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sangharakshita lectures

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Title	Year	Uploaded
Dreams and Rebirth	2008	15/06/2009
Looking Back - and Forward	2007	21/03/2008
Life for the Dharma, A	1999	20/08/2006
Standing on Holy Ground	1999	20/08/2006
Looking at the Bodhi Tree	1999	20/08/2006
Communicating the Dharma	1999	20/08/2006
Looking Ahead a Little Way	1999	30/04/2007
Reflections on Going Forth	1997	20/08/2006
Intellect Emotion and Will	1996	20/08/2006
Extending the Hand of Fellowship	1996	20/08/2006
Great Buddhists of the 20th Century	1995	20/08/2006
Rain of the Dharma, The	1994	20/08/2006
Fifteen Points for Buddhist Parents	1994	20/08/2006
Disappearing Buddha, The	1994	20/08/2006
Nidanas, The	1994	20/08/2006
Transcendental Eightfold Path, The	1994	20/08/2006
Wisdom Beyond Words	1993	20/08/2006
Fifteen Points for New and Old Order Members	1993	20/08/2006
Fifteen Points for Old and New Order Members	1993	20/08/2006
Meaning of Friendship in Buddhism, The	1992	27/05/2008
Integration of Buddhism into Western Society, The	1992	23/08/2006
Message of Dhardo Rimpoche, The	1991	21/08/2006
Five Pillars of the FWBO, The	1991	21/08/2006
Dilgo Khyentse Rimpoche	1991	21/08/2006
Cave, The	1991	20/08/2006
My Relation to the Order	1990	21/08/2006
My Eight Main Teachers	1990	21/08/2006
Hercules and the Birds	1990	20/08/2006
An Autobiographical Sequence of Poems	1990	20/08/2006
Next Twenty Years, The	1988	21/08/2006
History of My Going for Refuge, The	1988	21/08/2006
Twenty Years on the Middle Way	1987	21/08/2006
Buddha's Victory, The	1987	21/08/2006
Buddhist Dawn in the West	1986	21/08/2006
Discerning the Buddha	1986	21/08/2006
Conquering New Worlds	1986	20/08/2006
Caves of Bhaja, The	1985	20/08/2006
Ten Pillars of Buddhism, The	1984	21/08/2006
Buddhism World Peace and Nuclear War	1984	21/08/2006
Journey to Il Convento, The	1984	21/08/2006
Saint Jerome Revisited	1984	21/08/2006
Between Twin Sala Trees	1983	21/08/2006
Launch of the New Mitrata	1983	21/08/2006
Bodhisattva Principle, The	1983	21/08/2006
Ex Untouchable Indian Buddhists, The	1983	21/08/2006
Case of Dysentery, A	1982	21/08/2006
Wreath of Blue Lotus, A	1982	21/08/2006
Dimensions of Going for Refuge	1982	21/08/2006
Fidelity	1982	21/08/2006
India Talk	1982	21/08/2006
Authority and the Individual in the New Society	1979	30/04/2007
Taste of Freedom, The	1979	20/08/2006
Individual and the World Today, The	1979	21/08/2006
Western Buddhists and Eastern Buddhism	1979	22/09/2007
Commitment and Spiritual Community	1979	21/08/2006
Magic of a Mahayana Sutra, The	1979	21/08/2006
Building the Buddha Land	1979	21/08/2006
On Being All Things to All Men	1979	21/08/2006
Transcendental Critique of Religion, The	1979	21/08/2006
History Versus Myth in Mans Quest for Meaning	1979	21/08/2006
Way of Non Duality, The	1979	21/08/2006
Mystery of Human Communication, The	1979	21/08/2006
Four Great Reliances - Criteria for the Spiritual Life, The	1979	21/08/2006
Padmasambhava Day	1979	21/08/2006
System of Meditation, A	1978	21/08/2006
Vision of History, A	1978	21/08/2006
Growth of a Mahayana Sutra, The	1976	21/08/2006
Bodhisattva's Dream, The	1976	21/08/2006
Spiritual Significance of Confession, The	1976	21/08/2006
Protectors of the Dharma, The	1976	21/08/2006
Buddhism and Culture	1976	21/08/2006
Nature Man and Enlightenment	1976	21/08/2006
Buddhist Economics	1976	21/08/2006
