Sangharakshita and the FWBO Approach to Buddhism

Sangharakshita
A New Voice in the Buddhist Tradition

Subhuti

Sangharakshita has established a successful Buddhist movement, pioneering a living Buddhism that seems well suited to our times. Here, one of his closest disciples offers a comprehensive account of Sangharakshita’s evolution as a thinker and teacher.

ISBN 0 904766 68 3

Crossing the Stream
Reflections on the Buddhist Spiritual Path

Sangharakshita

A collection of essays exploring such questions as, why does Buddhism seem to speak so much of suffering? Does it have a place for devotional practice? What is the nature of Buddhist tolerance? How does one give up the self?

ISBN 0 904766 78 0

The Rainbow Road
From Tooting Broadway to Kalimpong: Memoirs of an English Buddhist

Sangharakshita

This is the first set of memoirs by Sangharakshita, the complete text of which is available for free download from <www.sangharakshita.org>.

Set out on the Rainbow Road and take an extraordinary journey from wartime London to the dusty villages, ashrams and mountain caves of India. Long before thousands of Westerners flocked to Asia in search of themselves, Dennis Lingwood set out to search for the Buddha’s teaching in the land that gave birth to Buddhism. Accompanying him in his quest, we can follow his life as a homeless wanderer and witness his ordination as the Buddhist monk Sangharakshita. Although full of fascinating characters and keen insights, The Rainbow Road is not just an entertaining travel book — it is a remarkable record of a journey of spiritual exploration.

ISBN 0 904766 94 2

Facing Mount Kanchenjunga
An English Buddhist in the Eastern Himalayas

Sangharakshita

This is the second set of memoirs by Sangharakshita, the complete text of which is available for free download from <www.sangharakshita.org>.

In 1950 Kalimpong was a lively trading town in the intrigue-ridden corner of India that borders Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and Tibet. Finding a welcome in this town, nestled high in the mountains, were a bewildering array of guests and settlers: ex-colonial military men, missionaries, incarnate Tibetan lamas, exiled royalty and Sangharakshita, a young English monk attempting to establish a Buddhist movement for local youngsters.

In this delightful volume of memoirs, Sangharakshita shares the incidents and insights of his early years in Kalimpong. These include brushes with the Buddhist ‘establishment’, a meeting with the ‘Untouchables’ saviour Dr B.R. Ambedkar and his friendship with Lama Anagarika Govinda. Behind these events we witness the development of this remarkable young man into an increasingly effective interpreter of Buddhism for a new age.

ISBN 0 904766 52 7

In the Sign of the Golden Wheel
Indian Memoirs of an English Buddhist

Sangharakshita

This is the third set of memoirs by Sangharakshita, the complete text of which is available for free download from <www.sangharakshita.org>.

The miracle of the talking calf, rumours of black magic and lamas with ‘supernormal’ powers: this volume is full of curious episodes that could only happen in India.

In the Sign of the Golden Wheel recounts the unique experiences of an English Buddhist monk working in the mid-1950s to revive Buddhism in the land of its birth. From his hermitage in the foothills of the Himalayas, Sangharakshita travels across India to the movie world of Bombay and on to a moving and dramatic climax — addressing hundreds of thousands of ex-Untouchables in thirty mass meetings in just four days, to console and encourage them following the sudden death of their hero, the remarkable Dr Ambedkar, only weeks after their mass conversion to Buddhism. Brimming with life and colour, this book is a notable addition to the world of travel literature as we follow the spiritual adventures of an unorthodox and extraordinary Englishman.

ISBN 1 899579 14 1

Moving Against the Stream
The Birth of a New Buddhist Movement

Sangharakshita

This is the fourth set of memoirs by Sangharakshita, the complete text of which is available for free download from <www.sangharakshita.org>.

In 1964 Sangharakshita, the seniormost Buddhist monk of British birth, left India for a visit to the UK. After twenty years in the subcontinent - travelling and lecturing, writing, working among the most deprived, and extending and deepening his knowledge of the Dharma - he had been invited by leading British Buddhists to help resolve tensions in the British Buddhist scene. While he was trying to ease conflicts and create harmony, an unexpected turn of events brought Sangharakshita to a crucial decision.

This volume, covering the years 1964 to 1967, deals with Sangharakshita’s return to Britain and describes the difficulties he encountered in his attempts to unite English Buddhists. We witness the turning point at which he decided to dedicate his life to working ‘for the good of Buddhism’ in his native land. This culminated in the birth (in a shop basement in central London) of a new Buddhist movement. Thirty-six years later the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order is spreading the Buddha’s message in more than twenty-six countries around the globe.

ISBN 1 899579 11 7

Through Buddhist Eyes
Travel Letters

Sangharakshita

In these letters Sangharakshita shares, often in intimate detail, what it is like to be Sangharakshita. He reflects deeply on his experience, and reveals what is in his mind as he goes about his life in London, Italy, New Zealand, Wales, the USA, Germany, and Spain.

ISBN 1 899579 23 0