Sangharakshita – FWBO Lectures on Buddhism as listed
Description Adhisthana Writings – Twelve pieces composed between August 2015 and March 2016 beginning with a letter to Sangharakshita’s friend, Paramartha, who was suddenly called to the other side of the world, and continuing in the form of daydreams and reminiscences. Topics she turns to include her parents, sūtras, the super<2MASCULINE>, beauty, and many others. Living With Carter – Completed in April 2017. In this piece, Sangharakshita recounts how she met Carter, a young American hippy, and looks back on their life together in the late 1960s. Some reflections on the Garava Sutta – In the Garava Sutta the Buddha declares that it is painful to live without honoring and respecting anyone. In this important article, Sangharakshita explores the implications for contemporary Buddhists. The Good Friend, the False Friend, and the Spiritual Friend – In this piece, written in May 2017, the starting point of Sangharakshita is the Upaḍḍha Sutta of Saṃyutta Nikāya and the frequently quoted words of the Buddha to Ānanda about the place of kalyāṇa mittatā (Skt: kalyāṇa mitratā or spiritual friendship) in spiritual life. From there he goes on to explore the nature of friendship from a whole number of different points of view. Four Visits – Written in June 2017, ‘Four Visits’ is a kind of story; a work of the imagination, the mode of communication here is symbol, image and archetype. A Complex Personality: A Note – Among the many thoughts condensed in Sangharakshita’s’ Personal Statement ‘of December 30, 2016 was the reflection that’ Triratna sometimes bears the mark not of Dharma, but of my own particular personality. That personality is complex ”. What Sangharakshita meant by that has been a subject of some discussion and about six months later he added this Note elucidating its meaning. Tips for a Hypothetical Artist – Completed on August 12, 2017, in this essay Sangharakshita writes about two of his literary heroes who, unusually, were not only great poets but also great artists. At the end of the piece he invites a ‘Hypothetical Artist’ to illustrate one of his own recent pieces of writing. Evil in Myth and in Human Experience – Completed in September 2017, in this piece Sangharakshita considers the origins of evil, both natural and moral, the value of confession, (as well as rejoicing in merits), and looks in turn to each of the four Māras of the Buddhist tradition. Blake and the Gates of Paradise – Completed in October 2017, in this piece, taking William Blake for inspiration, Sangharakshita explores how mutual forgiveness would bring us closer to the realization of Blake’s Jerusalem or, in Buddhist terms, to the creation of a Pure Land on earth. ‘News from Nowhere’ – and from India – In ‘News from Nowhere’, William Morris, one of the great Victorians, compares the England of his time with the socialist England of the future, when privilege and inequality would be swept away in the fires of revolution. Taking this as his starting point, Sangharakshita contrasts Morris’s conception of the revolution with the Dhamma revolution started in India by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. ‘My Uncle Leonard’ and ‘A Brace of Uncles’ – Written over a couple of nights in November 2017, here Sangharakshita remembers some of his uncles. Evil Revisited – and Good – In this piece Sangharakshita returns to the theme of evil that he had addressed in September, this time including references to Blake, Nietzsche and Avalokiteśvara / Kuan Yin. Green Tārā and the Fourth Lakṣaṇa – Composed during the latter part of December and completed on New Years Day 2018, the starting point here are the four sādhanas received from Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche: Mañjughoṣa, Avalokiteśvara, Vajrapāṇi and Green Tārā, and his ‘correspondence’ (in the hermetic sense) with the lakṣaṇas, samādhis and Vimokṣas leading to a series of reflections on the Path of Beauty in the Western spiritual tradition and its relevance to Buddhists today. Bodhisattvas are also necessary, written in early 2018, in this piece Sangharakshita begins with a story told by one of his teachers, and from there he continues to reflect on the meaning of Bodhisattvas in his life and that of all Buddhists.
