Sangharakshita and his Teaching
Sangharakshita is a unique figure in the Buddhist world.
For 20 years he lived in India, where he was ordained and studied with a range of Buddhist teachers. He became inspired by all major aspects of Buddhism, and has since written and lectured prolifically both in the West and the East. In the light of modern scholarship and his own spiritual experience, he has brought out and emphasised the core teachings that underlie and unify the Buddhist tradition as a whole. In founding the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order in 1967, he sought to clarify the essentials and outline ways of practice that are spiritually alive and relevant to the 21st century.
A brief biography of Sangharakshita
Interviews with Sangharakshita
On other FWBO websites
Visit Sangharakshita’s website to see some of his personal poetry and prose. You can also find a list of links to articles and other writing by Sangharakshita on the FWBO Buddhist Articles website.
FreeBuddhistAudio (formerly Dharmachakra) has an archive of recorded talks by Sangharakshita (and other members of the FWBO). These are available for free download. Transcriptions of all of Sangharakshita's recorded talks, seminars, question and answer sessions are also available, again for free, from FreeBuddhistAudio.
Clear Vision has an archive of filmed talks by Sangharakshita. (Clear Vision also have a picture archive, as well as resources for teaching Buddhism in schools.)
You can buy a large number of books by Sangharakshita from Windhorse Publications. He also offers a small selection of books for free download from his personal website.