Sangharakshita is one of the founding fathers of Buddhism in the West. He lived as a bhikkhu (Buddhist monk) in India for 20 years, and studied with eminent exponents of each of the major traditions of Buddhism. He is a meditator, poet, speaker, translator, organiser, revolutionary, teacher and mentor to many hundreds of thousands of people all over the world.
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01 Introduction
Going Forth; austerities
The Four Sights
Attaining Enlightenment
What does it mean to ‘know’ the Buddha?
The meaning of ‘Buddha’; early life
Years of teaching
Upaka, the naked ascetic.
Going for Refuge to the Buddha
Neither god nor man
Introduction; questions
Karaniyametta Sutta
The Heart Sutra (in Sanskrit)
Mangala Sutta
Kalama Sutta
01 Recapitulation of series
01 Summary of the Path so far
10 Conclusion
Enlightenment as Experience and as Non-Experience
The Meaning of Parinirvana
The Parable of the Rain Cloud
Buddhavagga (from the Dhammapada)
Meghiya
Kosambiya Sutta
Fields of Creativity
Padmasambhava: The Lost Talk
03 The context of Perfect Vision
05 What is Perfect Vision?
02 The meaning of Aryashtangika-marga
01 The importance of recapitulation in study
04 Awareness of things
Masculinity and Femininity in the Spiritual Life
The Diamond Sutra
The Way of Non-Duality
Mind: Reactive and Creative
Nature, Man and Enlightenment
Culagosingha Sutta
04 How the Path of Vision may arise
03 Introduction to Perfect Speech
06 The Buddha as an Enlightened human being; theistic and non-theistic religions
05 Awareness of self
06 Awareness of feelings and emotions
04 The Four Sights
01 Returning from India
Introduction: questions
04 Truthful speech
01 Recapitulation
Worship
05 Affectionate speech
05 The conversion of Shariputra
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