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The Vimalakirti Nirdesha Sutra is also known as the Inconceivable Emancipation. Sangharakshita reminds us that the aim of spiritual life is complete emancipation, but that this aim - and in fact the whole of existence - is inconceivable. There then follows a survey of this remarkable Sutra.
Talk given in 1979.
This talk is part of the series The Inconceivable Emancipation - Themes from the Vimalakirti Nirdesha.
| 1. | Introduction (8:40) | |
| 2. | What is the Mahayana, and what is a Mahayana Sutra? (9:01) | |
| 3. | Introduction to 'The Vimalakirti Nirdesha' (7:43) | |
| 4. | How to read sutras (3:37) | |
| 5. | Emancipation (10:34) | |
| 6. | What is the 'Inconceivable Emancipation'? (11:05) | |
| 7. | What is 'magical action'? (9:47) | |
| 8. | An outline of Chapters 1 - 7 (9:49) | |
| 9. | An outline of Chapters 8 - 14 (9:36) |
Total running time: 1:19:52
