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  • What is the Dharma?

  • The essential teachings of the Buddha
  • By: Urgyen Sangharakshita
  • Narrated by: Jinananda
  • Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (25 ratings)
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Summary

What is the Dharma? To walk in the footsteps of the Buddha, we need a clear and thorough guide to the essential principles of Buddhism. Whether we have just begun our journey or are a practitioner with more experience, What is the Dharma? is an indispensable exploration of the Buddha's teachings as found in the main Buddhist traditions.

Constantly returning to the question "how can this help me?", Sangharakshita examines a variety of fundamental principles, including karma and rebirth, nirvana and shunyata, conditioned coproduction, impermanence, unsatisfactoriness, insubstantiality, ethics, meditation and wisdom. The result is an informative, refreshing and inspiring book that lays before us the essential Dharma, timeless and universal, in a clear and practical manner.

Urgyen Sangharakshita, the English-born Buddhist teacher, is one of the most influential and respected figures in Western Buddhism. Ordained initially into the Theravadin tradition, he broadened his scope to involve all the Buddhist traditions. After 20 years in India, he returned to the West and founded the Western Buddhist Order, later renamed the Triratna Buddhist Order. With centres all over the world, it has played a major role in adapting the Buddhist traditions to the contemporary world, making Dharma practice its central pillar.

©1998 Sangharakshita (P)2015 Ukemi Productions Ltd

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Excellent survey of Dharma!

A clear and concise treatise of vast subject matter beatifully distilled into bitesize sections. I highly recommend this thought-provoking, well organised and self-empowering audiobook!

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Some good insight, but also some dubious proclamations…

Some good insight, but also some dubious proclamations that are clearly based on personal hang-ups and prejudices. For instance saying people only contribute to charity to ease guilt. Or rich people are miserable and poor people don’t complain and are carefree. Sweeping generalisations that may be true in some places with some people, but are side tangents from Buddhist philosophy. It’s hard to take other parts of the writing to heart when accompanied by these kinds of comments.

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Clear and thorough

Clear and thorough exposition of the drama from a variety of perspectives. A great listen and will probably listen to it again.

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Thorough but somewhat hard to follow

This is a beautifully narrated overview of the history and meanings of The Dharma in addition to how we can apply The Buddha's message. Some of the explanations were quite hard to follow but, I am sure, that this will repay repeated listenings.

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easy to listen to and informative

I wish this had been longer! I really enjoyed it. It taught me so much.

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Well Worth It

For anyone interested in Buddhism this is an excellent resource, full of clear explanations and insight.

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