A Buddhist Manifesto

The world today is very different from that in which Buddhism originated and flourished. Buddhists now practise and teach the Dharma in an age of urbanisation, globalisation, mass communication, and rapid technological change. The challenge Buddhists face today is to find ways of communicating and practising the Dharma that are truly effective in these new circumstances. The Triratna Buddhist Community was founded by Urgyen Sangharakshita, in London in 1967, as a response to the contemporary world. This booklet is an outline of the main principles upon which that new Buddhist movement was initiated and which have continued to animate it ever since, principles of renewal which may be of wider interest and application and our Buddhist sisters and brothers working to bring the Dharma into the heart of the world today.