Rainbows in the Sky – In this piece completed on January 22, 2018, Sangharakshita remembers rainbows from her childhood days to her Going Forth in 1947 and, more recently, how she appeared on Adhisthana on her 90th birthday. And she affirms the place of Padmasambhava, the one with the rainbow body, in the life of the Order from the beginning, and explains that a comment she made in 2009 about a re-founding of the Order “can only be in the sense of. A Passage to America – In this piece, written in March 2018, Sangharakshita recalls his first flight to America nearly fifty years ago, on his way to teach a term at Berkeley, with reflections triggered by viewing the flight information screen about the your window seat. Disparities – Writing in April 2018, Sangharakshita reflects here on the disparities of power in various different relationships – and on how one can use whatever power one possesses, either negatively or unskillfully on the one hand, or positively and skillfully on the other. . Old and New Dreams 1 and 2 – In these two pieces, written from April to May 2018, Sangharakshita recalls some of the dream worlds he has inhabited. They include ashrams, churches, forests, and outer space. Sometimes the scene seems contemporary; sometimes from ages past. Science and Poetry – A Note – After reading A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking and Carlo Rovelli’s Reality is not what it seems, in this piece written over three nights towards the end of June 2018, Sangharakshita reflects on the connection between the science and poetry, and their common language of insight, intuition, inspiration and imagination. Buddhism and Islam – Beginning in his teens reading three translations of the Qur’an, Sangharakshita has long been interested in the cultural, philosophical and mystical aspects of Islam, and in 1982 he led a seminar on The Duties of Brotherhood in Islam by Al -Ghazali. In this article, written in July 2018, reflect on this before interests, with more ideas on the contact between Buddhists and Muslims today, post 9/11. ‘ Islam and the Buddha – Following his previous article, Buddhism and Islam, Sangharakshita discusses Shah-Kazemi’s common ground between Islam and Buddhism, with special reference to an article of his own published sixty or more years ago, Religion as Revelation and Discovery . My Muslim Friend – Here Sangharakshita writes for the first time about his friendship with Ramzan Ali, whom he got to know towards the end of his years living in India. Both Ramzan’s mother and his “guru” also appear in the story. Rebirth Revisited – Sparked by reading Bhikkhu Analayo’s recent publication, Rebirth in Early Buddhism and Current Research (Wisdom Publications 2018), Sangharakshita reflects on the place of rebirth in both the śrāvakayāna and the bodhisattvayāna, these two main forms of Buddhism are based respectively on the ideal of the Arhant and the ideal of Supreme Perfect Buddhahood. A word about Mantrayāna – Written in October 2018, Sangharakshita considers the meaning of Mantrayāna, also known as Vajrayāna – through the practice of which it is said that with the help of mantras one may be able to achieve Supreme Enlightenment Perfect within a single human life. Recent writings Looking Back – In which Sangharakshita writes about his search for traces of his Lingwood ancestors in Suffolk, the search results, and his personal reflections derived from them. Reverses and Reminiscences – A set of eight sketches in which Sangharakshita combines the description of various memories that he has not established elsewhere on paper, with associative reflections on various topics related to these memories. “A Mosaic of Memories” – A series of sketches detailing incidents from Sangharakshita’s childhood that he has not written about anywhere else. Sangharakshita Books Sangharakshita’s books are available from Windhorse Publications in the UK and Windhorse Books in Australia or from your local Triratna hub. Some titles have been published in the following languages: Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Gujerati, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Kanada, Marathi, Modern Greek, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Swedish, Telegu, Thai , Turkish. The following is a list of books published by Sangharakshita. Biography Anagarika Dharmapala: A Biographical Sketch Great Buddhists of the 20th century Books on Buddhism
The Eternal Legacy: An Introduction to the Canonical Literature of Buddhism A Study of Buddhism: It’s Doctrines and Methods Through the Ages The ten pillars of Buddhism The Three Jewels: The Central Ideals of Buddhism Edited seminars and conferences on Buddhism The Ideal Bodhisattva Buddha mind The Victory of the Buddha Buddhism for today – and tomorrow Creative symbols of Tantric Buddhism The drama of cosmic enlightenment The Essence of Zen A guide to the Buddhist path Human enlightenment The inconceivable emancipation Know your mind Live with conscience Live with goodness The meaning of conversion in Buddhism New currents in Western Buddhism Ritual and devotion in Buddhism The taste of freedom The Joy of the Yogi: Milarepa Songs Tibetan Buddhism: An Introduction Transforming the Self and the World Vision and transformation What is the Dharma? What is the Sangha? Who is the Buddha? Wisdom beyond words Essays and documents Alternative traditions Crossing the stream Go to Shelter The jewel without price Aspects of Buddhist morality Dialogue between Buddhism and Christianity The trip to Il Covento Saint Jerome Revisited Buddhism and blasphemy Buddhism, world peace and nuclear war The Bodhisattva Principle The glory of the literary world A note on the burial of Count Orgaz Criticism East and West Dharmapala: The spiritual dimension With Allen Ginsburg in Kalimpong (1962) Indian Buddhists Ambedkar and Buddhism Memoirs, Autobioraphy and lyrics Facing Mount Kanchenjunga: An English Buddhist in the Eastern Himalayas From Genesis to the Diamond Sutra: A Western Buddhist’s Encounters with Christianity In the sign of the golden wheel: Indian memoirs of an English Buddhist Moving Against the Tide: The Birth of a New Buddhist Movement The Rainbow Path: From Tooting Broadway to Kalimpong The story of my refuge Precious Teachers Travel letters Through Buddhist eyes Poetry and art The call of the forest and other poems Complete poems 1941-1994 Conquering New Worlds: Selected Poems Hercules and the birds In the Lotus Kingdom The religion of art Controversy Forty-three years ago: Reflections on My Ordination of Bhikkhu The FWBO and ‘Protestant Buddhism’: an affirmation and a protest The Meaning of Orthodoxy in Buddhism Was the Buddha a Bhikkhu? A rejoinder to a reply to ‘forty-three years ago’. Reflections and aphorisms Peace is a fire A stream of stars
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