Title: The essential Sangharakshita : a half-century of writings from the founder of the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order /
Authors: Sangharakshita, 1925-2018.; Vidyadevi, 1962-
Publisher: Wisdom Publications,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Buddhism Essence, genius, nature; Buddhism Doctrines; Spiritual life Buddhism; Buddhist art and symbolism.; Buddhism Social aspects; Buddhism art and symbolism.
Contents: PART 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