Moral Order and its Upholders, The	1976	21/08/2006
Method of Personal Development, A	1976	22/02/2008
Vision of Human Existence, A	1976	21/08/2006
Nucleus of a New Society, The	1976	21/08/2006
Blueprint for a New World, A	1976	21/08/2006
Levels of Going for Refuge	1976	21/08/2006
Enlightenment as Experience and as Non'experience	1975	21/08/2006
Ideal of Human Enlightenment, The	1975	21/08/2006
What Meditation Really is	1975	11/02/2008
Meaning of Spiritual Community, The	1975	21/08/2006
Path of Regular Steps and Irregular Steps, The	1974	21/08/2006
Symbolism of the Tibetan Wheel of Life, The	1972	20/08/2006
Tantric Symbolism of the Stupa, The	1972	21/08/2006
Symbolism of the Sacred Thunderbolt, The	1972	30/04/2007
Cosmic Symbolism of the Refuge Tree and Archeypal Guru, The	1972	21/08/2006
Symbolism of the Cremation Ground and Celestial Maidens	1972	21/08/2006
Symbolism of Offerings and Self - Sacrifice, The	1972	21/08/2006
Symbolism of Colours and Mantric Sound, The	1972	21/08/2006
Symbolism of the Five Buddhas Male and Female, The	1972	30/04/2007
Padmasambhava - Tantric Guru of Tibet	1972	21/08/2006
Way to Enlightenment, The	1972	21/08/2006
New Man Speaks, The	1972	21/08/2006
Word of the Buddha, The	1972	21/08/2006
Meaning of Parinirvana, The	1972	21/08/2006
Individual the Group and the Community, The	1971	20/08/2006
Evolution or Extinction - a Buddhist View of World Problems	1971	20/08/2006
Universal Perspective of Mahayana Buddhism, The	1971	20/08/2006
Drama of Cosmic Enlightenment, The	1971	20/08/2006
Transcending the Human Predicament	1971	20/08/2006
Myth of the Return Journey, The	1971	20/08/2006
Symbols of Life and Growth	1971	20/08/2006
Five Element Symbolism and the Stupa	1971	20/08/2006
Jewel in the Lotus, The	1971	20/08/2006
Archetype of the Divine Healer, The	1971	20/08/2006
Karma and Rebirth	1970	20/08/2006
How Consciousness Evolves	1970	20/08/2006
From Alienated Awareness to Integrated Awareness	1970	20/08/2006
Individuality True and False	1970	20/08/2006
Question of Psychological Types, The	1970	20/08/2006
Meditation versus Psychotherapy	1970	20/08/2006
Problem of Personal Relationships, The	1970	20/08/2006
Individual and the Spiritual Community, The	1970	20/08/2006
Is a Guru Necessary	1970	20/08/2006
Breaking Through Into Buddhahood	1969	20/08/2006
Heroic Ideal in Buddhism, The	1969	20/08/2006
Origin and Development of the Bodhisattva Ideal, The	1969	20/08/2006
Awakening of the Bodhi Heart, The	1969	30/04/2007
Bodhisattva Vow, The	1969	30/04/2007
Altruism and Individualism in the Spiritual Life	1969	20/08/2006
Masculinity and Femininity in the Spiritual Life	1969	20/08/2006
On the Threshold of Enlightenment	1969	20/08/2006
Bodhisattva Hierarchy, The	1969	20/08/2006
Buddha and Bodhisattva - Eternity and Time, The	1969	20/08/2006
Diamond Sutra, The	1969	20/08/2006
Evolution - Lower and Higher Reprised	1969	20/08/2006
Axial Age and the Emergence of the New Man, The	1969	20/08/2006
Art and the Spiritual Life	1969	20/08/2006
Religion - Ethnic and Universal	1969	24/01/2008
Buddhism as the Path of the Higher Evolution	1969	22/09/2007
Stream Entry - the Point of No Return	1969	22/09/2007
Cosmic Significance of the Bodhisattva Ideal, The	1969	19/08/2006
Buddhism Nietzsche and Superman, The	1969	19/08/2006
Who is the Buddha	1968	20/08/2006
Meaning of the Dharma, The	1968	20/08/2006
Sangha or Buddhist Community, The	1968	20/08/2006
