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A sparkling talk by Sangharakshita on a theme close to his heart. Full of warmth, wit and stimulating ideas.
Talk given in 2001.
| 1. | Moving against the stream (7:42) | |
| 2. | The missing memoir years - Khantipalo, Yogi Chen and the new Buddhists of India (10:30) | |
| 3. | On creativity (4:30) | |
| 4. | Four fields of creativity - i. the Arts ii. Meditation (5:15) | |
| 5. | iii. Friendship - Aristotle's 'Ethics' (5:33) | |
| 6. | iv. Institutions (5:30) | |
| 7. | The four fields of creativity in Sangharakshita's life (5:43) | |
| 8. | Mind reactive and creative - Beowulf and the destructive mind (12:19) | |
| 9. | Destructive mind in the fields of creativity - i. The Arts (3:46) | |
| 10. | ii. Meditation iii. Friendship iv. Institutions (4:06) | |
| 11. | Blake's idea of the 'prolific' aspect of mind as it opreates in the fields of creativity (8:25) | |
| 12. | Blake's idea of the 'devouring' aspect of mind - trishna (craving), dukkha (suffering) and shraddha (faith) (8:10) | |
| 13. | Khantipalo - a life of creativity (5:26) |
Total running time: 1:26:55
