Three Jewels I

Sangharakshita's survey of Buddhist schools and distillation of the most fundamental aspects of Buddhism is a significant contribution to the religion. This volume of nine texts, composed over thirty years, explores his insight into the meaning, significance, and centrality of Going for Refuge, including his important communications to the Order he founded and his reflection on his own bhikkhu ordination.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 April 2019
Publisher: Windhorse Publications

One of Sangharakshita’s outstanding contributions to Buddhism has been to survey the whole range of Buddhist schools, each with its own approach, own language and so on, and to distil out what is most fundamental. You are a Buddhist because – and only because – you Go for Refuge to the Three Jewels. But how did this become clear to him and what in any case does it actually mean practically to go for Refuge to the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha?The nine texts in this volume, composed over a period of more than thirty years, show Sangharakshita's unfolding insight into the meaning, significance and centrality of Going for Refuge. It includes some of his most important communications to the Order he founded: on the ten ethical precepts, his relation to the Order, and the history of his Going for Refuge. And in reflecting on his own bhikkhu ordination there is a challenge to some of the Buddhist world's most deeply rooted assumptions. Sangharakshita writes not just as a student and scholar but with the devotion of one who himself Goes for Refuge and seeks to share the fruits of his journey with others.

Weight: 1420g
Dimension: 187 x 307 x 65 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781911407324