The Complete Works Volume 21: Facing Mount Kanchenjunga (The Complete Works of Sangharakshita) - Hardcover

Sangharakshita

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1911407155 ISBN 13: 9781911407157

Publisher: Windhorse Publications, 2018

Synopsis

This volume of Sangharakshita's 'Complete Works' includes 'Facing Mount Kanchenjunga', the second in the series of his memoirs, and, in 'Dear Dinoo', some very personal letters. 'Facing Mount Kanchenjunga' covers the period 1950-1953, beginning with Sangharakshita's arrival in Kalimpong as a twenty-four-year-old novice monk, and his response to his teacher's injunction to 'stay here and work for the good of Buddhism!' In the pages that follow we are drawn into a deeply committed Dharma life lived in unusual circumstances and among some very colourful characters. As he recalls the significant events of those years the setting up of the Kalimpong Young Men's Buddhist Association; the creation of a new Buddhist journal, whose contributors included Conze, Guenther, Govinda and other leading Buddhist writers of the time; accompanying the Sacred Relics of the Buddha's chief disciples; advising on the making of a Buddhist film; giving lectures; discovering Dharmapala; meeting Dhardo Rimpoche; in fact, working in every way to spread the Dharma Sangharakshita also affords the reader glimpses of his inner life, his struggles and disappointments, his aspirations and inspirations, his responses to the beauties of nature, and his feeling for friendship. The twenty-nine letters collected together in 'Dear Dinoo' span the period 1955-1974, giving a sighting of Sangharakshita's life as he experienced it at the time, including what happened on the day of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar's untimely death in 1956. We are also afforded a glimpse of the unusual friendship that sprung up between the young English monk and the Montessori teacher. Kalyanaprabha's Introduction highlights some of the significances of the correspondence, including reflections on 'Sangharakshita, Women, and Friendship'. A friend who often appears in the letters, Dr Dinshaw Mehta, Servant of God, and one time naturopath to Gandhi, is the subject of the appendix.

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Review:

'I have always looked to Sangharakshita's books for inspiration and ideas on how to better translate the principles and practices of Buddhism for Western audiences and practitioners today.' --Lama Surya Das, author of Awakening the Buddha Within

About the Author:

Sangharakshita is the founder and principal teacher of Triratna, a worldwide Buddhist movement. With teaching experience spanning 60 years, he is the author of over 40 books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Windhorse Publications
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1911407155
• ISBN 13: 9781911407157
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 672