Hello there! And welcome to freebuddhistaudio

To get the best out of this website, please read on...

Your Language

We have set your language based on your browser language settings or location. To change language use the flag above.

Finding Talks

From any small talks panel you can use the (see all) or (more) link to see a large panel with all talks in this category.

Most large panels allow filtering. For example you can view talks just in your language by using the small flag icon.

Javascript Info

We'd like you to have the best possible experience of our new site, and we noticed you're using a browser that has a feature called Javascript turned off.

We've designed things so Free Buddhist Audio will continue to work for you anyway, but the site will look and work much better if you turn Javascript on. It's very easy! See how to enable JavaScript in your browser for more information.

Your Browser

We'd like you to have the best possible experience of our new site, and we notice you're using an older browser that isn't compatible with some of the latest developments on the internet.

We've designed things so Free Buddhist Audio will continue to work for you, but we invite you to a better experience of the web now and in future if you have a few minutes to upgrade...

Install (or update from an older version) a future-friendly browser:

Audio | view transcript

Building the Buddha Land

by Sangharakshita

This lecture deals in depth with what a Buddha Land is, how and by whom it comes to be built, and what all of this has to do with us.

Talk given in 1979.

This talk is part of the series The Inconceivable Emancipation - Themes from the Vimalakirti Nirdesha.

Tracks (click play to listen)

Play All

	1.	Introduction and summary of lecture 143 (6:16)
	2.	The opening scene; the Licchavi youths (7:08)
	3.	Ratnakara's praise of the Buddha; his question (8:03)
	4.	The significance of the Licchavis' parasols (4:35)
	5.	What is the Buddha Land? (8:18)
	6.	The pure Buddha Land and the impure Buddha Land (6:13)
	7.	Who builds the Buddha Land? (11:00)
	8.	Why do the Bodhisattvas build the Buddha Land? (5:34)
	9.	With what is the Buddha Land built? (4:20)
	10.	How do the Bodhisattvas build the Buddha Land? (1:50)
	11.	How is the Buddha Land relevant to us? (7:36)
	12.	The distinction between subject and object (5:52)