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Dharma Night: Sangharakshita: Lineage and Legacy – The Lineage of Inspiration - Padmajata

Urgyen Sangharakshita (1925-2018) is the founder of the Triratna Buddhist Order and Community. At the age of sixteen, while reading the Diamond Sutra, he realised he was a Buddhist and had always been. Conscripted into the army he found himself in India at the end of the Second World War – where he stayed on and was ordained as a Theravada monk. He studied for many years under leading teachers from the major Buddhist traditions, also playing a key part in the revival of Buddhism in India, particularly through his work among followers of Dr B.R. Ambedkar. He returned to Britain in 1964 and established the FWBO/Triratna in 1968. Sangharakshita started a new Buddhist movement that had at its heart a new kind of ordination with Order Members committing their lives to the practice of Buddhism without becoming monks or nuns, and with teachings that span the breadth and depth of the Buddhist tradition while emphasising friendship, the arts, and inspired imagination. ‍ In this series we will be getting to know Sangharakshita through looking at his life and legacy through the Four Lineages: the four streams of transmission each offering insights into Buddhist practice and understanding. The Lineage of Inspiration refers to the mysterious something that is beyond just the flow of teachings or practices – something that is communicated personally from and to each other. Padmajata is an ideal person to introduce this first aspect of the Four Lineages.