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Author : Vessantara
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781899579228
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (792 download)
Download or read book The Friends of the Western Buddhist Order written by Vessantara and published by . This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Vishvapani
Publisher : Windhorse Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780904766981
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (669 download)
Download or read book Introducing the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order written by Vishvapani and published by Windhorse Publications. This book was released on 2001 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman meditates with friends in their residential community in London. An Indian Buddhist teaches meditation to hundreds of people in the crowded corridor of a Bombay slum. An artist struggles to create his latest Buddha statue, combining Greek forms with traditional ones. In a remote Spanish valley a man follows a simple life of renunciation. These are all images of people who follow the Buddha's teachings within the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order and the Western Buddhist Order. The FWBO is a worldwide Buddhist movement that provides a modern context for practising Buddhism. This is a clear introduction to the practices, ideas and significance of this growing Buddhist movement.
Author : Dharmachari Vessantara
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780904766387
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (663 download)
Download or read book The Friends of the Western Buddhist Order written by Dharmachari Vessantara and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Friends of the Western Buddhist Order written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sangharakshita (Bhikshu)
Publisher : Windhorse Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780904766462
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (664 download)
Download or read book New Currents in Western Buddhism written by Sangharakshita (Bhikshu) and published by Windhorse Publications. This book was released on 1990 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this informal manifesto, Sangharashita explains why he founded a new Buddhist movement and examines its relationship to the wider Buddhist tradition.
Author : Urgyen Sangharakshita
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 086171847X
Total Pages : 777 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (617 download)
Download or read book The Essential Sangharakshita written by Urgyen Sangharakshita and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 777 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Alison May Downie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (117 download)
Download or read book The Friends of the Western Buddhist Order written by Alison May Downie and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its inception in ancient India, Buddhism has provided, among other things, a philosophy of peace and pragmatic approaches to how peace can be attained, both by the individual, but also in society and in the world. The Friends of the Western Buddhist Order is a relatively young spiritual movement which aims to teach Buddhism and enable people to practise its teaching in the modern, industrialised world. The FWB0 emphasises meditation and the practise of Buddhist ethics as the main means to the development of aware, compassionate and peaceful individuals, as well as providing opportunities for adherents to live and work together in ways which enhance their spiritual lives. In order to evaluate how successful the FWBO has been as a spiritual movement to date, it is necessary to examine how effective have been its main practices and institutions in enabling people to develop the positive qualities of compassion, wisdom, peacefulness and true individuality; whether it avoids the pitfalls faced by most New Religious Movements; and what potential it has for expanding its influence beyond its immediate adherents. A small sample of interviewees found that the practices and institutions of the FWB0 had generally enabled them to develop the aforementioned positive qualities. There were some reservations about one or two aspects of the movement, in particular with regard to sexual relationships, standard of living, and attitudes towards Sangharakshita, the founder of the Order. However, in general, the FWB0 appears to have avoided the more obvious traps that New Religious Movements can fall into, and there are many possibilities for its influence to grow and spread.
Author : Sangharakshita (Bhikshu)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780904766820
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (668 download)
Download or read book Going for Refuge written by Sangharakshita (Bhikshu) and published by . This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Going for Refuge to the Three Jewels is what makes one a Buddhist - the ever-deepening act by which one turns from the mundane towards the transcendental, and the definitive act of the Buddhist's life, from which all else follows. The practices, precepts and vows that direct a Buddhist's life-style are all subsidiary to that crucial commitment to the ideals embodied by the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.
Author : Vajragupta
Publisher : Windhorse Publications
ISBN 13 : 1909314285
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Triratna Story written by Vajragupta and published by Windhorse Publications. This book was released on 2013-09-27 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a circle of friends dreaming a dream, and working to make it a reality. It's a record of idealism and naivety, growth and growing pains, friendship and fall-out. It's a celebration of how so much was achieved in so short a time, and a reflection on the mistakes made, and lessons learnt. The Triratna Story charts the growth of a Western Buddhist movement founded in the late Sixties as the 'Friends of the Western Buddhist Order' (FWBO) and recently renamed Triratna Buddhist Community. From its inception in London, to its development worldwide, The Triratna Story takes you behind the scenes of a unique modern Buddhist community.
Author : Sangharakshita
Publisher : Windhorse Publications
ISBN 13 : 1907314741
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (73 download)
Download or read book History of My Going for Refuge written by Sangharakshita and published by Windhorse Publications. This book was released on 2012-04-30 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The act of committing one's life to Buddhism and its three central tenets, the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha is known as many traditions as 'going for refuge'. Tracing his own path of discovery, Sangharakshita shows the importance of commitment to these three spiritual ideals and how this commitment provides a basis of unity among all Buddhists. In so doing he also tells the story of the founding of the Triratna Buddhist Community, an international Buddhist movement. Featuring a new additional foreword by Maitreyi, The History of My Going for Refuge makes essential reading for anyone interested in the history and development of Buddhism in the West.
