Tag: Sangharakshita

Triratna Resources
Triratna Resources

Dharma teaching - PS - 'a page of Sangharakshita'

By Mokshini on Mon, 21 Nov, 2016 - 18:22

PS stands for a ‘Page of Sangharakshita’

It’s a great idea from Saraha at the Birmingham Buddhist Centre…  They are a series of excepts from Bhante that are no more than a page long, some a lot shorter than a page, so they can be easily printed out and used to lead study/discussion – for example on a level 2 course, or a sangha night.

As Saraha explains, “The quotes are all long enough to be substantial, but short enough to be gone...

File NameSize
bodhisattva_ideal_three_roots.pdf33.59 KB
clarity.pdf30.91 KB
ethics_criterion.pdf34.83 KB
ethics_four_samgrahavastus.pdf39.39 KB
fear-and-fearlessness.pdf33.97 KB
happiness-joy-and-gladness.pdf37.49 KB
happiness-metta-and-luck.pdf34.36 KB
happiness-natural-healthy-human-impulse.pdf37.54 KB
loneliness-and-friendship.pdf36.42 KB
mindfulness-a-great-pleasure.pdf35.92 KB
mindfulness-and-preparation-for-insight.pdf34.56 KB
mindfulness-how-awareness-breaks-through.pdf29.75 KB
mindfulness-sati-sampajanna.pdf37.23 KB
you-dont-have-to-justify-yourself.pdf36.75 KB
College of Public Preceptors
College of Public Preceptors

Bhante's translation of Tsongkhapa's Three Chief Paths

By Saccanama on Thu, 25 Aug, 2016 - 11:41

First published in the Middle Way in 1960, this is the first translation into English of a key text of the founder of the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism.

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Tsongkhapa's Three Chief Paths772.85 KB
Buddhist Centre Features
Buddhist Centre Features

The Complete Works Retreat Podcast

By Candradasa on Mon, 18 Jan, 2016 - 19:43

Satyalila reporting from an inspiring retreat at Adhisthana in the UK for a group of volunteers who came together to help Vidyadevi and Kalyanaprabha with editorial work on the first two of the twenty-seven volumes that will make up the entire Complete Works of Sangharakshita. And to to collectively dedicate their efforts - spiritual and practical. 

We hear about some of what’s involved - from the intricacies of critical diacritics in Pali and Sanskrit terms, to the considerable detective...
Buddhist Centre Features
Buddhist Centre Features

Preparing For A Buddhist Ritual - Follow Live Online!

By Candradasa on Tue, 12 Jan, 2016 - 16:39

This is an invitation from Stanashraddha and Satyalila at Adhisthana to join them in spirit for a special ritual that will take place there this evening, Tuesday January 12th at 7pm GMT/2pm EST. 

You can watch a live stream on Periscope of proceedings! On site participating in the ritual will be members of the Adhisthana communities and a small group who are on a Complete Works working retreat. It will be led by Saddhanandi, Chair of Adhisthana.

To...
Free Buddhist Audio
Free Buddhist Audio

Twelve Days of FBA - Day 10

By Rijupatha on Mon, 4 Jan, 2016 - 11:00

On Day 10 of our 12 Days of FBA fundraising event we offer you another two absolutely excellent unreleased talks from the Free Buddhist Audio archives!

The main talk is a very special recording of Sangharakshita in a talk given to the European Chairs’ Assembly in 2009 called “The Teachers of the Past”. Sangharakshita makes clear his intentions around the creation of a Refuge Tree for the Western Buddhist Order, specifically drawing a distinction between the inspirational value of historical...
Free Buddhist Audio
Free Buddhist Audio

Twelve Days of FBA - Day 4

By Rijupatha on Tue, 29 Dec, 2015 - 11:00

Our treat for you on the Fourth Day of FBA is a playlist of spectacular mantras from the Free Buddhist Audio archives. The first track is an introduction by Sangharakshita on the meaning of mantras and their purpose in Buddhist practice. We hope you enjoy today’s gift!

Please make your donation today to support Free Buddhist Audio in 2016

As part of each day’s offering we’ve been asking you to consider making a generous one-time contribution or ongoing pledge...
Free Buddhist Audio
Free Buddhist Audio

Dharmabyte: Before Dawn

By Rijupatha on Mon, 21 Dec, 2015 - 11:00

We’ve been moved to share an abundant handful of Sangharakshita’s writings and poems this month. Today’s FBA Dharmabyte is a poem entitled “Before Dawn”. Selected from “Hercules and the Birds”, read by the author and published by Windhorse Publications, Glasgow, 1990.

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