A collection of seven recent papers by either Sangharakshita or Subhuti, or both working together. In Subhuti’s words, each attempts to follow through the implications of Sangharakshita's... More > statement, in the first paper, What is the Western Buddhist Order?, that the Triratna Buddhist Order is the community of his disciples and disciples of his disciples, practising according to his 'particular presentation of the Dharma'.
The papers included are -
* What is the Western Buddhist Order?
* Revering and Relying upon the Dharma
* Re-Imagining The Buddha (and Buddhophany)
* Initiation into a New Life: the Ordination Ceremony in Sangharakshita's System of Spiritual Practice
* 'A supra-personal force or energy working through me': The Triratna Buddhist Community and the Stream of the Dharma
* The Dharma Revolution and the New Society
* A Buddhist Manifesto: the Principles of the Triratna Buddhist Community< Less
Collected modules for Year Three of the Triratna Dharma Training Course for Mitras. Contents include -
* ‘Letters of Gold, Letters of Fire’ – Living with the Dhammapada
* The... More > Nature of Existence – In Search of the Middle Way
* Sangharakshita and the History of the FWBO/Triratna
* The Drama of Cosmic Enlightenment: Parables, Myths
* Freedom of Heart – Exploring the Brahmaviharas
* An Interconnected World – Buddhist Ethics and Contemporary Issues
* Faith, Symbols and the Imagination
Plus references and complete index covering all four years of the Dharma Training Course.< Less
Volume II of the Collected Lectures of Urgyen Sangharakshita, complete except for those which have been separately published as books by Windhorse Publications. Including other papers by... More > Sangharakshita up to and including his writings up to early 2012, plus comprehensive index.< Less
Year Two of Triratna's Dharma Training Course for Mitras, covering * Vision and Transformation – The Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path
* The Nature of Existence 1 – Conditionality and... More > The Middle Way
* Turning the Mind to the Dharma - Going for Refuge to the Three Jewels
* Transcending Views - ways of working with (and transcending) our views, wrong and right
* What is the Sangha? – Exploring Spiritual Community
* The Bodhisattva Ideal - the practice of the six perfections
* The Way of Mindfulness – A Training to Bring the Dharma to Life with the Satipatthana Sutta
Plus references and index< Less
The collected modules of the Triratna Buddhist Community's Foundation Year of the Dharma Training Course for Mitras - a comprehensive introduction to basic Buddhist teachings and practices arranged... More > for weekly study over one year. The Foundation Year covers -
Part 1: Going for Refuge to the Three Jewels
* Part 2: Exploring Buddhist Practice – The Five Precepts
* Part 3: Exploring Buddhist Practice – Meditation
* Part 4: Exploring Buddhist Practice – Wisdom
* Part 5: Buddhism and the Triratna Buddhist Community, Devotional Practice.< Less
An A5 PDF version of Year Three of the Triratna Buddhist Community's Dharma Training Course for Mitras. Including the following modules:
‘Letters of Gold, Letters of Fire’ –... More > Living with the Dhammapada
The Nature of Existence – In Search of the Middle Way
Sangharakshita and the History of the FWBO/Triratna
The Drama of Cosmic Enlightenment: Parables, Myths and Symbols of the Saddharma-Puṇḍarika Sutra
Freedom of Heart – Exploring the Brahmaviharas
An Interconnected World – Buddhist Ethics and Contemporary Issues
Faith, Symbols and the Imagination
Plus references and full index< Less
Triratna's Dharma Training Course for Mitras: Year Two (A5 TABLET VERSION). Containing the following modules:
Vision and Transformation – The Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path
The Nature... More > of Existence 1 – Conditionality and The Middle Way
Turning the Mind to the Dharma - Going for Refuge to the Three Jewels
Transcending Views - ways of working with – and transcending - our wrong views and right views
What is the Sangha? – Exploring Spiritual Community
The Bodhisattva Ideal - the practice of the six perfections
The Way of Mindfulness – A Training to Bring the Dharma to Life with the Satipatthana Sutta
Plus references and full index.
Also available online at http://freebuddhistaudio.com/study< Less