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With a number of modern trends submerging the individual in ever larger group situations, Sangharakshita traces how this can lead to frustration and a sense of powerlessness, asserting that only a spiritual solution such as Buddhism, can overcome the problem.
Talk given in 1979.
This talk is part of the series A New Buddhist Movement - the Meaning of the FWBO.
| 1. | A new Buddhist Movement (7:01) | |
| 2. | Why the FWBO is 'Western' (6:39) | |
| 3. | The individual and the group (12:16) | |
| 4. | The True Individual and the Axial Age (4:51) | |
| 5. | The imbalance of the group and the True Individual (13:25) | |
| 6. | Buddhism and the individual (8:12) | |
| 7. | Buddhism only shows the way (4:50) | |
| 8. | Christianity and the restriction of the individual (5:19) | |
| 9. | A better Christianity or a Buddhist spiritual Movement? (2:57) |
Total running time: 1:05:30
