SANGHARAKSHITA: The Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path - An Introduction (Unabridged)

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Sangharakshita, Bhikshu, 1925-2018, Author.

Contributor:

Naxos Digital Services US.

Series:

Naxos Spoken Word Library.

Naxos Spoken Word Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spoken Word.

Local Subjects:

Spoken Word.

Genre:

Video recordings.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Naxos Digital Services US Incorporated, 2006.

System Details:

Mode of access: Available online.

Contents:

Chapter 1: The Nature of Existence : Perfect Vision ( 04 min., 49 sec. )

Perfect Vision ( 02 min., 54 sec. )

The Path of Vision and the Path of Transformation ( 07 min., 29 sec. )

The Nature of Existence ( 04 min., 07 sec. )

The Wheel of Life ( 02 min., 15 sec. )

The Buddha ( 01 min., 03 sec. )

The Path ( 01 min., 53 sec. )

The Four Noble Truths ( 01 min., 59 sec. )

The Three Characteristics of Conditioned Existence ( 16 sec. )

1. Conditioned Existence is Suffering ( 01 min., 06 sec. )

2. Conditioned Existence is Impermanent ( 01 min., 04 sec. )

3. Conditioned Existence is Devoid of True Selfhood ( 01 min., 05 sec. )

Karma and Rebirth ( 01 min., 32 sec. )

The Four Sunyatas ( 43 sec. )

1. Samskrta Sunyata - The Emptiness of the Conditioned ( 01 min., 19 sec. )

2. Asamskrta Sunyata - The Emptiness of the Unconditioned ( 03 min., 27 sec. )

3. Maha Sunyata - The Great Emptiness ( 02 min., 03 sec. )

4. Sunyata Sunyata - The Emptiness of Emptiness ( 03 min., 43 sec. )

Chapter 2: Reason and Emotion in the Spiritual Life ( 07 min., 47 sec. )

Samyak-samkalpa - Perfect Emotion ( 05 min., 10 sec. )

The negative aspect of Perfect Emotion ( 20 sec. )

Naiskramya, or 'non-desire' ( 04 min., 17 sec. )

Avyapada or 'non-hate' ( 02 min., 01 sec. )

Avihimsa or 'non-cruelty' ( 05 min., 30 sec. )

The positive aspect of Perfect Emotion ( 50 sec. )

Dana, or giving ( 05 min., 17 sec. )

Maitri, or love ( 02 min., 16 sec. )

Karuna, or compassion ( 03 min., 38 sec. )

'In the Mahayana form of Buddhism, that is to say...' ( 05 min., 43 sec. )

Mudita, or Sympathetic Joy ( 02 min., 58 sec. )

Upeksa, or tranquillity ( 53 sec. )

Sraddha, or faith and devotion ( 01 min., 04 sec. )

The Sevenfold Puja ( 31 sec. )

'The first stage of the Sevenfold Puja is puja, or worship.' ( 02 min., 09 sec. )

The second stage of the Sevenfold Puja is vandana...' ( 01 min., 19 sec. )

The third stage of the Sevenfold Puja is Going for Refuge...' ( 45 sec. )

The Going for Refuge section of the Sevenfold Puja is followed... ( 01 min., 14 sec. )

The fifth stage of the Sevenfold Puja is Rejoicing in Merits.' ( 01 min., 42 sec. )

The sixth stage, Entreaty and Supplication...' ( 01 min., 01 sec. )

The seventh and last stage of the Sevenfold Puja is Transference...' ( 03 min., 53 sec. )

Chapter 3: The Ideal of Human Communication - Perfect Speech ( 03 min., 17 sec. )

'Now we come to the third aspect of the Buddha's...' ( 04 min., 40 sec. )

'There are three great phases in the historical development...' ( 04 min., 45 sec. )

The four levels of Perfect Speech ( 54 sec. )

1. The level of truthfulness ( 04 min., 20 sec. )

'But then another question arises: do we really even know...' ( 04 min., 38 sec. )

2. The level of affectionateness ( 05 min., 51 sec. )

3. The level of helpfulness ( 04 min., 49 sec. )

4. The level of promoting concord, harmony, and unity ( 04 min., 14 sec. )

'In this connection one may think of the examples... ( 04 min., 16 sec. )

Chapter 4: The Principles of Ethics - Perfect Action ( 01 min., 45 sec. )

The 'decline of morals' ( 02 min., 17 sec. )

Judaeo-Christian ethics ( 05 min., 08 sec. )

The Buddhist criterion ( 03 min., 35 sec. )

Patterns of ethical behaviour ( 05 min., 14 sec. )

