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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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FBA Podcast: Who is Sangharakshita?

By Rijupatha on Mon, 10 Nov, 2014 - 15:45

FBA Podcast: Who is Sangharakshita?

By Rijupatha on Mon, 10 Nov, 2014 - 15:45Subscribe to the FBA Podcast

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Achala responds to the question, “Who is Sangharakshita?” in this week’s FBA Podcast, drawing from his own experiences and those of others. He looks at Sangharakshita’s significance as a spiritual teacher, his qualities and his life.

This talk was given at Nottingham Buddhist centre in April 2014.

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Happy Birthday, Bhante Sangharakshita!

By Munisha on Tue, 26 Aug, 2014 - 18:00

Happy Birthday, Bhante Sangharakshita!

By Munisha on Tue, 26 Aug, 2014 - 18:00Our founder and teacher, Urgen Sangharakshita, celebrates his 89th birthday today. The event falls on the first full day of the European Women’s Order Convention, being held at Adhisthana.

Many happy returns, Bhante.

Wish Sangharakshita Happy Birthday on Twitter and Facebook.

(The pictures are from Adhisthana where today the Dharmacharini Order Convention presented him with an 89th birthday cake. And a recent image of Bhante with a gift of a bowlful of waterlily flowers.)

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Sangharakshita 108 year Puja

By Carol Robertson on Thu, 7 Aug, 2014 - 14:09

Sangharakshita 108 year Puja

By Carol Robertson on Thu, 7 Aug, 2014 - 14:09Saturday 23rd August 10.30am-1.00pm
Each year for 108 years, we come together as a sangha to celebrate our founder Sangharakshita’s birthday. This year it will take place as part of our sangha morning. £7.50/£5 conc.

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