Sangharakshita

Facing Mount Kanchenjunga (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume of Sangharakshita's Complete Works includes Facing Mount Kanchenjunga, the second in the series of his memoirs, and, in Dear Dinoo, some very personal letters.Facing Mount Kanchenjunga covers the period 1950-1953, beginning with Sangharakshita's arrival in Kalimpong as a twenty-four-year-old sramaa'era, and his response to his teacher's injunction to 'stay here and work for the good of Buddhism!' In the pages that follow we are drawn into a deeply committed Dharma life lived in unusual circumstances and among some very colourful characters. As he recalls the significant events of those years - the setting up of the Kalimpong Young Men's Buddhist Association; the creation of a new Buddhist journal, whose contributors included Conze, Guenther, Govinda and other leading Buddhist writers of the time; accompanying the Sacred Relics of the Buddha's chief disciples; advising on the making of a Buddhist film; giving lectures; discovering Dharmapala; meeting Dhardo Rimpoche; in fact, working in every way to spread the Dharma - Sangharakshita also affords the reader glimpses of his inner life, his struggles and disappointments, his aspirations and inspirations, his responses to the beauties of nature, and his feeling for friendship.The twenty-nine letters collected together in Dear Dinoo span the period 1955-1974, giving a sighting of Sangharakshita's life as he experienced it at the time, including what happened on the day of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar's untimely death in 1956. We are also afforded a glimpse of the unusual friendship that sprung up between the young English monk and the Montessori teacher. Kalyanaprabha's Introduction highlights some of the significances of the correspondence, including reflections on Sangharakshita, Women, and Friendship. A friend who often appears in the letters, Dr Dinshaw Mehta, Servant of God, and one time naturopath to Gandhi, is the subject of the appendix.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Windhorse Publications
• Seitenzahl: 672
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781911407171
• Artikelnr.: 52723085

Autorenporträt

Sangharakshita is the founder and principal teacher of Triratna, a worldwide Buddhist movement. With teaching experience spanning 60 years, he is the author of over 40 books.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Foreword Kalyanaprabha
List of Illustrations
Maps
1 On My Own in Kalimpong
2 A New Gate Opens
3 Stepping Stones
4 The Spirit of the Hills
5 Widening Circles
6 Acceptance and Rejection
7 Burma Raja and the Devas
8 Repairing the Damage
9 Traditions and Individual Talents
10 Preparing To Receive The Sacred Relics
11 Pretexts and Processions
12 The Hermitage
13 Kindred Spirits
14 Contrasts in Kathmandu
15 A Big Setback
16 The Near and the Far
17 The Enemy of the Church
18 Discovering Dharmapala
19 A Re-enshrinement and a Reunion
20 Discussions in Bombay and Deolali
21 A Fresh Beginning
22 New Arrivals in Kalimpong ... and Dhardo Rimpoche
Dear Dinoo
Introduction
Letters
The Monk and the Prophet (Appendix)
Notes
Index
A Guide to The Complete Works of Sangharakshita