Psychology of Buddhist Ritual, The	1968	20/08/2006
Right Understanding	1968	19/08/2006
Right Resolve	1968	22/09/2007
Right Speech	1968	19/08/2006
Right Action	1968	22/09/2007
Right Livelihood	1968	19/08/2006
Right Effort	1968	22/09/2007
Right Mindfulness	1968	19/08/2006
Right Meditation	1968	22/09/2007
How Buddhism came to Tibet	1968	19/08/2006
Schools of Tibetan Buddhism, The	1968	19/08/2006
Dalai Lama - His Reincarnations, The	1968	19/08/2006
Monks and Laymen in Buddhist Tibet	1968	19/08/2006
Symbols of Tibetan Buddhist Art	1968	19/08/2006
Four Foundation Yogas of the Tibetan Buddhist Tantra, The	1968	30/04/2007
Tibetan Buddhist Meditation	1968	20/08/2006
Future of Tibetan Buddhism, The	1968	19/08/2006
Mind Reactive and Creative	1967	20/08/2006
Meditation - the Expanding Consciousness	1967	20/08/2006
Poetry and Devotion in Buddhism the Sevenfold Puja	1967	20/08/2006
Analytical Psychology of the Abhidharma, The	1967	20/08/2006
Psychology of Spiritual Development, The	1967	11/10/2007
Depth Psychology of the Yogachara, The	1967	21/11/2006
Archetypal Symbolism in the Biography of the Buddha	1967	20/08/2006
Psycho - spiritual Symbolism in the Tibetan Book of the Dead	1967	19/08/2006
Mandala - Tantric Symbol of Integration, The	1967	19/08/2006
Zen and the Psycho - therapeutic Process	1967	19/08/2006
Heart Sutra, The	1967	20/08/2006
Buddhism and the New Reformation	1966	20/08/2006
Introducing Buddhism	1966	20/08/2006
Is Religion Necessary	1966	20/08/2006
Why Buddhism	1966	20/08/2006
Approach to Buddhism, The	1966	20/08/2006
Buddhism in England	1966	20/08/2006
Evolution - Lower and Higher	1966	20/08/2006
Buddha - Man or Superman, The	1966	20/08/2006
Buddha God and Reality, The	1966	20/08/2006
Dynamics of Being, The	1966	20/08/2006
Texture of Reality, The	1966	20/08/2006
Nirvana	1966	20/08/2006
Mystery of the Void, The	1966	19/08/2006
Stages of the Spiritual Path, The	1966	19/08/2006
Meaning of Spiritual Community, The	1966	25/09/2007
Pattern of Buddhist Life and Work, The	1966	20/08/2006
Buddhism and the Bishop of Woolwich	1965	20/08/2006
Going for Refuge	1965	20/08/2006
Stream Entry	1965	20/08/2006
Arising of the Bodhicitta, The	1965	20/08/2006
Turning About in the Deepest Seat of Consciousness, The	1965	08/09/2006
Special Transmission Outside the Scriptures, A	1965	21/08/2006
No Dependence on Words and Letters	1965	20/08/2006
Direct Pointing to the Mind of Man	1965	20/08/2006
Seeing Into One's Own Nature and Realising Buddhahood	1965	20/08/2006
Heights and Depths of the Spiritual Life, The	Unknown	20/08/2006
Nature and Development of Buddhism, The	Unknown	20/08/2006
Stages of the Spiritual Path, The	Unknown	20/08/2006
Buddhism and the Language of Myth	Unknown	20/08/2006
FWBO Sevenfold Puja, The	Unknown	30/08/2006
Public Ordination Ceremony	Unknown	30/08/2006
Lamas of Tibet, The	Unknown	20/08/2006
Buddha's Philosophy of Personal Relations, The	Unknown	20/08/2006
Buddha's Philosophy of Right Speech, The	Unknown	21/08/2006
Buddhism and Psychoanalysis	Unknown	21/08/2006
Glory of the Literary World, The	Unknown	21/08/2006
Poems on the Theme of Friendship	Unknown	Unknown
Poetry from the Women's Order Convention 1999	Unknown	Unknown
Talk by Sangharakshita on His 75th Birthday, A	Unknown	Unknown
Buddhism as Philosophy and as Religion	Unknown	Unknown
Poems of the Inner life	Unknown	Unknown

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