Literary Executors
Urgyen House is the responsibility of the Urgyen Sangharakshita Trust which is the working name of Uddiyana Trust, a UK charity (reg 1046398), dedicated to preserving Urgyen Sangharakshita’s legacy. In 2005 Sangharakshita donated all his books and artefacts to the Trust, and by his Will placed his literary, photographic and audio archives also into Uddiyana’s care. The Trust looks after all of this and works, through Urgyen House and the Sangharakshita Library, and with the Literary Executors, to make this valuable legacy accessible to future generations.
The trustees of the Urgyen Sangharakshita Trust
Mahamati
General Executor for Sangharakshita’s Will and one of Sangharakshita’s secretaries.
Paramartha
General Executor for Sangharakshita’s Will and long-time companion for Sangharakshita up until his death in 2018.
Amalavajra (Chair)
Principal fundraiser for Future Dharma Fund and resident at Adhisthana in Sangharakshita’s last years.
Mokshapriya
Founder of Clear Vision Trust, now running the Triratna Picture Library, Triratna Video Library and Urgyen House.
Prajnanita
Director of Adhisthana and member of the Adhisthana Team, committed to living out and carrying on the spirit of Sangharakshita's legacy.
The Literary Executors
The Literary Executors were appointed by Sangharakshita. They administer his Literary Estate on behalf of the Urgyen Sangharakshita Trust. In particular, the Literary Executors have responsibility for managing the copyrights for, access to, and use of anything written by Sangharakshita.
They are also responsible for the copyrights for all audio and video recordings of Sangharakshita's talks, seminars, interviews etc. and anything containing his spoken word or personal appearance. They liaise closely with Windhorse Publications, Sangharakshita’s publishers, and with other Triratna media institutions; as well as with the Triratna Translations Board, which oversees the translation of Sangharakshita’s writings into many languages.
Kalyanaprabha
Co-ordinator of the literary executors. Editor Sangharakshita’s Ibis Publications (2010-2015) and co-editor of the Complete Works.
Nagabodhi
Director of Windhorse Publications (the main publisher of Sangharakshita’s works) from 1974-1998.
Vidyadevi
Editor of many of Sangharakshita’s books from 1993-2013. Editor of the Complete Works.
Subhuti
Subhuti worked closely with Sangharakshita for most of the history of the Triratna Buddhist Community and has written and lectured extensively on Sangharakshita's legacy.
Prajnaketu
Director of Urgyen Sangharakshita Trust. Triratna European Young Buddhist's Coordinator 2014-2020.