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Urgyen Sangharakshita\u00a0turned 90 on August 26th 2015<\/a>. His birthday wish was that his legacy of written Dharma be secure and continue to reach people all over the world. To mark\u00a0the successful\u00a0campaign to raise the funds<\/a>\u00a0required for his Complete Works here is\u00a0a brand new series of 9 interviews with Sangharakshita – one for each decade of his\u00a0life.<\/p>\n

In these very personal conversations with Saddhanandi, Sangharakshita (known to his friends as “Bhante”) chooses objects from each period and reflects on his long experience of trying to bring the Buddha\u2019s Dharma to the world having first come across it in London in the 1940s.<\/p>\n

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First Decade: 1925-1935<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Listen to the whole interview. Or to excerpts below.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Object 1:\u00a0Chinese silk blue jacket<\/h2>\n

Decorated with the emblem of the lotus and the carp (a symbol of long life) – when Sangharakshita’s\u00a0father and mother separate, his mother takes it with her and later uses some of the silk thread to sew a blouse for herself\u00a0before giving it to her son.<\/p>\n

Object 2:\u00a0Volume of Children’s Encyclopedia<\/h2>\n

With a picture of Amida Buddha, given to Sangharakshita\u00a0in 60 unbound parts when he was 8 \u2013 for more\u00a0see early chapters in The Rainbow Road<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Object 3:\u00a0Postcard of Mitcham Road, Tooting<\/h2>\n

Where Sangharakshita lived with his family until their house was bombed during the Blitz in World War II.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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