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ANNIHILATION OF CASTE
ANNIHILATION OF CASTE
By Dr B. R. Ambedkar • Read by Sagar Arya
Dr B. R. Ambedkar (1891-1956) was one of the most extraordinary figures in the history of India. He was born in poor circumstances as an Untouchable – high castes regarded physical contact with Untouchables as polluting and condemned them to do the dirtiest of jobs, sweeping and the collection of human detritus.AMBEDKAR AND BUDDHISM
AMBEDKAR AND BUDDHISM
Bonus Recording: Annihilation of Caste
by Urgyen Sangharakshita • Bonus Recording: Annihilation of Caste By Dr B. R. Ambedkar
Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was one of the most remarkable figures in the 20th century. Born an Untouchable – the lowest element of Indian society deemed to be outside the caste system, and literally ‘untouchable’ – he rose from abject village poverty to become the architect of the new Constitution of India following its independence from Britain in 1947.Magic & Mystery in Tibet
Magic & Mystery in Tibet
The Classic Account Of A Woman's Extraordinary Journey To Tibet
by Alexandra David-Néel • Read by Nicolette McKenzie
This classic memoir by the remarkable French explorer and Buddhist Alexandra David-Néel is the one of the greatest Buddhist travelogues of the 20th century. She was the first European woman to meet the Dalai Lama (in the 1920s) and in 1924 became the first to enter the forbidden Tibetan capital Lhasa.THE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA
THE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA
By Bhikkhu Ñānamoli • Read by Hayward B. Morse and Leighton Pugh with Nicolette McKenzie, Jinananda and John Foley
Walking beside the Buddha. This unique biography, told in a lively manner through six ‘voices’, presents the Buddha’s revolutionary solution for humanity that lends to the end of ill will, craving and delusion. It goes back to the earliest sources of the Buddha’s life and teachings, drawing as it does from the Pali Canon which was said to record the words that the Buddha spoke, the events that happened, and his specific teachings on which the world-wide religion was based. It is an absorbing, edifying and even entertaining collection of reportage, myths, wisdom, kindness, human insight – and decisiveness.A CONCISE HISTORY OF BUDDHISM
A CONCISE HISTORY OF BUDDHISM
From 500 BCE to 1900 CE
By Andrew Skilton • Read by Jinananda
An ideal introduction to the history of Buddhism. Andrew Skilton – Senior Research Fellow in Buddhist Studies, Kings College, London – explains the development of the basic concepts of Buddhism, and its spread across the continents during its 2,500 years of history.THE BODHICARYĀVATĀRA
THE BODHICARYĀVATĀRA
A Guide to the Buddhist Path to Awakening
Translated by Kate Crosby and Andrew Skilton • Read by William Hope
Written in India in the early eighth century CE, Śāntideva Bodhicaryāvatāra takes as its subject the profound desire to become a Buddha and save all beings from suffering. The person who enacts such a desire is a Bodhisattva.ASPECTS OF THE BODHISATTVA IDEAL
ASPECTS OF THE BODHISATTVA IDEAL
The Original Lecture Series
By & Read by Urgyen Sangharakshita
The Bodhisattva - one who is becoming awake or enlightened - is one of the great inspiring figures in Buddhism. The title can refer to a mythical being with qualities to which we aspire, such as Avalokitesvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion; or an ordinary person on the quest for Enlightenment for the benefit of all living beings.SUTTA NIPĀTA
SUTTA NIPĀTA
The Group of Discourses
Translated by K. R. NORMAN • Read by Jinananda
It is widely accepted that the Sutta Nipata contains ‘the earliest recorded version’ of the Buddha’s teaching. It is an anthology of poetry and prose - seventy titled suttas of varied instruction and temperament arranged in five chapters.THE RAINBOW ROAD
THE RAINBOW ROAD
From Tooting Broadway to Kalimpong – Memoirs of an English Buddhist
By Urgyen Sangharakshita • Read by Ratnadhya
Read by RatnadhyaHaving realized, as a 16 year old in pre-WWII London, that he was a Buddhist, the early life of Dennis Lingwood and his path to becoming a bhikkhu named Sangharakshita is a most extraordinary personal story. He was serving as a signals officer in India when, at the conclusion of the War, he threw away his official identity cards, took off his uniform, donned yellow robes and set off, barefooted, along the dusty paths of India as a spiritual seeker, begging for his food, as the Buddha did 2,500 years ago.