Author : Kulananda
Publisher : Windhorse Publications
ISBN 13 : 1909314412
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Teachers of Enlightenment written by Kulananda and published by Windhorse Publications. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Refuge Tree is a symbol of the highest ideals of Buddhism, a traditional image in the Tibetan tradition that takes different forms in different schools. On the refuge tree are formal teachers from Buddhism's history. The Refuge Tree of the Triratna Buddhist Order founded by Sangharakshita includes figures from India, Tibet, China and Japan as well as archetypal Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and the teachers whose guidance helped to shape Sangharakshita's understanding of Buddhism.
Author : Sangharakshita
Publisher : Windhorse Publications
ISBN 13 : 190931417X
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (93 download)
Download or read book What Is the Sangha? written by Sangharakshita and published by Windhorse Publications. This book was released on 2013-09-27 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It can be a surprise to find that Buddhism gives great importance to the Sangha, the spiritual community. Some may feel that their guru or teacher is all that they need. To others, the idea of sharing their inner and outer lives with others can seem a challenge or even a threat. But the spiritual community is not about unthinking conformity or belonging to a comfortable group. Rather, it is the free association of developing individuals choosing to help each other along the path.
Author : Sangharakshita (Bhikshu)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Three Jewels written by Sangharakshita (Bhikshu) and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Doubleday Anchor original, A763." Bibliography: p. [255]-261.
Author : Sangharakshita
Publisher : Windhorse Publications
ISBN 13 : 1907314954
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (73 download)
Download or read book Ten Pillars of Buddhism written by Sangharakshita and published by Windhorse Publications. This book was released on 2013-07-23 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ten Pillars of Buddhism are ten ethical precepts-such as generosity, truthfulness, or compassion-that together provide a comprehensive moral guide. These teachings are the source of Buddhist ethics, their depth revealed here as Sangharakshita considers them collectively, then individually. The Ten Pillars of Buddhism provides a fascinating insight for anyone interested in leading an ethical or Buddhist life. "e;A handy and easily readable introduction to Buddhist ethics."e; Prof Damien Keown, author of Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction.
Author : Phil Henry
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 147251114X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)
Download or read book Adaptation and Developments in Western Buddhism written by Phil Henry and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-08-29 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, there has been a growing academic acknowledgment around the world of a contemporary Buddhist phenomenon described as Engaged, or Socially Engaged Buddhism (SEB). It is a contested phenomenon variously associated with finding Buddhist solutions for social, political and ecological problems. The debate about its origins, practice and legitimacy has stirred academics and practitioners alike. Firstly, does such an approach to Buddhist practice constitute a departure with the past, in which case a new expression of an ancient practice is being experienced all around us? Or is this really a continuity of practice, adapted to inform current understanding given that some would describe Buddhism as always having been engaged? Adaptation and Developments in Western Buddhism examines the UK Socially Engaged Buddhist experience captured through a series of five case studies of Buddhist groups and a survey undertaken over two years in the field. The volume is a ground-breaking and benchmark analysis of Socially Engaged Buddhism in the UK, drawing for the first time on evidence from practitioner's experiences with which to characterise the previously dichotomous academic debate. Ultimately, the volume locates Socially Engaged Buddhism in the UK and places it within the broader and global context of an emerging “Western Buddhism”, characterising the phenomenon and its relationships to the wider Buddhist world.
Author : Lama Rod Owens
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
ISBN 13 : 1623174090
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (231 download)
Download or read book Love and Rage written by Lama Rod Owens and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2020-06-16 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER In the face of systemic racism and state-sanctioned violence, how can we metabolize our anger into a force for liberation? White supremacy in the United States has long necessitated that Black rage be suppressed, repressed, or denied, often as a means of survival, a literal matter of life and death. In Love and Rage, Lama Rod Owens, coauthor of Radical Dharma, shows how this unmetabolized anger--and the grief, hurt, and transhistorical trauma beneath it--needs to be explored, respected, and fully embodied to heal from heartbreak and walk the path of liberation. This is not a book about bypassing anger to focus on happiness, or a road map for using spirituality to transform the nature of rage into something else. Instead, it is one that offers a potent vision of anger that acknowledges and honors its power as a vehicle for radical social change and enduring spiritual transformation. Love and Rage weaves the inimitable wisdom and lived experience of Lama Rod Owens with Buddhist philosophy, practical meditation exercises, mindfulness, tantra, pranayama, ancestor practices, energy work, and classical yoga. The result is a book that serves as both a balm and a blueprint for those seeking justice who can feel overwhelmed with anger--and yet who refuse to relent. It is a necessary text for these times.
Author : Robert Bluck
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134158165
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)
Download or read book British Buddhism written by Robert Bluck and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British Buddhism presents a useful insight into contemporary British Buddhist practice. It provides a survey of the seven largest Buddhist traditions in the United Kingdom, including the Forest Sangha (Theravada) and the Samatha Trust (Theravada), the Serene Reflection Meditation tradition (Soto Zen) and Soka Gakkai (both originally Japanese), the Tibetan Karma Kagyu and New Kadampa traditions and Friends of the Western Buddhist Order. Based on extensive fieldwork, this fascinating book determines how and to what extent British Buddhist groups are changing from their Asian roots, and whether any forms of British Buddhism are beginning to emerge. Despite the popularity of Buddhism in Britain, there has so far been no study documenting the full range of teachings and practice. This is an original study that fills this gap and serves as an important reference point for further studies in this increasingly popular field.
