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The History of My Going for Refuge

An often inspiring autobiographical lecture taking up Sangharakshita's story from his earliest experiences of Buddhism …

Sangharakshita

1988

	08.	A Survey of Buddhism; Going for refuge and the Bodhisattva ideal (19:55)
	13.	Bodhisattva ordination (6:12)
	16.	Founding the Western Buddhist Order; four grades of ordination; ’the Bodhisattva Vow’ (18:00)
	17.	The communal context of Going for Refuge: the Sangha; the higher-evolutionary context: the twelve positive nidanas; the cosmic context: the Bodhisattva Ideal and the Cosmic Bodhichitta (15:23)

The Ideal of Universal Awakening

This is the second talk in a five-part series by Nagapriya exploring Mahayana Buddhism.

Nagapriya

2009

	01.	The Bodhisattva Ideal as the Mahayana goal of the Buddhist life (8:06)
	02.	Background in which the Bodhisattva Ideal emerged; arahant as ideal, escaping samsara, elevation of monastic life (9:38)
	03.	Expanding arahant ideal to Bodhisattva Ideal as a goal for all; seeds of the Mahayana in early texts (6:53)
	04.	Character of a bodhisattva; reading from Vimalakirti Sutra; bringing cosmic significance to mundane existence (10:52)
	05.	The distinct moments and stages of the bodhisattva path; bodhicitta and puja practice; the Bodhisattva vow (12:13)
	06.	The Six Perfections; Reading from the Bodhicaryavatara; ten stages, or bhumis, of the Bodhisattva path (7:27)
	07.	The Bodhisattva Ideal changes, becoming unreachable by normal beings; cosmic figures in the Mahayana; Avalokiteshvara (8:17)

The Inconceivable Emancipation

The Inconceivable Emancipation By Sangharakshita Exploring themes from the Vimalakirti-Nirdesa, a Mahayana Sutra. Mahayana …

Sangharakshita

2019

The Jewel in the Lotus

This talk was given in 2007, and explores in a quietly effective, down-to-earth way one of the great central images of Mahayana …

Sraddhagita

2007

The Jewel in the Lotus

The Sutra includes the story of a drunkard who is shown a jewel tied in his clothing, and also introduces us to the Bodhisattva …

Sangharakshita

1971

13.

What is a Bodhisattva? (4:15)

The Lamas of Tibet

This lecture considers spiritual teachers in the Tibetan tradition within the framework of the principle of spiritual hierarchy …

Sangharakshita

04.

The Lama as Bodhisattva (9:24)

The Larger Sukhavativyuha Sutra

Sangharakshita gives voice to this poetic Buddhist scripture describing the wonderful Pureland of the Buddha Amitabha.

Sangharakshita

09.

Dharmakara performs the duties of a Bodhisattva (7:39)

The Loveliest Bodhisattvas

In this talk Padmavajra explores the Altruistic dimension of Going for Refuge - The Bodhisattva Ideal - …

Padmavajra

2020

The Mystery of Exchanging Self and Other

The fifth in a series of six talks given by Padmavajra, based on verses from Shantideva's 'Guide to The Bodhisattva's …

Padmavajra

2011

The Myth of the Bodhicitta

What is the Bodhicitta and how do we become receptive to it? Vajratara talks about the paradox behind the Bodhicitta: how …

Vajratara

2018

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