The main material we will be studying on this retreat is the handbook entitled What is the Order? produced by Tiratanaloka - there is a link to the file below. Please ensure you read this before the retreat and come prepared with questions and areas for discussion for your study group, as this will help you and others get the most from the retreat. Please bring the handbook with you.
Please read and take notes on Chapter 1 of A Survey of Buddhism by Sangharakshita. You will need to bring the text with you. At present, this text is in print as part of Volume 1 of Sangharakshita's Complete Works. If you have problems getting hold of the text please let us know as soon as possible.
You can also listen to the Chapter.
Background reading:
Sangharakshita: What Is The Dharma?
Subhuti: Revering and Relying on the Dharma (link to PDF below)
You may also want to watch Vajratara's overview of the first Chapter of 'The Survey' (link below)
Transcendental Principle 2 retreat:
Subhuti's paper Revering and Relying upon the Dharma (link below) is required reading for this retreat
Required reading:
The main text for this retreat is Chapter 11 The Nature of Existence in Sangharakshita's The Three Jewels. This can also be found in The Complete Works of Sangharakshita Vol 2. You will find it helpful to look at the preceding chapters too. We highly recommend you have a look at the seminar on this material - see link below.
Required Reading:
Subhuti's paper Re-Imagining the Buddha
and you might like to listen to his talk The Five Aspects of Dharma Life - Spiritual Receptivity, available on freebuddhistaudio.com.
The Refuge Tree as Mythic Context Aloka (available from Padmaloka)
The main material we will be studying on this retreat is the handbook entitled The Eight Guidelines produced by Tiratanaloka - there is a link to this below. Please ensure you read this material before the retreat and come prepared with questions and areas for discussion for your study group, as this will help you and others get the most from the retreat. Please bring a paper copy of the handbook with you.
There is also a link to a summary set of questions for you to reflect on "The Eight Guidelines as Personal Reflections"
The main material we will be studying on this retreat is the handbook entitled The Bodhisattva Path produced by Tiratanaloka - there is a link to this below. Please ensure you read this material before the retreat and come prepared with questions and areas for discussion for your study group, as this will help you and others get the most from the retreat. Please bring the handbook with you.
The Going for Refuge and Prostration Practice is an important practice that we do together on retreat. To prepare for the retreat, you may want to read about the practice in Kulananda's Teachers of Enlightenment. You can also see a guide to doing physical prostrations during the practice here.
The main material we will be studying on this retreat is the handbook entitled Going for Refuge produced by Tiratanaloka - there is a link to this below. Please ensure you read this material before the retreat and come prepared with questions and areas for discussion for your study group, as this will help you and others get the most from the retreat. Please bring the handbook with you.
Please read, make notes, and bring with you Sangharakshita’s The Ten Pillars of Buddhism. This is available as an e-book from Windhorse Publications (link below) or in printed form from various online book sellers.
This material is also available as a talk from Sangharakshita on Free Buddhist Audio - link below.
It will also be very helpful to look at Sangharakshita's Know Your Mind and Living Ethically.
Please read Know Your Mind Chapter 8 (Forces of Disintegration), Living Ethically Chapter 5 (The Ethics of Views) and Subhuti's paper Revering and Relying upon the Dharma (see link below).
In preparation for this Retreat please listen to the series of 8 talks by Subhuti on the topic The Five Aspects of the Dharma Life. In these talks, Subhuti delves into the fundamental principles behind Integration, Positive Emotion, Spiritual Receptivity, Spiritual Death, and Spiritual Rebirth. They are on Free Buddhist Audio and the link is below.
You can also buy a booklet from Padmaloka called The Five Aspects of Sangharakshita's System of Dharma Life which is transcriptions of the talks. The booklet costs £7.50. The link for that is also below. We also have booklets here at Tiratanaloka for sale, but you will need to have listened to the talks prior to coming.
Please also listen to Sangharakshita's talk A System of Meditation if possible.
Please come prepared with questions and areas for discussion in your study group.
On this retreat we will be studying Pali suttas on the topic of skilful communication and also learning some practical skills from Non Violent Communication. The Pali suttas we'll be studying are in the PDF file below.
Please try and read Shantigarbha's book "I'll See You There" before coming on the retreat - it is available in both paperback and e-book formats - see links below.
