Sangharakshita emerse come figura centrale nella rinascita del Buddismo in India, dedicando la sua vita ai suoi insegnamenti dopo un ampio studio e pratica in Oriente. Tornato in Inghilterra, fondò la Friends of the Western Buddhist Order, sottolineando il profondo significato dell'impegno, dell'amicizia spirituale e della comunità. La sua vasta opera esplora il legame vitale tra religione e arte, sostenendo una 'nuova società' che nutra le aspirazioni spirituali. I suoi scritti raccolti rappresentano una compilazione definitiva dei suoi contributi come scrittore e insegnante buddista.
Profoundly knowledgeable and articulate, and equally at home with science, philosophy, myth, art, and poetry, Urgyen Sangharakshita uses every inner avenue to communicate the timeless Dharma to the Western mind. Engaging both the intellect and the heart countless times in a single chapter, the author draws remarkably apt examples from sources as diverse as Orwell, Aeschylus, and Jane Austen. This distilled volume is a primer to the breadth and depth of Buddhist thought and practice.
The memoirs capture the journey of an English Buddhist monk in the mid-1950s as he endeavors to revive Buddhism in India, its birthplace. The author vividly describes the Indian landscape, offering readers a rich and detailed portrayal of his experiences and the cultural context of his mission. These reflections provide insight into both the challenges and triumphs faced in promoting spiritual teachings in a historically significant land.
Anagarika Dharmapala, founder of the Maha Bodhi Society, was the first person to take the Dharma to countries across the whole globe. He ranks as one of the greatest Buddhist figures of modern times. Sangharakshita’s biographical sketch, based on Dharmapala’s own diaries, recounts the extraordinary story with a vividness that leaves the reader uplifted and inspired. This volume also contains other writings including the sometimes controversial columns of 'Himavantavasi', as well as book reviews and the memorable sixty-five 'Immortal Sayings' of Anagarika Dharmapala.
A discussion of the issues raised in the Satipatthana Sutta, the foundational Buddhist discourse on meditation and the importance of mindfulness and awareness in daily life. We can learn to live more fully by living every moment to the full. schovat popis
This volume of Sangharakshita's Complete Works includes Facing Mount Kanchenjunga, the second in the series of his memoirs, and, in Dear Dinoo, some very personal letters. Facing Mount Kanchenjunga covers the period 1950-1953, beginning with Sangharakshita's arrival in Kalimpong as a twenty- four-year-old sramanera.
In this first volume of memoirs Sangharakshita describes how, from a working- class childhood in the London suburb of Tooting, he came, a twenty-four-year- old Buddhist novice monk, to Kalimpong in the eastern Himalayas.
In this highly readable handbook on the fundamental teachings of Buddhism, Sangharakshita guides the reader through this sometimes complex religion.
Shows how art, like religion, can challenge our perceptions, our awareness and our experience of truth.
How much meditation is good for you? Why visualize an Enlightened being? Are there places that meditation doesn't reach? All of these questions and very many more are tackled in this substantial compilation of Sangharakshita's teachings on meditation, drawn from previously published works and from the unpublished transcripts of seminars. Discussions reveal how Sangharakshita learned the practices on which his system of meditation - 'an organic, living system' - is based, and how that system has evolved over the years. Amid much curiosity about dhyana and Insight the book also explores such questions as how to deal with fear or distraction, doubt, drowsiness or desire.
How do we live wisely? Sangharakshita outlines how in this companion volume of commentary on Nagarjuna's Precious Garland, showing us how to use our positive ethical position, our momentum in goodness, to develop a deep understanding of the nature of life.