1945-1955
Sangharakshita: A Life in ObjectsThird Decade: 1945-1955
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Object 1: Personal Notebook
From his life of wandering and renunciation after the end of the Second World War. Includes the whole text of ‘Awakening of Faith’.
Object 2: Saffron Robes
Some Bikshu robes representing Sangharakshita’s ordination following a vision of Amitabha, the red Buddha of the Western quarter, from his ‘vision in the cave’ experience in India, which he discusses here.
Object 3: A First Edition of ‘A Survey Of Buddhism’
The origins of Sangharakshita’s prodigious first major work, still a key reference point in the development of western Buddhism.
With thanks to Urgyen Sangharakshita, Saddhanandi, Ashvajit, and Candradasa
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Recorded in summer 2015