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The Path of Regular Steps and the Path of Irregular Steps

by Sangharakshita

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.

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	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)