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The nature of the Buddhist spiritual community and why it is so essential to spiritual life...
Talk given in 1966.
This talk is part of the series Introducing Buddhism.
| 1. | What it is like to give a lecture; the 'what' and the 'why' of spiritual community (5:16) | |
| 2. | What is spiritual community (sangha)? How one becomes a Buddhist: the Three Refuges (8:27) | |
| 3. | The Buddha Jewel and the Dharma Jewel (9:19) | |
| 4. | The Sangha Jewel; the Great Sangha (maha-sangha) (5:23) | |
| 5. | The Monastic Order (bhikshu/bhikshuni-sangha) and the parajikas (rules which, if broken, exclude one from the Order) (7:59) | |
| 6. | The Community of the Noble (arya-sangha); the four grades of Bodhisattvas (9:13) | |
| 7. | Why have a Sangha? Spiritual friendship and clarifying one's understanding (14:26) | |
| 8. | The benefits of spiritual community; 'sufficient knowledge' of the Dharma (6:44) | |
| 9. | The Three Jewels in England (7:53) |
Total running time: 1:14:40
