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The Word of the Buddha

by Sangharakshita

This lecture describes the various levels on which Enlightened Consciousness seeks to communicate itself to those who are unenlightened.

Talk given in 1972.

Tracks (click play to listen)

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	1.	What we celebrate on Dharmachakra Day (6:44)
	2.	Bahiya's request (6:00)
	3.	Teaching the Five Ascetics (9:54)
	4.	Buddhavachana and the oral tradition (6:49)
	5.	The highest level of Buddhavachana; the Buddhamind and the mantra OM (8:09)
	6.	Archetypal images, conceptual thought, and words (6:56)
	7.	Levels of transmission: i. Jinas; ii. Vidyadharas; iii. Acharyas (4:04)
	8.	Earliest sacred scriptures: the Vinaya ('monastic code') (5:27)
	9.	Dialogues and discourses of the Buddha (3:31)
	10.	Anthologies of sayings of the Buddha (4:37)
	11.	Abhidharma collections (2:12)
	12.	Mahayana Sutras: i. Perfection of Wisdom in 8000 lines ii. 'White Lotus of the True Teaching' iii. Lankavatara Sutra iv. Lalitavistara Sutra v. Gandhavyuha Sutra (7:21)
	13.	Tantras (1:02)
	14.	Three collections of the scriptures: i. Pali Tipitika ii. Chinese San Tsang iii. Tibetan Kangyur (2:46)
	15.	Manjughosha (Vagishvara) and the Buddha (5:27)