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Reading books, sporadic meditation, flitting to new teachers, browsing for goodies in the 'transcendental sweet shop' - this does give some experience of Buddhism, but leads only to stagnation. A path of more regular steps towards spiritual growth is required...
Talk given in 1974.
| 1. | Introduction (6:42) | |
| 2. | Chih-I’s distinctions of the Path (4:59) | |
| 3. | Buddhism in the West (13:27) | |
| 4. | Theoretical Buddhism (7:43) | |
| 5. | An example of irregular practice (12:14) | |
| 6. | The Path of Irregular Steps (4:33) | |
| 7. | The Three-fold Path (7:06) | |
| 8. | The Path of Regular Steps (11:25) | |
| 9. | The importance of Going for Refuge (6:03) | |
| 10. | Ordination and Going for Refuge (6:48) | |
| 11. | Monastic ordination in the East (7:20) | |
| 12. | The Western Buddhist Order (3:10) |
Total running time: 2:0-29:30
