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100 0 $aSangharakshita,$cBhikshu,$d1925-
245 14 $aThe essential Sangharakshita :$ba half-century of writings from the founder of the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order /$cUrgyen Sangharakshita ; edited by Karen Stout.
260 $aBoston :$bWisdom Publications,$c2009.
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPART TWO: BUDDHISM AND THE MIND -- 1 Thinking Clearly -- 1 "The Impossibility of Retracting an Opinion -- I Believe to Be True" -- 2 The Voice Within -- 3 Getting a Clear Idea of Buddhism -- 4 Learning to Think -- 5 More and More of Less and Less -- 2 Mind Reactive and Creative -- 1 Sonnet -- 2 The Path of Regular Steps and the Path of Irregular Steps -- What Do We Really Know? -- 4 Mind Reactive, Mind Creative -- 5 The Perfection of Wisdom; The Flavor of Irrelevance -- 6 The Shattering Nature of Reality -- 7 "Above me broods ..." -- 3 Views and Truths -- 1 Wrong Views, Right Views, and Perfect Vision -- 2 No "Ready-made" Buddhist Answers -- 3 The Anatta Doctrine -- 4 Breaking the Fetters -- 5 Life Is King -- 6 The Buddhist Attitude to Death -- 7 Reflections on Impermanence -- 8 How to Reflect -- 9 Karma and Rebirth -- 10 Is It Necessary for a Buddhist to Believe in Rebirth? -- 4 Buddhism among -isms and -ologies -- 1 Religion as Revelation or Discovery -- 2 The Buddha's Attitude toward the Teachings of His Time -- 3 The Transcendental Critique of Religion -- 4 The Individual and the Group -- 5 The Ideal Student of Buddhism -- 6 Formulations of the Buddhist Path -- 7 Buddhism and Evolution
505 0 $aPART THREE: ART, BEAUTY, AND MYTH IN THE BUDDHIST TRADITION -- 1 The Place of Beauty in the Spiritual Life -- 1 Sangharakshita I and Sangharakshita II -- 2 Beauty as a Characteristic of Life -- 3 Learning to See -- 4 Bamboos -- 5 The Greater Mandala of Aesthetic Appreciation -- 6 Learning to Stand Still -- 7 Pauses and Empty Spaces -- 8 The Simple Life -- 2 Buddhism and Art -- 1 The Transformative Power of Art -- 2 Art as an Integral Part of Spiritual Life -- 3 Buddhism and Western Culture -- 4 The Dharma in Western Poetry -- 5 Stretching the Mind through Art -- 3 The Creative Life -- 1 After Rilke -- 2 Entering a Spiritual Dimension through Writing -- 3 A Creative Relationship with the World -- Should Buddhists Have a Sense of Humor? -- 5 The Playful Arts -- "Buddhist Bible"?; Buddhist Scriptures and Where They Come From -- 1 The Sea of Buddhist Literature -- 2 The Origin of the Buddhist Scriptures -- 3 How to Read Buddhist Texts -- 4 Buddhist Stories -- 5 The Bible Designed to Be Read as Literature -- 6 Pali Scriptures and Mahayana Sutras -- 5 Dreams, Myths, and Symbols -- 1 The Nature of Tantric Buddhism -- 2 The Value of the Dream State -- What Is Myth? -- 4 The Emergence of Myth in Buddhism -- 5 Taking Myths Literally -- 6 The Tibetan Wheel of Life -- 7 The Parable of the Burning House -- 8 The Myth of the Return Journey
505 0 $aPART FOUR: BUDDHISM AND THE HEART -- 1 Buddhism and Emotional Life -- 1 Involving the Emotions in Spiritual Life -- 2 Being Moved by the Dharma -- 3 The Difference between Feelings and Emotions -- 4 Cultivating Positive Emotions -- 5 Dealing with Desire -- 6 Desire for the Eternal -- 7 Renunciation: Not Giving Up but Growing Up -- 8 Remembering the Retreat -- 9 The Practice of Forbearance -- 10 The Importance of Feeling Alive -- 2 Meditation -- 1 Meditation -- 2 Rainy Season Retreat -- 3 The Five Basic Methods of Meditation -- 4 Finding a Place to Meditate -- 5 Happiness and Concentration -- Why Are We So Easily Distracted? -- 7 The Japanese Tea Ceremony -- 8 Mindfulness and Spontaneity -- 9 How to Succeed at Meditation -- 10 Meditation Isn't the Only Way -- 11 Tantric Meditation: The Yidam -- 12 White Tara -- 3 Faith, Devotion, and Ritual
505 0 $a1 Visiting Ghoom Monastery with Lama Govinda -- 2 The Nature of Buddhist Faith -- 3 The Necessity of Dependence -- What Is Ritual Trying to Achieve? -- 5 Secret Wings -- 6 The Importance of Spiritual Receptivity -- 7 "In the woods are many more" -- 8 Everything That Lives Is Holy -- 9 Devotion at Lumbini -- 10 Call Forth as Much as You Can -- 4 Buddhism and the Natural World -- 1 Animism and Spiritual Life -- 2 Feeling That the Universe Is Alive -- 3 The Traditional Society -- 5 Friends and Teachers -- Why Should a Buddha Need a Friend? -- 2 The Network of Relationships -- 3 The Importance of Spiritual Friendship -- Friendship: The Whole of the Spiritual Life? -- Is a Guru Necessary? -- 6 Spiritual Hierarchy -- 7 Gratitude
505 0 $aPART FIVE: BUDDHISM AND THE WORLD -- 1 Compassionate Activity -- 1 The Bodhisattva's Reply -- 2 Compassion: The Most Important Virtue -- 3 Responding to the Needs of Others -- 4 Withdrawal and Involvement -- 5 Giving: The Basic Buddhist Virtue -- 6 The Altruistic Dimension of Going for Refuge -- Is the Bodhisattva Ideal Realistic? -- 8 Ways of Helping -- 2 Buddhist Ethics -- 1 Before Dawn -- 2 The Basis of Buddhist Ethics -- 3 The Five Precepts -- 4 Natural Morality and Conventional Morality -- 5 Beyond "Buddhist Respectability" -- 6 The Ethics of Speech -- 7 Rights and Duties -- 8 Mindfulness of Purpose -- 9 Why We Conceal Things -- 10 Buddhist Confession -- 11 "The Oppression of Existence" -- 3 The Nature of Spiritual Effort -- 1 Living with Purpose -- 2 The Spiral Path -- 3 The Four Exertions -- What Counts as Laziness? -- 5 Discipline
505 0 $a6 A Regular Routine -- 7 Certainty of Success -- 8 Encountering the Dakini -- 4 Great Buddhists of the Twentieth Century -- 5 Living in the World -- 1 The Ideal Society -- 2 The Basis of Ethical Work -- 3 Right Livelihood Businesses -- 4 Being Easy to Support -- 5 The Group and the Individual -- 6 The Integration of Buddhism into Western Society -- Getting Comfortable in the Pure Land? -- 6 Buddhism and the Future of the World -- 1 Buddhism and World Peace -- 2 A Buddhist Approach to World Problems -- 3 The Miracle of Spiritual Development -- Notes -- Page References in Source Works for Extracts Quoted -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Editor -- About the FWBO
650 0 $aBuddhism$xEssence, genius, nature.
650 0 $aBuddhism$xDoctrines.
650 0 $aSpiritual life$xBuddhism.
650 0 $aBuddhist art and symbolism.
650 0 $aBuddhism$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aBuddhism art and symbolism.
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