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Sangharakshita


Sangharakshita

Sangharakshita was born Dennis Lingwood in South London, in 1925. At the age of sixteen he developed an interest in the cultures and philosophies of the East early on, and realized that he was a Buddhist.

During the Second World War as an army recruit he went to India, where he stayed on to become a Buddhist monk. He studied for many years under leading teachers from the major Buddhist traditions, before going on to teach and write extensively. He also played a key part in the revival of Buddhism in India, particularly through his work among followers of Dr B.R. Ambedkar.

After twenty years in India, he was invited to England where he stayed to establish the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (FWBO) in 1967, and the Western Buddhist Order (called Trailokya Bauddha Mahasangha in India) in 1968. He has brought out and emphasised the core teachings that underlie and unify the Buddhist tradition as a whole, linking the traditional world and the modern. Sangharakshita's depth of experience and clear thinking have been appreciated throughout the world. He has always particularly emphasized the decisive significance of commitment in the spiritual life, the paramount value of spiritual friendship and community, the link between religion and art, and the need for a `new society' supportive of spiritual aspirations and ideals.

Sangharakshita recently handed on most of his responsibilities to his senior disciples in the Order. From his base in Birmingham, he is now focusing on personal contact with people, and on his writing.

See also:

Sangharakshita's key teachings

Sangharakshita's own site

A Selection of Sangharakshita’s Writings online

http://sangharakshita.org/b-searching.html

Sangharakshita illumines the power of symbols to fire the imagination and stir unconscious depths

http://madhyamavani.fwbo.org

Books by Sangharakshita

Sangharakshita reviews "Buddhism Without Beliefs A Contemporary Guide to Awakening By Stephen Batchelor"

 

Sangharákshita nació en Londres, Inglaterra, en 1925. Cuando tenia 17 años leyó dos textos budistas importantes y se dio cuenta que era budista y que siempre lo había sido. Durante la segunda guerra mundial el ejército ingles le mando a la India y al final de la guerra se quedo allí. Pasó 20 años en oriente y durante su estancia se ordenó como monje budista, tuvo maestros de casi todas las escuelas del budismo y también conoció maestros de la religión hindú. Escribió "A Survey of Buddhism", obra de mucha importancia, que tuvo una acogida entusiasta. Durante los años sesenta algunos budistas ingleses le invitaron a regresar a Inglaterra. En cuanto llego, reconoció que había mucho interés en las religiones orientales y decidió quedarse en occidente para enseñar el budismo.
En 1968 fundó La Orden Budista Occidental: una orden ni laica ni monástica sino una forma nueva de practicar el budismo en el entorno occidental.

En agosto de 2000 Sangharákshita cumplió 75 años y escogió el día de su cumpleaños para traspasar a otros todas sus responsabilidades como cabeza de la Orden Budista Occidental. Para leer la conferencia que dió aquel día ver Noticias No.6 Actualmente vive en Birmingham, Inglaterra y se dedica a su obra literaria y a mantener contacto con sus discípulos.

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http://www.librosbudistas.com/autores/SAN.htm

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