Nothing is solved by adding delusion to a path that is dedicated to abolishing delusion and finding the equanimity to accept the hard realities of impermanence so that we can live happily and contently in reality rather than desperately fighting against reality.
This is not how the author sees it. Death must be "solved". In other words he is unable to accept that death is really really real. He must have something that takes the edge off the frightening reality of death. And so, as so many times before, delusion masquerades as dharma and irrational faith, wishful thinking and mysticism replaces acceptance of reality and equanimity.
This book was extra disappointing to me. This is the third book of the recommended reading from the Swedish branch of Triratna that I've read. The first two were so very encouraging. I thought I might have found a rational sanga that I might join. Those books however where not written by the founder of the order. This book is. It seems that my search for a community of rational people seeking to follow the Buddha's path is likely to have to continue.
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I love the way he writes, he is very detailed in his explanations of the Buddhist faith. I learnt a lot from this book. Jun 17, Juan Rivera rated it it was amazing Shelves: lecturas In my long journey in search of spirituality I have read and learned from many religions and teachings. However I like best of all it is Buddhism. The author is an Englishman who decided to become a Buddhist and spent time living in the Far East.
Buddhism is a religion without God. Buddha is not God, but a human being who managed to free or enlightened. In the book he shows his way as a man but is full of spiritua In my long journey in search of spirituality I have read and learned from many religions and teachings.
In the book he shows his way as a man but is full of spiritual teachings. Jun 30, Viv JM rated it really liked it Shelves: buddhism , author-male. Bold guide to the teachings of the Buddha. Sangharakshita writes with wit and intelligence. I found the section on the role of worship and devotion in the Buddhist faith particularly useful and clear. Sep 08, Annie Noble rated it it was amazing. I return to this book frequently to reacquaint myself with why I find Buddhism and The Buddha so inspiring.
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This article is only for Subscribers! Joan Duncan Oliver is a Tricycle contributing editor. The author of five books, she edited Commit to Sit , an anthology of articles from Tricycle.
The Ideal of Human Enlightenment. Double Vajra - Unifying Contradictions. Vvedenie V Buddhizm: Mudrost. The Meaning of Spiritual Community. Living a Meaningful Life. The Spiritual Community. A Challenge to the Modern World. Venturing out on his own, Lingwood developed his own, highly interpretative brand of Buddhism , drawing on elements of Nietzsche and Freud. Many of his ideas were unorthodox. Lingwood encouraged heterosexual followers to experiment with homosexuality as a means of expanding their minds; he was deeply critical of the nuclear family and of mixed-sex communities in general; he encouraged young men to break away from their families.
I was looking for something different and what it offered helped me. Today it has more than 30 centres in the UK alone and operates in 26 countries. Thousands mourned Lingwood when his funeral was broadcast at Triratna centres around the world. But fissures within the community he founded are now becoming major fault lines.
Its incendiary findings have hitherto gone unpublicised : a current member explained that it was not the Triratna way to share internal criticisms with the outside world. Some of the comments in the report are damning.
They include alleged intervention on the part of one of the most high-profile OMs to try and encourage a victim not to testify to the police if questioned.
Only one of these was in the UK. I worry that this type of behaviour was much more widespread than generally believed. Nothing happened.
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