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Sangharakshita: a life in pictures

By Munisha on Tue, 28 Jul, 2015 - 11:14

Sangharakshita: a life in pictures

By Munisha on Tue, 28 Jul, 2015 - 11:14

Manchester Buddhist Centre’s exhibition: “Sangharakshita: a life in pictures” opens on 17th August, with pictures from the Clear Vision archive. They write: “To mark this special occasion, a set of framed photos showing Sangharakshita’s life in its breadth and fullness will go on display in the Centre’s reception area. It will then be sited more permanently within the building.”
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Bhante’s birthday collection, for the publication of his Complete Works, for everyone for...

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Sangharakshita's new book

By Munisha on Mon, 27 Jul, 2015 - 17:17

Sangharakshita's new book

By Munisha on Mon, 27 Jul, 2015 - 17:17

With 30 days to go until Bhante’s 90th birthday we’re well over halfway to raising the money for the one birthday present he really wants – the publication of his Complete Works, for everyone, forever. (We’ve got 30 days to raise the remaining £45,000! Can you help?)

Meanwhile, we bring you news of his latest book, soon to be published by Windhorse Publications. Kalyanaprabha is Bhante’s editor. She writes:

“Bhante Sangharakshita moved to Moseley, Birmingham in 1997. He...

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Hemsida för Bodhi förlaget

By Viryabodhi on Mon, 30 Mar, 2015 - 15:01

Hemsida för Bodhi förlaget

By Viryabodhi on Mon, 30 Mar, 2015 - 15:01

I februari gick kvarnarna heta här hemma i Maitrigiri-kollektivet och jag skapade en hemsidan för Bodhi förlaget: www.bodhiforlaget.se.

Där kan du läsa om alla våra boktitlar, recensioner, etc. och länkar till andra sidor, bl.a. Bodhi förlaget på Facebook m.m.

Bodhi förlaget ger ut böcker först och främst av Sangharakshita.

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New book by Sangharakshita: Metaphors, Magic and Mystery

By Munisha on Fri, 6 Feb, 2015 - 12:43

New book by Sangharakshita: Metaphors, Magic and Mystery

By Munisha on Fri, 6 Feb, 2015 - 12:43Sangharakshita’s latest book, Metaphors, Magic and Mystery, is now available from Windhorse Publications.Timed to celebrate the opening of Adhisthana’s Sangharakshita Library last month, it’s an anthology on the theme of words.

The book’s editor, Vidyadevi, writes: “It was through reading that Sangharakshita first realised that he was a Buddhist. He has had a great deal to say about words, as this collection shows. For very clear advice on how to approach all the reading opportunities that Dharma...

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The Sangharakshita Library opens

By Munisha on Tue, 27 Jan, 2015 - 15:59

The Sangharakshita Library opens

By Munisha on Tue, 27 Jan, 2015 - 15:59Sunday 11th January saw the opening of the Sangharakshita Library at Adhisthana.

Hattie Johnson, of the Adhisthana team, writes: “About 80 people gathered to mark the opening of the Sangharakshita Library. Vajragupta welcomed us all and rejoiced in the many people who have brought the Library into being, particularly Ratnadharini, Ajjavin and Yashodeva.

Vidyadevi gave a talk titled ‘Gathering Wisdom While We May’. Evoking the mythic, as well as practical, significance of the library...

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FBA Podcast: The Texture of Reality

By Rijupatha on Mon, 22 Dec, 2014 - 17:07

FBA Podcast: The Texture of Reality

By Rijupatha on Mon, 22 Dec, 2014 - 17:07Subscribe to the FBA Podcast

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This week’s FBA Podcast entitled “The Texture of Reality”, is an early lecture from Sangharakshita on Insight, recorded in 1966, dealing with the three marks (lakshanas) of conditioned existence and their transcendence via the three liberations (vimokshas).

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FBA Podcast: Glimpses of the Mythic Life of Sangharakshita

By Rijupatha on Sat, 22 Nov, 2014 - 18:05

FBA Podcast: Glimpses of the Mythic Life of Sangharakshita

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In this week’s FBA Podcast, Padmavajra, one of Sangharakshita’s closest disciples, offers his own perspective on Sangharakshita as a practitioner with a rich sense of the mythic context pervading all his thinking about the Buddha and his teaching, in a talk entitled “Glimpses of the Mythic Life of Sangharakshita”.

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FBA Podcast: Simple Gifts

By Rijupatha on Mon, 17 Nov, 2014 - 18:46

FBA Podcast: Simple Gifts

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In this week’s FBA Podcast, Vidyadevi remembers her time working with Sangharakshita to edit books based on his lectures and seminars. Entitled “Simple Gifts”, it’s a reflection on friendship with her spiritual teacher.

Given during the Rainy Season Retreat at Manchester Buddhist Centre in February 2014.

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Recent books from Sangharakshita

By Munisha on Thu, 13 Nov, 2014 - 18:50

Recent books from Sangharakshita

By Munisha on Thu, 13 Nov, 2014 - 18:50Two recent publications from Sangharakshita and his editor Kalyanaprabha offer a view on the early stages in the development of his teaching of the Dharma.

Early Writings: 1944-1954
Anagarika Dharmapala: A Biographical Sketch and Other Maha Bodhi Writings

Visiting Kalimpong last year, I met a German academic who was researching the encounter of western Buddhists with Tibetan teachers in Kalimpong in the 1950s – and the effect of this encounter on those teachers and...

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Free Buddhist Audio Celebrates Podcasting Milestones

By Rijupatha on Thu, 13 Nov, 2014 - 17:43

Free Buddhist Audio Celebrates Podcasting Milestones

By Rijupatha on Thu, 13 Nov, 2014 - 17:43This coming week at Free Buddhist Audio is very unique and important for us. On Saturday we’ll be publishing our 250th FBA Podcast, and then on the following Monday we hit the 400th podcast mark for FBA Dharmabytes!

To make the week even more special, our theme for this week and next is a celebration of the founder of the Triratna Buddhist Community, Sangharakshita, without...

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