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Throughout 2016, Urgyen Sangharakshita and Dharmacharini Saddhanandi met regularly to record a series of ten interviews about a topic close to Sangharakshita’s heart – the expression of his spiritual life through poetry. These intimate and reflective conversations, which took place at Sangharakshita’s home at Adhisthana, reveal new facets of his written work and shed light on aspects of his life and practice.<\/p>\n
Touching on topics as diverse as his\u00a0family, environmentalism, his time in Kalimpong, the power of giving, and much more, these exploration of verse offer rich insight into the experiences of Triratna’s founder.<\/p>\n
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Here perpetual incense burns;<\/p>\n
The heart to meditation turns,<\/p>\n
And all delights and passions spurns.<\/p>\n
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A thousand brilliant hues arise,<\/p>\n
More lovely than the evening skies,<\/p>\n
And pictures paint before our eyes.<\/p>\n
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All the spirit\u2019s storm and stress<\/p>\n
Is stilled into a nothingness,<\/p>\n
And healing powers descend and bless.<\/p>\n
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Refreshed, we rise and turn again<\/p>\n
To mingle with this world of pain,<\/p>\n
As on roses falls the rain.<\/p>\n
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Sangharakshita on “Meditation”<\/strong><\/p>\n Listen to the whole interview. Or to individual tracks\u00a0below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n The first\u00a0in a series of ten intimate interviews between Sangharakshita and Saddhanandi, reflecting on Sangharakshita’s own selections from his extensive body of poetry. In this segment they discuss the poem “Meditation”.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0)” custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Sound Cloud full” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n \n