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The New Man Speaks

This lecture celebrates the anniversary of the Buddha's decision to teach, with an account of the events just after his …

Sangharakshita

1972

02.

Three great festivals: i. Vaishaka (Buddha Day) ii. Dharmachakrapravartana (Dharma Day) iii. The end of the rainy season retreat (Sangha Day) (8:37)

Monks and Laymen in Buddhist Tibet

How orthodox is the Tibetan monastic tradition? This lecture explains the grades of seniority among Tibetan monks, their …

Sangharakshita

1968

01.

Four jewels of Tibetan Buddhism, including three levels of sangha (9:05)

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

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)

Discerning the Buddha

In trying to discern the Buddha, we are trying to discern the highest kind of being: an Enlightened One. The Buddha, it seems, …

Sangharakshita

1986

07.

The first three garavas: Satta, Dharma, Sangha (4:54)

The Individual, the Group, and the Community

A Spiritual Community consists of Individuals; a group does not consist of Individuals. What is individuality? How can an …

Sangharakshita

1971

01.

Sustaining commitment – festival days; Sangha Day (13:29)

Levels of Going for Refuge

Previously unreleased, this important lecture introduces and explores further Sangharakshita's distinctive and visionary …

Sangharakshita

1976

03.

The conversion of Ananda; King Ajatashatru and ‘seeing the Sangha’ (15:35)

Footsteps of Delight

A delightful talk indeed in which Sangharakshita looks at his own poem 'Sripada', the translation of which gives …

Sangharakshita

2001

08.

Kulananda - Launch of 'What is the Sangha?' (15:18)

An Autobiographical Sequence of Poems

A selection of Sangharakshita's poems read by their author. This was recorded at FWBO celebrations in London, September …

Sangharakshita

1990

09.

The Sangha (0:36)

Dimensions of Going for Refuge

First given in Bombay, this lecture outlines the stages of progressive involvement within the Triratna Buddhist Community …

Sangharakshita

1982

04.

The Three Jewels: the meaning of ‘Buddha’, ‘Dharma’ and ‘Sangha’ (9:07)

In Retrospect: A Conversation With Sangharakshita

Nagabodhi interviews Sangharakshita in a wide-ranging discussion about the FWBO's history and the continuing process …

Sangharakshita

2007

02.

The experience of being ostracised by the English Sangha Trust; a special opportunity for change - the birth of the FWBO as neither monastic nor lay; having a platform and an audience (7:19)

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