The Five Silas and the Five Dharmas ( 01 min., 03 sec. )

'The first of the Five Precepts is abstention from harming...' ( 02 min., 53 sec. )

'The second of the Five Precepts is abstention from taking...' ( 57 sec. )

'The third Precept is abstention from sexual misconduct.' ( 01 min., 51 sec. )

'The fourth Precept is abstention from false speech.' ( 43 sec. )

'The last of the Five Precepts is abstention from drink...' ( 01 min., 31 sec. )

The Bhikkshu Samvarasila and Bodhisattva Samvarasila ( 02 min., 07 sec. )

Total action ( 03 min., 30 sec. )

Chapter 5: The Ideal Society - Perfect Livelihood ( 03 min., 44 sec. )

'Buddhism too has its day-dreams.' ( 04 min., 52 sec. )

'Our collective existence has three principal aspects...' ( 14 sec. )

'Buddhism has various social teachings...' ( 57 sec. )

'In the same way we find that in the political sphere...' ( 04 min., 15 sec. )

'The third aspect of our collective existence...' ( 03 min., 07 sec. )

'Having understood some of the main reasons for its inclusion...' ( 06 min., 11 sec. )

Buddhists in the West have begun to realise...' ( 06 min., 58 sec. )

Occupation ( 01 min., 30 sec. )

Vocation ( 01 min., 16 sec. )

Duration ( 07 min., 40 sec. )

Chapter 6: The Conscious Evolution of Man - Perfect Effort ( 06 min., 19 sec. )

The Four Exertions ( 05 min., 46 sec. )

1. Preventing the arising of unarisen, unskilful mental states ( 03 min., 24 sec. )

2. Eradicating arisen, unskilful mental states ( 30 sec. )

(a) The hindrance of craving for material things ( 44 sec. )

(b) The hindrance of hatred ( 01 min., 53 sec. )

(c) The hindrance of restlessness and anxiety ( 01 min., 27 sec. )

(d) The hindrance of sloth and torpor ( 52 sec. )

(e) The hindrance of doubt and indecision ( 48 sec. )

'In Buddhism the mind or consciousness is often compared...' ( 01 min., 15 sec. )

'But how is one to cleanse and purify the water?' ( 19 sec. )

'The first method consists in considering the consequences...' ( 52 sec. )

'The second method consists in cultivating the opposite.' ( 45 sec. )

'The third method is to allow the unskilful thoughts...' ( 53 sec. )

'If these three methods do not succeed there is a fourth...' ( 01 min., 56 sec. )

3. Developing unarisen skilful mental states ( 01 min., 08 sec. )

'Progress in meditation - progress in the attainment...' ( 01 min., 31 sec. )

'The simile for the first dhyana or higher meditative state...' ( 01 min., 03 sec. )

'As the simile of the second dhyana the Buddha asks us...' ( 30 sec. )

'Waxing even more poetical, as the simile for the third dhyana.' ( 41 sec. )

'The Buddhist simile for the fourth dhyana is that of...' ( 04 min., 06 sec. )

4. Maintaining arisen, skilful mental states ( 01 min., 01 sec. )

The Background of Perfect Effort ( 05 min., 37 sec. )

Perfect Effort as conscious evolution ( 02 min., 43 sec. )

Chapter 7: Levels of Awareness - Perfect Awareness ( 07 min., 45 sec. )

Levels of Awareness ( 47 sec. )

1. Awareness of things ( 06 min., 15 sec. )

2. Awareness of oneself ( 18 sec. )

(a) Awareness of the body and its movements ( 04 min., 02 sec. )

(b) Awareness of feelings ( 01 min., 14 sec. )

(c) Awareness of thought ( 03 min., 16 sec. )

3. Awareness of people ( 04 min., 32 sec. )

4. Awareness of reality ( 05 min., 10 sec. )

Chapter 8: The Higher Consciousness - Perfect Samadhi ( 07 min., 05 sec. )

Samatha, Samapatti, and Samadhi ( 01 min., 35 sec. )

Samatha ( 03 min., 32 sec. )

Samapatti ( 06 min., 29 sec. )

Samadhi ( 02 min., 14 sec. )

1. The Imageless Samadhi ( 59 sec. )

2. The Directionless Samadhi ( 01 min., 02 sec. )

3. The Samadhi of the Voidness ( 05 min., 24 sec. )

The Noble Eightfold Path as a Cumulative Process ( 07 minutes, 49 sec. )

Participant:

Kulananda, Reader -- Sangharakshita, Urgyen, Author

Notes:

Naxos Digital Services electronic collection.

Streaming audio.

Publisher Number:

9789626344163

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Restricted for use by site license.