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Stories of Sangharakshita

By Maitriyogini on Fri, 14 Mar, 2025 - 11:00

Stories of Sangharakshita

By Maitriyogini on Fri, 14 Mar, 2025 - 11:00

Sanghadevi shares some important interactions and observances of Bhante Sangharakshita through his involvement in the Movement and Order.

Sangharakshita 100: A Celebration

Stories of Sangharakshita

By Maitriyogini on Wed, 19 Feb, 2025 - 10:30

Stories of Sangharakshita

By Maitriyogini on Wed, 19 Feb, 2025 - 10:30

Jnanavaca recounts some humorous and meaningful experiences with Sangharakshita drawing out his capacity to communicate beyond just his words.

Sangharakshita 100: A Celebration

Unseen Sangharakshita

By Centre Team on Sat, 1 Feb, 2025 - 13:33

Unseen Sangharakshita

By Centre Team on Sat, 1 Feb, 2025 - 13:33

Sangharakshita 100 events continue with the next ‘Unseen Sangharakshita’ video.

This time it’s a talk entitled ‘Wesak and After’ which you can now watch on the Triratna Video Library

In May 1992 Bhante Sangharakshita was invited to speak at a UK Western region Wesak festival gathering. He reminisces about his first Wesak celebration in 1949 and highlights the importance of understanding the significance of Wesak and the Buddha’s Enlightenment, asking the question ‘What is Enlightenment?’

He recounts a recent...

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Giving Ourselves Completely (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Thu, 23 Jan, 2025 - 16:03

In answering the question ‘What is Buddhism?’, Sangharakshita identifies higher evolution - the development of higher states of consciousness - with the twelve links in the progressive trend of the Buddha’s teaching of conditioned co-production. Here he defines the second link, that of faith, translated from the sanskrit shraddha. Excerpted from the talk entitled Buddhism and the Path of the Higher Evolution, part of the series The Higher Evolution, given in 1969.

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Sangharakshita 100: A Celebration

Stories of Sangharakshita

By Maitriyogini on Tue, 10 Dec, 2024 - 11:01

Stories of Sangharakshita

By Maitriyogini on Tue, 10 Dec, 2024 - 11:01

Sumana sheds some light on the atmosphere of the movement in the 70s sharing experience of his first impressions of Urgyen Sangharakshita and later occasions that shaped the direction of his life.

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Truly Human Individuals (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Zac on Tue, 5 Nov, 2024 - 13:07

In a paper of great clarity and insight, Sangharakshita introduces the figure of the Bodhisattva, who embodies the principle of perpetual self-transcendence. Excerpted from the talk The Bodhisattva Principle, given in 1983, as part of the series Two Lectures to a Conference on Reality, Consciousness and Order.

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Triratna Video Library releases a new Sangharakshita video

By Centre Team on Wed, 30 Oct, 2024 - 11:00

Triratna Video Library releases a new Sangharakshita video

By Centre Team on Wed, 30 Oct, 2024 - 11:00

For the sixth death anniversary of Bhante Sangharakshita we have delved into the Triratna Video Library archives and edited a 14 minute video.

In this previously unseen footage you will find Bhante giving a masterclass in how to launch a book as he launches the third edition of Subhuti’s ‘The Buddhist Vision’. Recorded in Birmingham on FWBO Day in 2001. With a light, even playful, touch, he remembers the Movement’s beginnings in Monmouth Street before turning to a ‘momentous event’ in 1985....

Sangharakshita 100: A Celebration

Stories of Sangharakshita

By Maitriyogini on Mon, 14 Oct, 2024 - 16:40

Stories of Sangharakshita

By Maitriyogini on Mon, 14 Oct, 2024 - 16:40

Dayanandi talks about three encounters with Bhante Sangharakshita and the deeper meaning of these experiences in her life as a Buddhist.

Sangharakshita 100: A Celebration

Remastering Sangarakshita's talks

By Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 26 Aug, 2024 - 20:24

Remastering Sangarakshita's talks

By Free Buddhist Audio on Mon, 26 Aug, 2024 - 20:24

On 26th August, 99 years ago, Urgyen Sangharakshita was born and at Free Buddhist Audio we have an extensive collection of his lectures given in his 40+ years of public teaching.

We are getting ready to celebrate his centenary next year by remastering his talks for audiences new and old! Using various remastering tools, we share these previews of a remastered talk. You can listen to the original and remastered preview of this famous talk “Who is the Buddha?”, which...

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