Skilfully steering us through the difficulties we may encounter, Sangharakshita leads us through the sevenfold puja, a poetic sequence of devotional moods found in Tibetan and Indian forms of Buddhism.
The author answers criticisms made of his reflections in Forty-Three Years Ago concerning the true value of the bhikkhu ordination, and asks some further searching questions: Is it possible that a bad monk might be a better Buddhist that a ...
In this book he describes some specific methods of personal development, a radical blueprint for a new society, and the Buddha's vision of human existence.
'Karma', 'Nirvana', 'Dalai Lama' ...Tibetan Buddhism is becoming increasingly common and fashionable in Western media - but this familiarity can cause its teachings and message to be misunderstood.